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Law alarms are among the calls that keep officers the most busy. Dispatch records show authorities have already responded to more than 1200 calls county wide since the beginning of the year. Back in 2016, Columbia police said they alone responded to more than 3700 calls with only 1.7% considered valid. On Wednesday, Chief Ken

TODAY: Most locations will be dry for the morning commute. There is a slight rain chance for Cooper, Howard, and Boone counties from 5AM-8AM where 0.01″ to 0.05″ of rain is possible. Meanwhile, a line of showers to our west will increase over HWY 65 by 8AM and work into US 63 by 12PM-2PM. There

A mid-Missouri woman charged with abandoning a corpse was found unfit to defend herself Thursday. Deborah Berardi appeared in Boone County Court for allegedly abandoning Steven Summa’s body on January 30 in a home on Leeway Drive. Berardi was caught by the Missouri State Highway Patrol on January 31 after a warrant was issued. On

Columbia utility leaders will present its plans for sewer repairs and maintenance for the upcoming year. The interested parties meeting took place Thursday at City Hall from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The meeting went over the “44,000 linear feet of sewer line, 400 manholes, and 310 lateral connection repairs” the city plans to tackle in

A makeshift basketball court sits at the end of Edenton Boulevard in north Columbia. It’s one of the few community spaces in the north part of the city for children to gather. “I was very disturbed about our children having no type of activities, no positive influence, and only having each other to gather from,

DWI checkpoints across the state could be at risk of losing their state funding for the next fiscal year. Missouri House Bill 4, a budget bill, would only appropriate $1 to fund DWI checkpoints and the rest of the funding would go toward saturation patrols. Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick, the author of the bill, said local

The Jefferson City Planning and Zoning Commission approved a resolution Thursday to adopt the Capital Area Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan to the city’s comprehensive plan. There have been 20 pedestrian-involved crashes in the past year in Jefferson City, including one deadly crash, according to the Missouri Statewide Traffic Accident Records System, or STARS. There have

On Thursday night, a crash temporarily shut down part of Old Plank Road and Providence Road in southern Columbia. The crash happened before 7: 50 p.m. near Rock Bridge Elementary School and involved two vehicles. The Missouri State Highway Patrol directed traffic while the area was closed and tow trucks were brought in to remove

For the first time in the agency’s history, the Columbia Police Department is applying for accreditation. “It’s a three year process,” Sgt. Robert Dochler, who is managing the project, said. “We’re six months into it. We have until September of 2019 to schedule our first on-site visit from the assessors and achieve accreditation.” The department

The search for the dean of the Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri is now suspended. According to Christian Basi, the spokesperson for MU, Provost Stokes wanted to have more conversations about the “future direction of the school.” Basi says they had a strong candidate pool. MU says it is a

Fulton Police responded to a Fulton business in the 1200 block of Bluff Street on Thursday for a report of a male subject exposing himself to employees. The employee that reported the incident said that the man had driven through their drive through multiple times, exposing himself to her. When officers got to the business,

A car struck a utility pole in Jefferson City Thursday afternoon causing nearly 500 Ameren Missouri customers to lose power. Ameren said it happened at 4:08 p.m. near West Truman Boulevard and Constitution Drive. The company also said power will be restored to a majority of the affected customers by 5:15 p.m. ABC 17 News

The MU faculty council unanimously voted to endorse a proposal related to layoffs of non-tenure track-or NTT-faculty at their meeting Thursday. The resolution from the MU Non-Tenure Track Faculty Committee included additional protections for NTT faculty as they face the possibility of layoffs while the university deals with unprecedented budget cuts from the state. “What

The City of Columbia announced on Twitter on Thursday that a new deputy city manager has been selected. JJ Musgrove, the director of Cultural Affairs for the city, will have an annual salary of $144,000 and have a standard department director benefit package, which includes a $285 monthly vehicle allowance, healthcare and retirement benefits. According

Moniteau County Deputies were called to a home in Fortuna, Mo on an outside agency assist for the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office had a suspect in a theft from a store in Versailles, Mo and found that the suspect was living in Moniteau County at the home in Fortuna. Deputies

Parents, students and stakeholders held a protest at Smith-Cotton High School on Thursday afternoon. It was meant to honor the memory of 16-year-old Riley Garrigus, who took her own life Saturday, and to call for changes to the school district’s bullying policy and access to mental health. School district officials responded Wednesday saying they were

A settlement was reached on April 7, 2017 for the wrongful death lawsuit of Jack Lipp. Lipp was a freshman at the University of Missouri who attended a “stop day” party on Dec. 12, 2014 where he was found underneath the balcony unconscious. Lipp was diagnosed with a severe traumatic brain injury and also had

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is looking into the training of officers and reviewing their licenses. Training has switched from 48 hours every three years to 24 hours every year. DPS is looking into the JCPD and if their officers are in compliance with their Police Officer Standard Training (POST). The Jefferson City Police

TONIGHT: A mild night expected for Mid-Missouri, as temperatures will only bottom out near 60 degrees under overcast skies. Winds will be out of the south under 10 mph, with increasing rain chances after midnight. FRIDAY: Isolated showers and storms are possible for the morning commute as we head into Good Friday. A band of

Boone County Sheriff Deputies were called to the 10000 Block of I70 Drive Northeast because of a vehicle theft on Thursday. 39-year-old Joyce Reynolds from California, Missouri had entered several parked vehicles and stolen various items. When an owner of one of the vehicles confronted Joyce, she left the area on foot and walked to