News

Missourians may soon be able to learn what the Special Investigative Committee has discovered in its investigation of alleged blackmail by Gov. Eric Greitens. In a statement on Friday, State Rep. Jay Barnes, the committee chair, and House Speaker Todd Richardson said the report will be issued the week of April 9 and will be

A blanket of snow hit Mid-Missouri over Easter Sunday weekend and MoDOT crews and Columbia Public Works are on standby should snow hit Sunday once again. Jefferson City Public Works Operation Division Director Britt Smith said crews are ready to go should snow come. “Well, we actually dodged a bullet out here on Easter Sunday

UPDATE (4/7): Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley released the following statement Saturday afternoon on Backpage.com: “This is a critical step in our efforts to end human trafficking. Backpage.com has been an enabler of human trafficking. Human trafficking is a scourge on our society. My message to traffickers is: We will find you and we will

TONIGHT: We won’t have quite a cold night in store for us as a high pressure system settles our winds down a bit. It is still going to be much colder than usual with lows dropping to the middle to upper 20s. You’ll need that jacket once again as you head out the door in

UPDATE 10 a.m.: More than 1,000 people registered to run in Molly’s Miles 5K Saturday morning, event organizers said. Runners traveled from across the state to participate in the event, including law enforcement officers. ORIGINAL: The second Annual Molly’s Miles 5K is expected to bring hundreds of runners to Columbia on Saturday morning. Molly’s Miles

ABC 17 News Investigates has confirmed a former employee of Second Chance Homes has filed a workers compensation claim. The claim was filed against Second Chance Homes and Finck & Associates, who eventually took over ownership of Second Chance Homes. In the documents, the former employee claims, “During the course and scope of my employment,

TODAY: We’re off to a cold beginning to the weekend across Mid-Missouri. Brisk north winds will be blowing through this afternoon around 10 mph which will keep us in the low 40s for highs, and feeling a little cooler than that. You will want to grab those sunglasses as you grab the coat this morning

The owner of the group home where Carl DeBrodie was living at the time he was found dead inside a storage unit has responded to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family. The lawsuit was filed by DeBrodie’s birth mother Carolyn Summers in January. The attorney for Second Chance Homes and owner Rachel Rowden

UPDATE: A Cole County judge will now consider whether or not to dismiss the lawsuit filed on behalf of the Sunshine Project. The governor’s attorney, Bob Thompson, argued that they produced some records that were available, but the ones that were deleted by the app could not be. Thompson said it doesn’t become a record

A Missouri appeals court denied the prosecution team’s request to avoid paying for some of a man’s defense work. The Eastern District Court of Appeals denied the writ of prohibition that the attorney general’s office asked for in the Pablo Serrano-Vitorino case. St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer ordered prosecutors pay $40,000 toward mitigation research

It’s hard to believe that spring is here, when many blooms are still absent from plants. Although the growing season has started in parts of Mid-Missouri, hard freezes are still occurring which could pose some problems for those plants that have bloomed. The bitter cold through the first week of April have led to one

Winter just won’t go away and that means another chilly weekend ahead. The weekend will start off with a band of moisture moving into the Ozarks, south of HWY 50 close to 7 PM Friday. Some light rain showers are possible with this but will transition to snow showers by 8 PM. Not much accumulation

The Boone County Fire Department has confirmed an extrication crash near the intersection of U.S. 63 and Dripping Springs via Twitter. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/BooneCountyFire/status/982384886685290496″,”author_name”:”Boone County Fire”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/BooneCountyFire”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;5:30 p – Fire units responding to an extrication crash near the intersection of U.S. 63 and Dripping Springs &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/E3KcuwJl7c”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/E3KcuwJl7c&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Boone County Fire (@BooneCountyFire) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/BooneCountyFire/status/982384886685290496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;April 6, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script

UPDATE 5:02 P.M.: The majority of the damage done to the home was in the attic and the exterior of the building, said Frazier, who thinks the house can be salvaged. UPDATE 4:41 P.M.: Assistant Fire Chief Brad Frazier says the fire most likely started in the attic or at a wood pile in the

A Springfield, Mo., man along with his three sons and a daughter, another Springfield resident and a Columbia, Mo., woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute heroin, according to an official release. The release goes on to list the suspects: “Lucian Robinson, 60, of Springfield;

TONIGHT: Snow is possible as we head into the evening, with the greatest chance along and south of Hwy 50. It’s highly possible that areas near I-70 remain snow free, outside of a few flurries. This drying trend has been evident the past 24 hours, so wouldn’t be surprised if many locations no accumulating snow.

The Cole County courthouse was completely evacuated Friday afternoon. ABC 17 is on scene and working to find out why the building was evacuated and if there are any safety concerns.

UPDATE 2:27 P.M.: Jefferson City Public Schools will pay a total of $400,000 and Gretchen Guitard will get $250,000 of that. The school district has 20 days to pay. The lawsuit, combined with Karen Ray and Laura Cooper’s lawsuit from the last couple of years, puts the total price tag of JCPS discrimination at $1,075,000.

Lincoln University Board of Curators formally introduced Dr. Jerald Jones Woolfolk as the 20th president on Friday afternoon. Woolfolk was announced as the new president in March. Curator Marvin Teer, President of the Board of Curators, previously said Woolfolk is the right leader for the university at this point in its legacy. “We have a

The University of Missouri is holding an open forum today for the third and final Assistant Vice Chancellor for Civil Rights, Title IX & ADA candidate. The university held two other forums this week. The candidates for the position are Andrea “Andy” Hayes, Robinette Kelley and Inya Baiye. Hayes has been serving in the interim