Month: May 2014

Mizzou football beat writer David Morrison recaps the 2014 NFL draft and breaks down each Mizzou draftee.

The University of Missouri police have arrested former Mizzou defensive back, David Sowell, on rape accusations. Investigators said the report came from Campusview Drive just off Providence Road. The woman told officers she knew Sowell before the incident. MUPD said the investigation is still ongoing. As of Sunday night, Sowell was in the Boone County

The 22nd annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive wrapped up Saturday in Columbia. The Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri told ABC 17 News it received donations of 44,000 pounds of food. About $25,000 cash was also donated during the event. The food bank teamed again with the United States Postal Service mail carriers

The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touch down Saturday evening in Saline County, near Marshall. Viewer reports indicated the northern part of the city had more damage than areas farther south. An ABC 17 News crew report a barn collapsed on Highway 240 and many trees were down in the area. Across the area,

A Eugene man died late Friday night after being thrown from a pickup truck that rolled in Miller County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports, 20-year-old Kristopher Ryder was thrown from the truck when it went off Highway M, near Eldon, and rolled into a ditch. The driver, 26-year-old Joseph Christian of Eldon, and

Columbia Police believe a recent string of break-ins at student apartments are related. The most recent break-ins have all happened in the 3000 block of Stadium Boulevard and 2200 block of Grindstone Parkway. In all of the instances, the suspect entered apartments occupied by college-age women. Columbia Police believe the same suspect is connected to

A Friday night party ended in gunfire in north Columbia. Columbia police told ABC 17 News on Saturday that multiple shell casings were found in the area of Comanche Court and Mohawk Court, just north of Interstate 70. The investigation continued this weekend. Police said there were few leads in the case because witnesses did

One woman was taken to a Columbia emergency room Saturday night after she crashed her Ford SUV into a parked car and a home. Police at the driver at gunpoint in the 700 block of West Green Meadows Road around 6:45 p.m. Saturday. Officers at the scene told ABC 17 News the driver may have

An Jeep Cherokee crashed into a Columbia insurance office Saturday evening and sent one man to the hospital with serious injuries. The crash happened around 7:27 p.m. at the Shelter Insurance Office at 1905 West Ash Street, just off Stadium Boulevard and near Columbia Mall. According to a Columbia Fire Department news release later, the

Drafted: Kony Ealy – Carolina PanthersJustin Britt – Seattle SeahawksEJ Gaines – St. Louis RamsMichael Sam – St. Louis Rams Signed free agents: Andrew Wilson – Miami DolphinsJames Franklin – Detroit LionsEric Waters – Pittsburgh SteelersHenry Josey – Philadelphia EaglesL’Damian Washington – Dallas CowboysMarcus Lucas – Carolina Panthers

The St. Louis Rams made history tonight with drafting openly gay, former Mizzou Tiger Michael Sam with the 249th overall pick. Sam is now the first openly gay player to be drafted the National Football League. As the 2014 SEC Co-Defensive player of the year and unanimous all american, Sam had 10.5 sacks in the

Two new charges have been filed against a 27-year-old man accused in a series of shooting incidents along Kansas City-area highways. Mohammed P. Whitaker of Grandview, formerly a Moberly resident, was charged in April with 18 felony counts stemming from highway shootings that started in early March, injuring three people. He’s being held on $1

Columbia police searched into the early morning hours Saturday for a suspect matching the description of a man wanted for a string of recent crimes. Police received a call just before 8:00 p.m. Friday about a suspicious looking person in the 3100 block of Rock Quarry Rd. The man ran into the woods when authorities

On Friday night, with the 60th pick in the NFL Draft former Mizzou defensive end Kony Ealy was drafted to the Carolina Panthers. Ealy forewent his senior year to enter the draft his junior year. In his final season with the Tigers as an 2013 All-America, Ealy returned one block pass for a 49 yard

The veto of Senate Bill 509 was overturned in the Senate Monday, and in the House Tuesday. The House vote took all 108 republicans and 1 democrat to override the Governor’s veto of the tax cut bill. The lone democrat to vote with the republicans and against his own party and a democrat governor was

The 2013 County Health Rankings list Boone County as the sixth healthiest county in Missouri. However, the Community Health Assessment released on Friday from the Boone County Health Department shows five areas the county needs to work on. Those strategic issues include safe and healthy neighborhoods, promoting healthy lifestyles, providing access to health care, diminishing

Governor Nixon has ordered all flags to be flown at half staff until former GovernorJoseph Teasdale is laid to rest. Teasdale passed away Thursday. He was elected as Missouri Governor in 1976 at age 40. Prior to that appointment, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Kansas City. At 30 years old, he was the

The new and improved Business 50 West in Apache Flats may be here sooner than expected. Cole County engineers said they are running about two weeks ahead of schedule on the project. The project will add a new drainage system, sidewalks, a center lane- and shoulders to the road. Engineers said the $3.5 million project

Sedalia police arrested three people in connection with a suspected drug operation Thursday. Two were arrested Thursday morning, and the third was arrested late Thursday night. Shortly after 5 a.m., detectives and officers with a K-9 unit searched a home in the 1000 block of South Carr Avenue. Officers say they found methamphetamine and materials

The Networks of Mid-Missouri is seeking a full-time News Reporter for our newsroom in Jefferson City. The reporter must be a self-starter willing to work with the assignment desk in developing sources and generating content. Employee must have the flexibility to work in the modern newsroom and could be called upon to beat report, produce,