News

The Columbia School Board met Monday night to vote on several projects around the district. The board voted unanimously to approve the bid by St. Louis-based K&S Construction to build the district’s newest elementary school. The 21st elementary school will be constructed near the newly-opened Battle High School in northeast Columbia. The project has a

The Columbia Regional Airport held an emergency drill on its runway Monday, with emergency crews and first responders from across Boone County. The exercise was part of a federal training session that happens once every three years. Crews practiced a scenario in which a large, regional jetliner makes an emergency landing at the airport and

The crosswalks at Eighth Street and Broadway are under construction again, just months after being finished. Steve Sapp with Columbia Public Works says the crosswalks began to fall apart just 30 days after being constructed. And over the past few months, the damage has only gotten worse. The original crosswalk construction was part of the

Construction crews will close the westbound ramp from Stadium Boulevard to Interstate 70 from Monday night through Tuesday morning, then again Tuesday night. The closures are for the $12.9 million diverging diamond interchange project. This improvement will not only be safer, but also allow traffic to flow more easily. “It’s more a kind of traffic

A group composed of Missouri business, health and education leaders backed Gov. Jay Nixon Monday on a controversial income tax cut bill. ABC 17 News has been following the issues surrounding House Bill 253 since the end of the legislative session in May. The bill would give an income tax cut for the first time

Police in Jefferson City spent part of Monday afternoon searching for a reported gunman. Officers were called to the 2500 block of Twin Hills Road around 3:30 p.m. for a report of a gunman. The caller told authorities there was a man in dark clothing carrying a shotgun. Police went door-to-door to notify neighbors, but

Two vandals are still on the loose after causing tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage to Columbia’s Cosmo Park. Early Saturday morning, two people broke into city vehicles at the park and plowed through fences before doing doughnuts on athletic fields at the Rainbow Softball Field Center. “The cost to repair the fencing

A Columbia teenager accused of killing another teen pleaded not guilty in court Monday. Joshua Murray, 18, enter not guilty pleas for first-degree murder and armed criminal action in Boone County Circuit Court. Murray is charged with the July 14 shooting death of Tre’Veon Marshall in McKee Street Park. Two others were also arrested in

A Moberly man has been charged with possession of child pornography after authorities received a tip from the social networking and blog site, Tumblr. Michael W. Steel, 39, was arrested Sunday after a months-long investigation by the Boone County Sheriff’s Department Cyber Crimes Task Force and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. In

Members of the Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District completed a stair climb Sunday to honor firefighters who died at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Eight firefighters with the SBFPD climbed 110 stories at Kansas City’s Crown Center while wearing their protective equipment. The crew also carried a card bearing the name of

Two teenagers are dead and one was seriously injured following an overnight car crash in Saline County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says around 12:50 a.m. Sunday, Scott W. Mullins, 19, of Marshall, was driving on Route YY just north of I-70. Mullins lost control of the car, causing it to leave the road and

A Detroit, Michigan man was killed after going off I-44 westbound, near Rolla, just after 4:30 a.m. Highway Patrol reports show Lawrence Woods went off the right side of the highway, hit a sign, a guardrail and then trees. Woods was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Miller County teenager is dead and another seriously injured after a Sunday morning car crash. Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers say 19-year-old Shawn Moore of Eldon was killed when his car flipped several times and hit a parked car on Highway 52 in Miller County around 8 a.m. Moore was partially thrown from his

One man is behind bars for an alleged assault with a gun Saturday afternoon. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says Matthew Akins, 24, of Columbia, went to the victim’s home in the 7600 block of North Highway VV and started a verbal argument. The victim and witnesses say the argument escalated and Akins pointed a

More than 120 people suffered medical emergencies at Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon, for a hot Tiger home game against Toledo. None of the incidents were considered serious. Last game, MUPD told ABC 17 news there were 46 medical emergencies reported during the game, many due to the heat. Captain Brian Weimer said Saturday night medics

A Columbia was arrested early Sunday morning for leading officers on a chase and ditching a gun. Daniel Cohen, 26, could now face charges of unlawful use of a weapon, tampering with evidence and resisting arrest, Police said in a news release he also had an outstanding warrant for a traffic violation. A witness approached

James Franklin made crucial big plays on consecutive scoring drives in the second half and Missouri pulled away from Toledo for a 38-23 victory on Saturday. Missouri (2-0) led 24-23 after Toledo (0-2) scored its first two touchdowns of the year but Franklin’s 21-yard keeper set up Henry Josey’s second 1-yard touchdown run of the

A new bridge at the Lake of the Ozarks was dedicated Saturday morning. The Missouri Department of Transportation says construction of the new Hurricane Deck Bridge is ahead of schedule and officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the bridge Saturday at 10 a.m. The $32.3 million span, which carries Route 5 over the lake, will

A boil advisory has been canceled for some residents near the Lake of the Ozarks. Lake Region Water & Sewer Co. issued the voluntary boil advisory Thursday after a contractor damaged a water main. The advisory was in effect for customers living in Heritage Isle east of Muirfield Drive, as well as customers east of

A Tacoma, Washington man suffered a medical emergency while driving and died on interstate 70 Friday afternoon. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports, 66-year-old Douglas Perryman died before his Econoline van went off the highway and into an embankment. Perryman was traveling eastbound on Interstate 70 at mile marker 152.3 around 3:05 p.m. Troopers