Harrisburg Middle School teacher Jeffrey Wardrip, 41, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated on Tuesday night. Harrisburg Schools superintendent Steve Combs said Wardrip told the school district why he was arrested and is cooperating with the district on the issue. “The District does not condone excessive drinking or driving in an impaired state
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A water main break prompted a precautionary water boil advisory in a south Columbia neighborhood Thursday morning. The Consolidated Public Water Supply District No. 1 alerted the public to the advisory Thursday morning. Resident along Gans Road, Bearfield Road, Bearfield Drive, Rock Quarry Road, Happy Hollow Road and parts of Highway 63. The advisory is
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A precautionary boil water advisory was issued for a Boone County subdivision Thursday morning and will be in effect until 4 p.m. Friday. The advisory is for those in the Gateway South subdivision, which includes Alton Park Road, Southwest Way, Schuster Road, Gateway Boulevard South, Crocket Drive West, Gateview Drive South, Gateview Court West, West
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Authorities investigated in the area of Rice Road and Boyd Lane Wednesday night. Officers were dispatched to the scene around 7 p.m. Police cleared the area within the hour at around 7:40 p.m. ABC 17 News crews saw several patrol cars in the area, including one that was blocking Rice Road. Officers were searching the
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A former Fulton Dairy Queen employee was arrested Tuesday after she was accused of stealing money from the business on two separate occassions. Mary P. Ostrander, 26, of New Bloomfield, allegedly worked at the business in November 2018 and took more than $750 from the business through false refunds, according to a news release from
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THURSDAY: Variably cloudy with a spot shower possible, especially early. Much cooler with highs in the upper 60s . TONIGHT: Clouds thin out a bit as temperatures tumble into the low 50s with some of us dipping into the upper 40s . EXTENDED: We remain dry on Friday with highs in the upper 60s ,
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The Howard County office of emergency management requested $4 million from FEMA for infrastructure repairs. The request comes two days after Howard along with several other Mid-Missouri counties were approved for more federal aid. Bryan Kunze with the county agency said many areas along the Missouri River need repair. “Every place that’s close to the
Continue ReadingCivil rights group leaders, City Council members and Columbia residents are planning multiple events to help curb gun violence. Glenn Cobbins, a community activist, said he and others are set to host a block party near Rice Road and McKee Street. Police have investigated multiple shootings in the Northeast Columbia neighborhood in the past two
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The Cole County Sheriff’s Office is following several leads connected to two burglaries in which weapons and other items were stolen. Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler said he believes the burglaries on Friday and Monday are connected. The first happened on Friday in the 1100 block of West Lohman Road between 11 a.m. and 3:30
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A contractor leading the stone restoration at the Missouri Capitol building is appealing violations cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Chicago-based Bulley & Andrews LLC was cited for noise exposure on the job site for either not controlling sound levels or not providing employees with protective equipment if those measures did not work.
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Some school districts are considering expanding random drug testing to include nicotine. Southern Boone School District Superintendent Christopher Felmlee said his school district is in the preliminary stages of discussing adding nicotine to its drug tests. Per the district’s policy, any student who participates in athletics, extra-curricular activities or parks on school grounds are required
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An Illinois man is in custody after deputies allegedly found $53,470 worth of drugs during a traffic stop in Callaway County. According to a news release, a K-9 unit pulled over a vehicle on Highway 54 near County Road 210 around 2:23 a.m. Wednesday for a traffic violation. Authorities said Dossie Richmond, 59, of Chicago,
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Columbia experienced a string of shootings in the month of September, several of them deadly. That gun violence has continued into October, with police investigating another shooting Tuesday night. Police responded to the 1400 block of Raleigh Drive at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday after reports of shots fired. Police found several shell casings in the
Continue ReadingTwo vehicles were badly damaged in a collision that slowed traffic on a major Columbia street during the Wednesday evening rush. Images from the scene of the crash on Stadium Boulevard between College Park Drive and Rollins Road showed heavy front-end damage to two vehicles and a long line of traffic. It wasn’t immediately clear
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Gov. Mike Parson and U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt appeared with other officials at a news conference Wednesday about plans to replace the Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River near Rocheport. Playback of streaming video of the news conference will appear in the player below. Sign up for email news alerts by clicking here Copyright
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Columbia police officers were investigating a shooting in north Columbia on Tuesday night. Officers were dispatched after 7:30 p.m. to the 1400 block of Raleigh Drive. A sergeant on scene said officers found shell casings in the road and driveway of a home. ABC 17 News saw seven evidence markers outside of a duplex. The
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More than half of businesses inspected in Jefferson City were cited for one or fewer health code violations last month. The Jefferson City Department of Environmental Health Services released its report of monthly restaurant inspections Sept. 3, detailing inspection results at 33 food establishments. The report shows that more than half of the establishments checked
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A rail bridge in Brunswick was taken out by floodwaters on Tuesday, causing service to stop between Moberly and Kansas City. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/Casnerfarms/status/1179203548543950848″,”author_name”:”Adam Casner”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Casnerfarms”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;More local flood damage. NFS rail bridge over grand river at Brunswick, MO &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/3qVUmSXyBf”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/3qVUmSXyBf&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Adam Casner (@Casnerfarms) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/Casnerfarms/status/1179203548543950848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;October 2, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} The Grand River Bridge, which
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A woman accused of firing a gun at her romantic partner and prompting a lockdown of several Columbia schools was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday. Judge Jodie Asel sentenced Brandi Sorm after she withdrew a not guilty plea and pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree domestic assault in connection with the Sept.
Continue ReadingWEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy and hot with highs reaching into the middle 80s . An isolated shower in some of our northwest counties can’t be ruled out throughout the day, but it looks like better chances move in later. TONIGHT: Those chances look to increase after 6PM , moving in from the west. A few rumbles
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