Month: August 2019

Quarterback Sean Chambers rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown, Xazavian Valladay had 118 yards rushing and a score and Wyoming upset Missouri 37-31 in a season opener on Saturday night. It was the second upset win on the day by a Mountain West Conference team against a Southeastern Conference member. Earlier Saturday, Boise State

The Mizzou football team will open up the 2019 season in Wyoming on Saturday night. The Tigers will face the Cowboys at 6:30 p.m. LIVE PLAYBACK of ABC 17’s Andrew Kauffman before the game at War Memorial Stadium can be viewed in the player below. Kelly Bryant will make his MU debut at quarterback. The

TONIGHT: A spot shower or two can’t be ruled out overnight as a weak upper-level trough tracks across northern Missouri. Some patchy fog is also possible, especially south of I-70 overnight. Lows drop into the mid 60s . SUNDAY: Clouds will be a little less abundant tomorrow, especially throughout the afternoon hours. High temperatures will

A University of Mississippi student has been indicted for capital murder in the killing of a fellow student. Brandon Theesfeld, of Fort Worth, Texas, is accused of kidnapping and killing Alexandria “Ally” Kostial, of Kirkwood, Missouri. Kostial’s body was found July 20 near a lake about 30 miles from the university campus. Theesfeld was arrested

TODAY: We will remain under cloud cover for most of our Saturday here in Mid-Missouri but our rain chances are decreasing with only a slight chance of seeing isolated showers in the afternoon today. High’s will stick in the middle to upper 70’s. SATURDAY NIGHT: Chances for rain remain slight into the overnight hours but

Two people were arrested Friday after Callaway County Sheriff’s Deputies recovered nearly 28 grams of methamphetamine. Russell Marrs, 55, of Herrman and Lee Ann McGowan, 35, of Tebbetts were arrested just before noon on Friday near County Road 456 and State Road PP in the Dixie area, according to a news release. Deputies were investigating

Here are the scores from Week 1 of area high school football. Rockhurst (16) at Rock Bridge (14) FINAL St. Louis University High (52) at Battle (47) FINAL Pattonville (7) at Hickman (14) FINAL Maryville (14) at Blair Oaks (23) FINAL Hannibal (0) at Helias (46) FINAL Confluence Prep Academy Charter (6) at MMA (20)

The city of Columbia wants a state grant to help pursue a decade-old road project in southeast Columbia. The city’s Public Works Department asked the Columbia City Council to approve a grant application to extend Discovery Parkway from its current end point near Highway 63 to the intersection of Rolling Hills Road and New Haven

Missouri Task Force 1 is leaving for Jacksonville, Florida on Friday evening ahead of Hurricane Dorian. A type three task force, meaning 45 people will be making the trip. The team can do several tasks but will have an emphasis on water rescues. The team is taking six boats, including four hard-bottomed boats and two

LIVE PLAYBACK of the game is available in the player below. SportsZone Football Friday is back as the first week of the high school football season in Missouri kicks off. Our SportsZone Football Friday Game of the Week this week is the Rock Bridge Bruins taking on the Rockhurst Hawklets. We will broadcast the game

TONIGHT: Rainfall will slowly taper off around 6-7 pm this evening. Clouds stick around tonight. Lows fall into the mid 60s . SATURDAY: After a soggy Friday, things remain mostly dry Saturday. Skies look to remain mostly cloudy throughout the day with sunshine making an appearance ever-so-often. High temperatures are mild tomorrow, in the upper

Cole County prosecutors have charged four men in connection with the burglary of the Jefferson City Best Buy store early Thursday. The Jefferson City Police Department said Michael Coleman, 28, Keeland Johnson, 24, Micah Lazaro, 28, and Jeremy Phillips, 28, had been arrested and charged with resisting arrest, stealing, possession of burglar’s tools and second-degree

A Jefferson City middle school and high school briefly were put on “lockout” Friday afternoon. The district says during a lockout school campuses are secured because of an external threat or other issue outside the school. Students and staff are directed to go inside the building and all exterior doors are secured. The lockouts at

The Missouri Department of Transportation reopened Route K in Callaway County on Friday after parts of it washed out during heavy rainfall earlier this week. MoDOT said the washout happened Sunday night about 3 miles east of the Route D intersection. Officials had hoped to have the road reopened Thursday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol

An Arkansas man was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk after a crash Thursday in Camden County. A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper arrested Shane A. Russell, 52, of Rogers, Arkansas, after a crash at about 9:20 p.m. on Highway 5, according to the patrol’s online traffic crash and arrest reports. Russell was arrested on

A Georgia-based accounting firm completed a fiscal assessment of Lincoln University, according to LU spokesperson Misty Young. In a news release distributed Friday, Young said the university contracted The Wesley Peachtree Group to perform a “comprehensive assessment and to provide objective information and counsel to University administrators and curators.” The press release said the firm’s

Two crashes on Interstate 70 at the Missouri River Bridge near Rocheport caused traffic delays Friday afternoon. A LIVESTREAM of the second crash can be viewed in the player below. No one was hurt in the first crash that happened around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, according to Boone County Fire Protection District spokesman Gale Blomenkamp.

More than 2,000 Ameren Missouri customers in the Apache Flats area near Jefferson City were without power on Friday morning after storms rolled through the area. A lightning strike caused the outage after it hit one of the main infrastructure areas, said an Ameren spokeswoman. Approximately 2,200 customers were without power due to the outage.

The Missouri attorney general’s office says Gov. Mike Parson should stop using the First Amendment to justify withholding some public information. Parson’s office has cited the First Amendment when refusing to release information such as phone numbers, addresses and emails of private citizens who contacted the governor’s office. The Kansas City Star reports Deputy Attorney