Month: April 2014

A boil order was issued Saturday morning for all customers of Osage County Public Water Supply District #3. A six inch water main break along Highway 50 caused the order to be issued Saturday. It was in effect through Wednesday, April 16. All nearly 1,200 customers of PWSD #3 were told to boil water before

A Moberly man was hurt after he led police on a chase and crashed his car into an electric pole early Saturday morning. Police originally tried to pull the unnamed 24-year-old over in the 900 block of Kwix Road. According to a news release, he drove off at high speeds before crashing not far away

Softball: The No. 16 Missouri softball team clinched the weekend series against No. 20 ranked Auburn with a win Saturday night 8-7. Two early home runs by Mackenzie Sykes with two final inning shutouts pitched by Alora Marble helped Mizzou get the edge. Baseball: Saturday at No. 15 Kentucky shut out Missouri 12-0. Over the

A Fulton man was arrested early Saturday morning after a break-in and a chase through town. According to a news release, police tried to stop 29-year-old Tylor Bradley in connection to a break-in at the Break Time on West Fourth Street around 2:27 a.m. Bradley allegedly drove away from the officers trying to stop him,

Saturday morning, the Mizzou football team held their second spring scrimmage. The defense won over the offense 18-16. This scrimmage, like the first was decided by the final play. Sophomore corner back Aarion Penton had two interceptions, one being the game winner. Marcus Murphy returned. Murphy said his ankle which he sprained last week was

Saturday morning MU head football coach Gary Pinkel talked to the media for the first time since dismissing Dorial Green-Beckham from the football team. Friday the junior wide receiver was dismissed from the team after being suspended indefinitely on Monday. Before his dismissal was announced, Green-Beckham, in a statement to the St. Louis Post Dispatch

Jefferson City police were searching for a gunman Friday night after a shooting sent one man to the hospital. Neighbors called in reports of shots fired in the 400 block of East Dunklin Street around 6:30p.m. Friday. One home was hit, a bullet shattering a living room window. Inside, police reported a 33-year-old man was

Softball: The No. 16 Missouri tiger softball team played No. 20 ranked Auburn. Mizzou upsets Auburn 4-2. Tori Finucane pitched 6 innings, Casey Stangel pitched one. Corrine Genovese, Angela Randazzo, Sami Fagan and Sarah Moore scoring the Tigers. Baseball: The missouri baseball team was against No. 20 Kentucky wildcats Friday. Mizzou upsets Kentucky 8-7. A

It took four years to get the nation’s top prospect to commit to the Tigers. It took even less time for Dorial Green-Beckham to find his way off the Missouri football team. Friday was the end of the Dorial Green-Beckham era at Mizzou. Gary Pinkel dismissed the biggest star on Missouri’s campus after three off-field

The University of Missouri confirmed on Friday Dorial Green-Beckham has been kicked off the football team. The move came from Head Coach Gary Pinkel, along with MU Athletic Director Mike Alden. “This decision was made with the best interests of all involved in mind,” said Pinkel. “Dorial’s priority going forward needs to be focusing on

A Columbia teenager landed in jail Friday morning for allegedly breaking into several vehicles north of Columbia. Boone County authorities got the first 911 call from a man reporting an open garage off Moberly Drive around 5:20 a.m. Friday. Shortly afterwards, a deputy stopped D’Angelo Carter near the same neighborhood and took him into custody

ABC 17 News has learned more details about a fire that destroyed a trailer home late Friday afternoon north of Jefferson City. It happened off Summit Drive in Holts Summit around 3 p.m. Police detectives told ABC 17 News the blaze was suspicious enough to launch an investigation. Officers were going door-to-door questioning people in

ABC 17 News learned on Friday a Jefferson City business owner convicted of burning down his own store for the insurance money is getting a new trial. Kurt Steidley owned Everharts Sporting Goods at 2436 Missouri Boulevard before it went up in flames on New Years Day in 2011. Steidley was supposed to be sentenced

The Heartbleed bug affected hundreds of millions of websites exposing usernames, passwords, encryption keys, and other sensitive data. The bug gave hackers the ability to extract massive amounts of data from sites used everyday. Friday, ABC 17 News confirmed the bug has been fixed, though passwords could still be at risk. The sites affected include

The independent firm released their findings on Friday about how the University of Missouri handled the Sasha Menu Courey case. The former swimmer claimed she was raped by a university football player before killing herself in 2011. In mid-February, the UM board of curators hired the independent Dowd Bennett Law Firm to review the school’s

A man charged in the latest drug bust near Jefferson City was out on appeal for charges of first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. Terrill Reynolds also has prior convictions on two counts of forcible rape and second-degree assault. Reynolds was just arrested on Thursday with two other women during

Police arrested one man early Friday, accused of robbing his friends in central Columbia. Jason Smith, 19, was taken into custody, accused of first-degree robbery and unlawful use of a weapon. Officers were first called to Parkway Apartments around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday near Garth Avenue and West Broadway. Police discovered three victims were in the

A 19-year-old Jefferson City suspect is accused of robbing a man using a toy gun after the victim just cashed a lottery ticket. Police say Demarcus Ranson followed the victim after he left a gas station around noon on Thursday in the 600 block of Washington Street. Ranson allegedly grabbed the man by his shirt

New phone scams could be targeting AT&T customers. These scams are designed to get your personal information or upload malware to your wireless device or computer. According to the Better Business Bureau, one scam involves consumers receiving calls from scammers posing as AT&T technical support, telling them that their email account may have been compromised

Investigators with the Highway Patrol say a Macks Creek man is dead after falling out of a canoe. It happened Wednesday at the Little Niangua Arm downstream from the Route J bridge. Troopers say Steven Owens, 45, suffered medical issues while he was fishing from a canoe. Owens was found face down in the water