Month: April 2014

The Capital Mall in Jefferson City is monitoring a t-shirt shop after several complaints were received, stating the shirts were too vulgar. After viewers contacted ABC 17, Daniel Winn went to the mall and found the shirts were just feet from a children’s train that tours the mall. Mall management has acted and asked the

Kim Anderson was set to begin a long-desired tenure as the University of Missouri’s head men’s basketball coach on Tuesday. Anderson grew up not far away, in Sedalia. He played basketball for four years as number 32 on the Smith-Cotton High School basketball squad. While there, Anderson was an all-American and ABC 17 News learned

As of Monday the Mid-Missouri Red Cross chapter is waiting to send volunteers to the Arkansas area. The local Arkansas chapter is providing care to those affected with the help of the national American Red Cross. “What we try to do when we have a local disaster like we do there is for that chapter

The University of Missouri announced Monday that former University of Central Missouri head basketball coach Kim Anderson will become Mizzou’s 18th men’s basketball coach. Anderson is coming off a 30-5 record with the University of Central Missouri Mules and the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championship. “We are pleased and excited to have Kim Anderson

In an effort to make students and the community safer, the Eldon R-1 School District will break ground on a storm shelter beginning at the end of May. “We’ve been in the process for the last two or three years, writing the grant with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and we were notified last January

A t-shirt kiosk at the Capital Mall got some unwanted attention after mall customers started complaining to management and writing to ABC 17 News. The shirts had explicit gestures, including references to drugs and sex. Customers were upset because the kiosk was just feet from a children’s train. We talked to Capital Mall management and

Fulton Police are still investigating a shooting that took place on Saturday night around 8:00 p.m. They said they believe the incident was isolated and should not pose anymore threat of violence. Charles Williams said he has lived across the street from Carver Park for over five years. Williams takes his grandchildren to Carver Park

Rolla police say there is an especially dangerous batch of heroin circulating in the city. They believe this batch is behind at least one death and six overdoses. Police say the town has around 200 overdoses a year from heroin and the problem has gotten worse in the past six years. Authorities say that’s the

A Morgan County man is sitting in jail after police arrest him for child molestation. Police took 42-year-old James Varner into custody earlier this month. Court documents say he inappropriately touched a 13-year-old girl on several occasions beginning last July. When asked if the victim’s statement was true during his interrogation, Varner said in court

University of Missouri police issued an alert Saturday night after a female student reported being inappropriately touched by an older man on the quad. On Monday authorities identified the suspect as Khaled Fathy Mahmoud Salem Farag. According to the Clery release, the girl and a friend were walking between The Residence on the Quad and

A Springfield man is in the hospital after an SUV jumped a guard rail on the Grand Glaize Bridge and rolled into the water. On Monday investigators said the victim is Adam Marquart, 23, who remains in critical condition. Officers on the scene found Marquart laying unresponsive along the bank of Lake of the Ozarks.

ABC 17 News has confirmed a flight is scheduled from Warrensburg to Columbia Regional Airport Monday afternoon, at the same time the University of Missouri board of curators meet behind closed doors. According to FlightAware, the plane leaves Warrensburg at 12:30 p.m. Monday, arriving just after 1 p.m. Former Tiger player and assistant coach Kim

Cierra Gaytan-Leach is a Southern California girl who found a home in Mid-Missouri. “I’m a big country fan, and I like that whole kind of lifestyle,” the senior says of the area. “So I just really enjoy it.” Gaytan-Leach closed out her Missouri career with a second-team all-SEC honor. She helped the Tigers defeat Arkansas

ABC 17s Sports Director Austin Kim talks with Power Mizzou’s Gabe DeArmond about the search for a new Mizzou men’s head basketball coach and the challenges the position brings.

Thousands spent time without power as storms rolled through mid-Missouri Sunday. Residents in Hallsville and Centralia said they spent two hours without electricity and local business owners said it posed some challenges. “People are frustrated because the game is out, they’re trying to catch that, and then also our food is getting cold and the

Softball: Sunday the No. 15 Missouri softball team clinched the series against No. 3 Florida 5-4. For a second-straight game, the Tigers lead the Gators 4-0 in the first inning. Mizzou held Florida to four suns as Tori Finucane pitched seven innings and allowed seven hits. Junior Corrin Genovese (SS) hit her first career grand

The Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence held a full-day retreat Saturday to determine common reasons for violent crimes. The group decided on twelve reasons, but three stood out to the group – drugs, a mistrust of police and employment. “My whole triangle of this culture is drugs, conflict and miscommunication,” Christopher Haynes of Phoenix

Softball: The No. 3 Florida Gators tied the series with the No. 15 Missouri Tigers after a 9-5 win Saturday afternoon. The Tigers scored all four of their runs in the first inning. Then the Gators went on a nine run streak to beat Mizzou. Baseball: Saturday afternoon the Missouri baseball team got shut out

The push for policy changes in regards to marijuana in MIssouri continued this weekend on the University of Missouri’s campus. The Spring Cannabis Conference was held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Allen Auditorium. The keynote speaker was Mason Tvert, the co-chair behind Colorado’s campaign for marijuana legalization. Tvert told ABC 17

Hundreds of volunteers braved rain chances Saturday morning to help clean up Jefferson City. The third annual Serve Jefferson City event started with a pancake breakfast at 9 a.m., hosted by Senator MIke Kehoe. Then it was out to all corners of the city to help pick up trash, clean up creeks, and tidy flower