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UPDATED 5:15 p.m.: Murder suspect Martin Priest took the stand Wednesday, saying he never harmed Tammy Rothganger. Priest, on trial for 15-year-old Rothganger’s murder 30 years ago, said he picked her up from outside her school on and dropped her off at the park. He denied ever coming in contact with his nephews Michael and

Last summer, the Airport Advisory Board predicted the new terminal at Columbia Regional Airport could be finished by 2023 or later, but airport officials on Wednesday said at this time, they can’t make any timeline predictions. “There’s a lot of moving parts,” said airport manager Mike Parks. Those parts include finishing up projects involved in

Two trees on city property fell onto a Huntsville home in storms early Wednesday. Now, the man who owns the home said the city isn’t cleaning up the damage. “My wife woke me up in the middle of the night,” Huntsville homeowner Rian White said. “She thought someone was breaking into the house.” ABC 17

Mental Health Awareness Week takes place Oct. 7-13. The week was created in 1990 to help increase resources and treatment of mental illness. The National Alliance on Mental Illness says almost 44 million Americans suffer from a mental health condition each year. University of Missouri Health Care doctor John Lauriello spoke with ABC 17 News

A Columbia man will spend 15 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to sell methamphetamine. Gary D. Warren, 32, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Jefferson City after he pleaded guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to sell methamphetamine and one count of possessing a gun in relation

A Columbia man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court for dealing heroin and illegally possessing a firearm. Horashio A. Pritchett, 39, was sentenced to six years and three months in federal prison without parole, the office of the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri said in a news release. Pritchett pleaded guilty June

TONIGHT: Skies will remain mostly cloudy with temperatures dropping to near 40 degrees. It will be chilly by daybreak with breezy winds out of the northwest up to 10-15 mph, we could see gusts as high as 21. THURSDAY: Skies will gradually become mostly sunny and temperatures will stay cool, only reaching the mid 50s

In just a matter of days, Hurricane Michael became the strongest storm to make landfall in the U.S. since Hurricane Camille in 1969. Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, around noon Wednesday with winds of 155 mph and storm surge as high as 14 feet in many spots. HISTORY: On October 2, the National

The Jefferson City Fire Department was dispatched to the Missouri Supreme Court Wednesday morning in response to reports of a suspicious substance. According to fire officials, those in the building practiced a brief shelter in place while the situation was dealt with. It was determined the substance, which was mailed to the supreme court building,

Missouri Task Force 1 has been diverted to Montgomery, Alabama, ahead of Hurricane Michael’s landfall. Meanwhile electric line workers from central Missouri are also being sent to help with hurricane response. The Boone County Fire Protection District posted on Facebook Tuesday night that it was diverted to Maxwell Air Force Base while en route to

WEDNESDAY: Lingering showers and a few storms are slowly coming to an end this afternoon, with the clouds remaining in place. Expect overcast skies to stick around through most of the afternoon into the evening, with falling temperatures to follow. Winds will gradually shift around out of the west up to 15 mph, with gusts

UPDATE 9:40 A.M. 10/10: The crash that stalled rush hour traffic on westbound Interstate 70 at the Missouri River bridge involved six people, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash happened when four vehicles stopped because of a crash in front of them, the patrol report said. A semi-truck then crashed

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri prison guards are criticizing the Department of Corrections director, who was photographed at a September golf fundraiser holding a beer while wearing a shirt with the department logo. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that prison employee union chief Gary Gross says employees would face discipline if they were pictured

WEDNESDAY: Lingering showers and a few storms mainly east of HWY 63 in the morning will end and we’ll cool down through the day. Clouds will begin to break as temperatures will start off in the mid to upper 60s, cooling into the upper 50s by 7 PM. It will also be breezy with westerly

A Missouri judge has blocked election officials from enforcing parts of a voter photo identification law. Senior Cole County Judge Richard Callahan ruled Tuesday that voters without a photo ID will no longer have to sign a sworn statement in order to cast a regular ballot. The ruling also prevents the state from advertising that

Jefferson City leaders are pushing property owners to take action now to address a collapsing wall. Jefferson City’s building official, Larry Burkhardt, sent a letter to three property owners Monday insisting that action be taken to address a collapsing building because of the risk of “total failure” of the building and possibly its neighbor. If

The jury trial for a man charged with capital murder in Miller County began Monday morning. Martin Priest was charged in January 2016 with the 1984 rape and murder of Tammy Rothganger, who was 15. At the time, Priest was the live-in boyfriend of Rothganger’s mother. The girl’s body was never found. Sandy Kuchen, Rothganger’s

A Columbia Public Schools administrator has resigned to take a job elsewhere. Kevin Brown, the CPS assistant superintendent for secondary education, will work his last day Friday, according to an email sent to employees. Brown has worked in that role since 2016. “Please join us in wishing Dr. Brown well in his new endeavor,” district

10 PM TUESDAY: The severe threat has ended but there continues to be a chance of localized flooding in the overnight hours Tuesday as storms bring pockets of heavy rain. UPDATED: 8:20 PM A line of storms continues to push east across mid-Missouri and still poses a threat for severe weather until 11 PM. The

TONIGHT: Scattered showers and t-storms will continue with storms that produce heavy downpours, frequent lightning and gusty winds. There is a lower threat of damaging wind of 58 mph or greater or an isolated tornado. The severe threat will decrease with time. With heavy downpours, localized flooding is possible, especially in low lying areas. WEDNESDAY: