Month: December 2013

The No. 4 Mizzou volleyball team saw its season come to a close as it fell, 3-1 (18-25, 25-23, 16-25, 25-27), in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night. The loss drops the Tigers to 35-1 on the year as Purdue advances to the Sweet 16. Kreklow led the team with 47

A Belle man was charged late Saturday after Maries County deputies found a suspected meth lab in his home that morning. Keith “Tuff” Lansford, 50, was arrested during a search warrant on Highway 28 outside Belle early Saturday. Sheriff Chris Heitman said in a news release deputies found methamphetamines, a suspected meth lab, guns and

Two Columbia men are charged in connection with the October murder of a woman found dead along a road in Cooper County. Court documents indicate 30-year-old Parish Walker allegedly destroyed his contact information in Satina Beckner’s phone in an effort to block the investigation into her death. As of Friday night, Walker remained in the

Bitter cold temperatures can be felt all over mid Missouri Saturday, with high’s reaching below freezing. That was especially true Friday night, with some counties in mid Missouri dropping to negative digits. As the temperatures continue to drop, one should be adding more and more layers of clothing before heading outside. It may sound obvious,

Jabari Brown scored 22 points and Jordan Clarkson added 21 to help Missouri upset No. 18 UCLA 80-71 on Saturday. Two free throws by Johnathan Williams III gave Missouri (9-0) a 62-60 lead it wouldn’t relinquish with 9:30 remaining. The team trailed for most of the first half and into the second before Earnest Ross

The No. 4 Mizzou volleyball team swept IUPU 3-0 (25-22, 25-15 , 25-18) Friday evening in round one of the NCAA Tournament. Mizzou advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in program history. Mizzou was paced by a double-double from two-time All-American Lisa Henning as she tallied a match-high

As the Missouri Tigers head to Georgia’s capital city, poor weather is forcing some of them into hours of delay. The team is gearing up to face the Auburn University Tigers on Saturday for the Southeastern Conference championship title. A caravan of buses carrying Marching Mizzou and the Golden Girls left Columbia just after 5

Right now police in Moberly are searching for the suspect in an armed robbery. The robbery happened Friday evening at Title Cash in the 1200 block of North Morley. Employees say the suspect came in with a handgun and got away with cash. No one was injured. Police say they are looking for a black

The team began its adventure south this morning at 11, with more than two dozen fans cheering them on. The team loaded up three buses at the University of Missouri training facility. “I was in town this morning. I brought my wife to work and thought I’d come over and see the Tigers off,” said

An audit of Missouri’s Department of Conservation shows the agency spent nearly $3 million more than projected to reintroduce elk in the state. The audit says the department did not prepare a “complete and accurate estimate of costs” related to the elk reintroduction. The department planned to spend $411,000 to bring 150 elk to the

The City of Fulton tore down a potentially dangerous playground to construct a new on in the city’s Veteran’s Park. The city’s insurance company found more than 40 areas of concern with the old playground equipment earlier this year and recommended that it be destroyed. Head entrapment, swinging into a fence, and getting hit by

After spending years in Utah and Memphis, former Mizzou star DeMarre Carroll finds a home in Atlanta. ABC 17 Sports Director Austin Kim caught up with Carroll to get his thoughts on the SEC title game, how he keeps his Columbia ties strong, and the way he is showing his school spirit on Saturday.

Two former Missouri football players are suing the NCAA in federal court over head injuries they suffered decades ago, joining a cascade of recent lawsuits against college sports’ governing body related to traumatic brain injuries. Tony Van Zant and Sharron Washington filed the suit Tuesday. Both played for Missouri from 1987 to 1991. Van Zant

Boy’s high school final basketball scores S. Callaway 52, Tuscumbia 44Sacred Heart 83, Battle 73Centralia 61, Boonville 41Harrisburg 69, New Franklin 46

Jordan Clarkson scored 25 points and Jabari Brown added 18 to help Missouri defeat West Virginia 80-71 Thursday night in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Missouri shot 53 percent from the floor, but its defense limited West Virginia to making 42 percent of its shots. The Mountaineers entered the game averaging 85.1 points and shooting nearly

A Texan who led one of the country’s largest universities has been hired as the University of Missouri’s new chancellor. R. Bowen Loftin, the outgoing president of Texas A&M, succeeds Brady Deaton, who retired in November after overseeing the Columbia campus since 2004. UM System president Tim Wolfe formally announced Loftin’s hiring Thursday. “It has

The cold weather is moving into Columbia, causing Central Missouri Community Action to worry about their utility assistance program that is running out of funding. The Low Income Home and Energy Assistance Program, also called LIHEAP, provides financial help to the elderly, disabled, and poor with their utility bills. Last year the program helped nearly

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has activated the State Emergency Operations Center for round-the-clock operation in response to the winter storm bearing down on the state. The storm on Thursday brought sleet, freezing rain and snow to Missouri, creating hazardous driving conditions in the southern part of the state. Temperatures were 40 degrees colder than Wednesday,

SCHOOLS DISMISSING EARLY Newburg R-II: Dismissing at 12:45 p.m. Rolla Public Schools: Dismissing at 1 p.m.

Fulton police arrested a Columbia man Wednesday for having drugs in his car. An officer tried to stop a driver for speeding on Tennyson Road. The driver didn’t stop, leading to a vehicle chase around the city. Police say the car finally stopped on a dead-end street, and the driver tried to run away. Officers