Month: April 2013

Police have made two arrests in a Columbia murder last week. According to the Boone County jail, James Thompson is currently in their custody. Thompson is under arrest for allegedly killing Brian Daniels. Thompson was picked up at the corner of Grindstone Parkway and Churchill Drive on Saturday around 4:45 p.m. Thompson was being held

At least three suspects are on the loose in Jefferson City after a violent home invasion. Police confirmed on Monday, three men broke into a home Friday afternoon at 116-A Ventura Avenue near the Capitol Mall. Officers say the robbers assaulted two residents. When they started resisting, the men left in a four-door red or

The suburban St. Louis-based grocery store chain Schnucks now says that 2.4 million credit cards and debits cards of its customers may have been compromised over a three-month period. That includes stores in Columbia and Jefferson City. Schnucks announced the breadth of the fraud in a statement Sunday. Fraudulent charges have come from around the

1) Let’s start with what will surely be most enjoyable for Mizzou fans: Dorial Green-Beckham First, we must throw out this qualifier. It is only the spring. None of this counts or matters come SEC Saturdays in September. But the sophomore wide receiver looks phenomenal so far in spring practice. Offensive coordinator Josh Henson is

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The federal Social Security Administration now says that its investigators were not able to read an electronic list of concealed gun permit holders from Missouri. In an email Monday, a spokesman for the federal agency says it distributed incorrect information last week when it said the disk was read before

Hundreds of people lined up Friday for the start of the three-day gun show at the Boone County Fairgrounds. R.K. Shows, Inc. is bringing the Gun & Knife Shows to Mid-Missouri, with 300 tables of vendors, according to the organizer. Some gun enthusiasts Friday said the new firearms bill being discussed on the Senate floor

A Moberly man is in critical condition Saturday after being stabbed. Moberly police responded to Moberly Regional Hospital Saturday in reference to a man suffering a stab wound. According to a press release, officers found out the unnamed 23-year-old man was stabbed during an altercation with three other unidentified males in the 100 block of

ABC 17 News has learned Social Security investigators did see personal information obtained from conceal and carry permit applicants’ driver’s licenses. The recent outrage at the state capitol is over the fact that private information of people in Missouri made it all the way to Washington, DC. Columbia Senator Kurt Schaefer said he’ll hold more

Kate Walker, 64, of Columbia knows what it’s like when life throws a curve ball. Walker grew up wanting to be a dancer, and that’s exactly what she became. Mastering both ballet and modern dance, her goal was to live her life with dance right in the center. Unfortunately, when Walker turned 40 her doctors

The No. 8 Mizzou softball team battled back from a five-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning to force extra innings, but it was not enough. The Arkansas Razorbacks scored on a wild pitch in the eighth inning to escape University Field with an 11-10 win Sunday. The Tigers are now 24-6 overall

Jonathan Lucroy hit a solo home run in the 10th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied past the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 Sunday and avoided a sweep at Busch Stadium. The Brewers trailed 3-0 when Ryan Braun hit a two-run homer off reliever Trevor Rosenthal with no outs in the eighth. Braun’s second home run

Alex Gordon drove home Chris Getz with a single in the ninth inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep. The Royals played from behind nearly the entire way, but broke through when Getz doubled off Blue Jays reliever Darren Oliver (0-1) with one

A Sedalia driver had a close call on Grand Avenue late Saturday night. Police told ABC 17 News the man’s car stalled on the railroad tracks ahead of an oncoming train. He jumped out to call for help before the train made impact, pushing the car off the tracks into a utility pole. The 2007

Two people were killed Sunday afternoon in a crash on Missouri 87 near Boulder Road in Eldon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Terry and Susan Jones were killed on impact when the motorcycle they were on crossed the center line of the road on a curve and hit a Buick SUV. The driver of

After finding out Jose Reyes likely will be sidelined until the All-Star break, R.A. Dickey won his first game for the Toronto Blue Jays. The NL Cy Young Award winner allowed one run and five hits in 6 2-3 innings Saturday night, and Jose Bautista backed him with a two-run homer in the Blue Jays’

A two-car crash early Saturday morning in Fulton sent one 85-year-old woman to the hospital with minor injuries. According to a news release, the woman was driving a 1988 Pontiac on County Road 306 around 10:12 a.m. She tried to cross Highway 54 and was hit on the driver’s side by an oncoming Toyota van.

No. 3 Vanderbilt jumped all over Mizzou Saturday, pounding out 19 hits and defeating the Tigers, 12-1. The loss drops the Tigers to 12-19 on the season and 4-10 in SEC play. Mizzou’s Case Munson was pretty much the entire Tiger offense in this game. He had a pair of hits from the lead-off spot,

The Missouri Tiger football team held its second scrimmage of the spring Saturday morning inside Devine Pavilion. The defense, on the strength of six turnovers, won for the second straight Saturday, 29-9. It wasn’t that unit, however, that had everyone talking afterwards. Sophomore wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham caught eight passes for 135 yards and a

The No. 8 Missouri Tiger softball team rallied to send the game into extra innings but, ultimately, fell short in 11 innings, losing to Arkansas Saturday, 4-1. Entering the bottom of the seventh inning, the Tigers (24-5, 9-4 SEC) trailed Arkansas 1-0. With one out, though, sophomore Kelsea Roth clubbed her 12th home run of

Adam Wainwright (2-1) threw a four-hitter and drove in two runs with three hits, two in a seven-run sixth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals shut out the Milwaukee Brewers for the second straight game with a 8-0 victory on Saturday. Milwaukee ace Yovani Gallardo (0-1) endured yet another setback against his nemesis, falling to