Month: January 2018

The crowd at Mizzou Arena let out a collective gasp as Chris Chiozza ran down the court all alone and won the game off an uncontested lay up. Mizzou fell to Florida 77-75 in a stunning final minute in which the Tigers had the ball and a chance to win the game with 17.4 seconds.

TONIGHT: Clouds will be on the increase overnight tonight, with temperatures rising into the mid-20s by 4am. We’ll have winds out of the southeast at 10-15mph, gusting to near 25 as we near sunrise tomorrow. SUNDAY: We’re continuing to watch a system that will affect the area by Sunday morning. Freezing rain looks to develop

TODAY: We’ll see temperatures climb into the mid to upper 20s with some low 30s near the Lake of the Ozarks. Winds will come in from the east-southeast up to 12 mph, generating wind chills in the teens in the afternoon. TONIGHT : Cloud cover and southerly winds ahead of our next weather system will

Jefferson City police are searching for the person who robbed a Walgreens location on Friday night. According to police, the robbery happened around 6 p.m. at the store at 900 Eastland Drive. Police told ABC 17 News the suspect jumped over the counter and took prescription drugs from the pharmacy. Police said the suspect only

Cole County flu numbers are up by nearly 600% when compared to the same time last year. Officials said Cole County had seen 433 cases of Influenza A and 39 cases of Influenza B through Dec. 30, 2017. During the same time frame last year, there were only 62 reports of Influenza A and four

Moberly police have arrested the suspect accused of leading law enforcement authorities on a manhunt Thursday night. Cody Kitchen was arrested in the 800 block of Myra Street in Moberly. Police said he was taken into custody after a short foot pursuit. Police said Kitchen fled Thursday night after a traffic stop in Moberly near

MODOT officials are warning drivers to be prepared for the possibility of slick roads on Sunday. The current weather forecast is calling for a light wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow to hit parts of Mid-Missouri. Rain is also expected and could cause icy conditions. Officials said crews will carefully monitor road conditions,

TONIGHT: Temperatures will tumble once again into the single digits with winds out of the northeast up to 13 mph under partly cloudy skies. These breezy winds will make it feel more like -10 in many spots as you wake up Saturday. SATURDAY: We’ll see temperatures climb into the mid to upper 20s with some

TONIGHT: Temperatures will tumble once again into the single digits with winds out of the northeast up to 13 mph under partly cloudy skies. These breezy winds will make it feel more like -10 in many spots as you wake up Saturday. SATURDAY: We’ll see temperatures climb into the mid to upper 20s with some

The 2018 session started Wednesday for the Missouri General Assembly with around a thousand bills on its agenda. Senator Caleb Rowden, R, Columbia, represents the people of Boone and Cooper Counties. As our guest for “This Week,” he starts the conversation by discussing the significance of his new role as chairman of the Government Reform

Columbia and Boone County Public Works crews said Friday they’re still not sure what the weather will bring Sunday morning, but they said they are prepared for the worst. Officials in Columbia said they plan to have an eight-person plow crew in place overnight on Saturday to monitor the weather, pretreat the designated snow routes

Barry Odom and Mizzou football hired former Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley as the next offensive coordinator for the Tigers. “I’m excited for our football program, Derek brings tremendous energy, knowledge and experience to our staff,” said Odom. “He will do a great job of mentoring our student-athletes in all areas of their lives, and

Mizzou guard Blake Harris will transfer from the program a team spokesperson confirms today. The freshman guard is the second player to transfer in less than a week after CJ Roberts transferred Wednesday. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/blizzyblake55_/status/949309146578472960″,”author_name”:”Blake Harris”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/blizzyblake55_”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;thanks for all the memories &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/NGhRbKWz41″&#gt;pic.twitter.com/NGhRbKWz41&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Blake Harris (@blizzyblake55_) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/blizzyblake55_/status/949309146578472960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;January 5, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} Harris

For only the second time this century, Columbia has seen one of the coldest starts to a new year. Since record keeping began in the late 1800s, there have only been eight years, in which the average temperatures of the first four days fell below 10 degrees. 2018 happens to be one of those years,

UPDATE, 4:11 p.m.: Judge Steven Ohmer ordered the state pay $40,000 for Serrano’s mitigation research. The public defender system will pay for the other $19,000. Ohmer did not specify how the Attorney General’s Office or Montgomery County would split the cost, if the two public agencies would split it at all. The St. Louis judge

UPDATE 1/5: A judge ruled on Friday that Montgomery County or the Attorney General will have to pay Serrano’s attorneys $40 thousand for the work they have done in the case. ORIGINAL STORY: A man suspected of killing 5 people including a Missourian has a council status hearing in St. Louis Friday morning. Pablo Serrano

An inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to a fellow inmate’s death. Terry Volner, 29, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to first-degree murder for fatally striking Jose Benitez, 67, in 2013. The plea was based on an agreement with prosecutors who originally wanted

Cole County deputies arrested Nicholas Veltrop on Wednesday afternoon after officers believed him to be a suspect in several thefts in Cole and Boone Counties. According to the probable cause statement, when officers made contact with Veltrop, he immediately asked if he could smoke a cigarette before he went to jail. Deputies told Veltrop they

A Columbia man has been charged with burglary and domestic assault after he was accused of breaking into a woman’s home and beating her. According to the probable cause statement, Mathew McMillan showed up to the female victim’s house, grabbed her face and started to squeeze. Police said they noticed a cut on her nose

UPDATE 1/5: Patrick has been charged with stealing a firearm. According to the probable cause statement, Patrick has previously been arrested for assaults and other violent offenses. ORIGINAL STORY: Columbia police arrested Tavares Patrick on Wednesday afternoon after an officer was flagged down by Patrick in the area of Business Loop 70 and Poplar Street.