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Lucas Geisler

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Anchor at ABC 17 News. Mizzou. G.C., IL. DM me things I should know. (pfp: @chrisbphotos)

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  • 4 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Lucas Geisler

    Share Columbia police are investigating after someone shot a man near the Benton-Stephens neighborhood Friday night. Lt. Derek Moore told ABC 17 News on scene that a man had been shot in the 900 block of Moss Street. First responders found the victim with a wound to the leg nearby on the west side of Old 63 North near McAlester Street. Moore said the wound wasn't life-threatening. Moore said officers detained a suspect in the shooting. He said there was no further threat to the public.

  • 5 days ago | abc17news.com | Lucas Geisler

    Suspect detained in central Columbia shooting Columbia police are investigating after someone shot a man near the Benton-Stephens neighborhood Friday night. Lt. Derek Moore told ABC 17 News on scene that a man had been shot in the 900 block of Moss Street. First responders found the victim with a wound to the leg nearby on the west side of Old 63 North near McAlester Street. Moore said the wound wasn't life-threatening. Moore said officers detained a suspect in the shooting.

  • 5 days ago | abc17news.com | Lucas Geisler

    State lawmakers finish more than $50 billion budget, MU reactor money dropped (Editor's note: The story has been updated with the total operating budget amount.)Missouri state lawmakers put their final touches on next year's $50 billion operating budget. The appropriation bills will not go to Gov. Mike Kehoe for his approval. The governor could veto various line items in the budget ahead of the start of the fiscal year on July 1. The budget sports a $52.5 billion tag for FY 26.

  • 5 days ago | abc17news.com | Lucas Geisler

    Names released in Wednesday night Columbia standoff The two men arrested during a standoff in east Columbia had three felony warrants from three different counties between them. Assistant police chief Paul Dickinson said the department arrested 36-year-old Antonio Watson and 38-year-old Rodney L. Hayes II during an hours-long standoff on Lambeth Drive on Wednesday night. Online court records show Hayes has no-bond warrants in Boone and Callaway counties.

  • 6 days ago | abc17news.com | Lucas Geisler

    On Jan. 6, an anonymous tipster told the Missouri Department of Natural Resources about a growing homeless camp off of Interstate 70 Drive Southwest in west Columbia. The person said "garbage and debris" from the camp was getting into the nearby Harmony Creek. A staff member with the city's stormwater division, TJ Tiefenbrunn, told DNR three days later that the camp was on private property.

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Lucas Geisler
Lucas Geisler @LucasABC17
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21 Apr 25

RT @JessicaABC17: Shouts to my team @NateABC17News @SawyerJ_KMIZ17 @ChanceGotsch for a long day of severe weather coverage on a holiday. Th…

Lucas Geisler
Lucas Geisler @LucasABC17
21 Apr 25

🚨Utilities spokesman Jason West tells me recycling pickup in Columbia is suspended indefinitely. He said that includes the drop-off sites around town, which will be unavailable to the public.

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Lucas Geisler @LucasABC17

Today's storm hit the Columbia Landfill pretty hard. @ChanceGotsch and @MitchKaminski99 saw significant damage to a city recycling building (left). Pic on the right is the truck weigh station. https://t.co/X4bmXQXGGK