Month: January 2014

Columbia College announced its new leader late Friday afternoon. Scott Dalrymple was chosen to become the school’s 17th president, after Dr. Gerald Brouder announced his retirement last January. Dalrymple is currently dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Excelsior College in Albany, N.Y., and recently visited the Mid-Missouri campus earlier this week. “During his

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Michael Wacha goes one-on-one with ABC 17 Sports Director Austin Kim at the Cardinal Caravan. Wacha talks about his alma mater’s move to the SEC (Texas A&M), his struggles against Mizzou in college, and the big difference in this year’s off-season.

Boy’s final high school basketball scores Jan 17 Hickman 96, Northeast 38Battle 43, DeSmet 68Rock Bridge 56, Warrensburg 49Palmyra 71, Centralia 68Tolton Catholic 84, KC O’Hara 73Fulton 73, Lebanon 77

The Missouri tiger gymnastic team opened their home meets Friday night losing to the Arkansas Razorbacks 196.050 to 194.650, despite the loss, 11 Tigers tied or set career highs. In the first rotation, Missouri began on vault. Two tigers scored high than a 9.800. Freshman Angie Kern scored a 9.825 and Junior Rachel Updike finished

Four outstanding former student-athletes have been selected for induction into the University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame. They will represent the 24th induction class since the inception of the Hall in 1990. The formal induction ceremony will be held Saturday, February 15th, 2014 in the Reynolds Alumni Center on the MU campus beginning

Police were held up for two hours after a “shots fired”call. It started around 7 p.m. Thursday when police were called to an apartment to investigate possible shots fired. Upon their arrival, police say, 37-year-old Jeremy Shacklett refused to cooperate and locked himself in an apartment. Police then found that Shacklett had outstanding domestic-assault and

The St. Louis Cardinal Caravan will stop in Jefferson City Friday, giving fans a chance to see and talk with current and former players. The event will be at the Missouri Farm Bureau Center at 701 South Country Club Drive starting at 4:30. The program will begin at 6 p.m., followed by autographs for those

A Columbia woman is coming forward claiming she was also swindled by the Mid-Missouri man accused of scamming his elderly relatives out of nearly $110,000. Farrel Pride is wanted for a felony charge of exploitation of the elderly, after his dying aunt and uncle claimed he brainwashed them and stole money. Thursday night, a Columbia

Girl’s high school basketball final scores Ozark 32, Rock Bridge 62Hermann 53, New Haven 39North Callaway 53, Russellville 40Harrisburg 49, South Callaway 37 Boy’s high school basketball final scores Boonville 46, Fulton 50Wright City 43, Tolton Catholic 76

Bri Kulas scored 30 points to lead No. 14 LSU over Missouri 87-68 on Thursday. The Lady Tigers (14-3, 3-1) shot 50 percent overall and 13 of 19 (68 percent) from beyond the arc. Theresa Plaisance added 15 points and seven boards, while Anne Pedersen chipped in with 13. Missouri (13-5, 2-3) didn’t play poorly

Rod Odom scored a career-high 24 points, hitting six 3-pointers, and the short-handed Vanderbilt Commodores beat Missouri 78-75 Thursday night in the Tigers’ first visit to Memorial Gym as a member of the Southeastern Conference. Vanderbilt (9-6, 1-2) snapped a two-game skid by avoiding foul trouble and hitting a season-high 12 3-pointers. The Commodores are

A Mid-Missouri sheriff is warning local residents about a new scam involving Publishers Clearing House. The Maries County Sheriff’s office said on Thursday it had already received several reports. Callers are telling people to put money on a prepaid card from the Dollar General in Vienna, about 40 minutes south of Jefferson City. The scammers

Police are searching for a suspect believed to have shot and robbed a man Thursday morning. Investigators say a 23-year-old man was walking in the 2000 block of McKee Street when the suspect approached him, showed a handgun and demanded money. When the victim tried to run, police say the suspect shot him in the

Mid-Missouri roads crews were bracing for another dangerous day Monday, with a chance of freezing rain for parts of the area. In Columbia, Public Works said a two man crew was out treating priority streets Sunday night. An eight person crew would come on board overnight to keep an eye on roads into the morning

Missouri Department of Transportation crews are working to fix numerous potholes on area roadways. MoDOT says the recent snow, ice and extreme cold combined with the swing in temperatures have caused potholes to pop up. “Drivers should be on the watch for short-term lane closings and crews and equipment filling potholes across mid-Missouri over the

A two-vehicle accident Thursday morning sent one person to the hospital and let live chickens loose on the road. The accident happened on Highway 50 near Syracuse. A tractor trailer carrying live chickens and a car were involved in the accident around 3 a.m. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Aleksandr Kozhukharenko, 26, of

A congressional investigation of the Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital is underway after a 78-year-old man was beaten to death in 2013 at the facility. In a letter dated Jan. 15 and addressed to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) requested a copy of the incident report detailing how

Girl’s high school basketball Moberly 46, Fulton 50Battle 45, Boonville 55North Callaway 47, South Callaway 29 Boy’s high school basketball North Callaway 68, Montgomery Co. 83South Callaway 73, Russellville 35Harrisburg 45, New Haven 42

Ameren crews are preparing for an excavation project to remove potentially dangerous chemicals from the soil at the former Ameren headquarters building in Columbia. On Wednesday, crews were demolishing the rest of the building near Ash and Orr Street. Before it was Ameren headquarters, the site was used to manufacture gas dating back to the

A website that gets more than 50 billion views a month is in the spotlight Wednesday. That site- Craigslist. ABC 17 News told you about the new crime of “pet flipping,” in which people steal animals and then sell them online. According to rescue groups and police, Craigslist is the No. 1 place for criminals