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ABC 17 News has learned Social Security investigators did see personal information obtained from conceal and carry permit applicants’ driver’s licenses. The recent outrage at the state capitol is over the fact that private information of people in Missouri made it all the way to Washington, DC. Columbia Senator Kurt Schaefer said he’ll hold more

Kate Walker, 64, of Columbia knows what it’s like when life throws a curve ball. Walker grew up wanting to be a dancer, and that’s exactly what she became. Mastering both ballet and modern dance, her goal was to live her life with dance right in the center. Unfortunately, when Walker turned 40 her doctors

The No. 8 Mizzou softball team battled back from a five-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning to force extra innings, but it was not enough. The Arkansas Razorbacks scored on a wild pitch in the eighth inning to escape University Field with an 11-10 win Sunday. The Tigers are now 24-6 overall

Jonathan Lucroy hit a solo home run in the 10th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied past the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 Sunday and avoided a sweep at Busch Stadium. The Brewers trailed 3-0 when Ryan Braun hit a two-run homer off reliever Trevor Rosenthal with no outs in the eighth. Braun’s second home run

Alex Gordon drove home Chris Getz with a single in the ninth inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep. The Royals played from behind nearly the entire way, but broke through when Getz doubled off Blue Jays reliever Darren Oliver (0-1) with one

A Sedalia driver had a close call on Grand Avenue late Saturday night. Police told ABC 17 News the man’s car stalled on the railroad tracks ahead of an oncoming train. He jumped out to call for help before the train made impact, pushing the car off the tracks into a utility pole. The 2007

Two people were killed Sunday afternoon in a crash on Missouri 87 near Boulder Road in Eldon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Terry and Susan Jones were killed on impact when the motorcycle they were on crossed the center line of the road on a curve and hit a Buick SUV. The driver of

After finding out Jose Reyes likely will be sidelined until the All-Star break, R.A. Dickey won his first game for the Toronto Blue Jays. The NL Cy Young Award winner allowed one run and five hits in 6 2-3 innings Saturday night, and Jose Bautista backed him with a two-run homer in the Blue Jays’

A two-car crash early Saturday morning in Fulton sent one 85-year-old woman to the hospital with minor injuries. According to a news release, the woman was driving a 1988 Pontiac on County Road 306 around 10:12 a.m. She tried to cross Highway 54 and was hit on the driver’s side by an oncoming Toyota van.

No. 3 Vanderbilt jumped all over Mizzou Saturday, pounding out 19 hits and defeating the Tigers, 12-1. The loss drops the Tigers to 12-19 on the season and 4-10 in SEC play. Mizzou’s Case Munson was pretty much the entire Tiger offense in this game. He had a pair of hits from the lead-off spot,

The Missouri Tiger football team held its second scrimmage of the spring Saturday morning inside Devine Pavilion. The defense, on the strength of six turnovers, won for the second straight Saturday, 29-9. It wasn’t that unit, however, that had everyone talking afterwards. Sophomore wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham caught eight passes for 135 yards and a

The No. 8 Missouri Tiger softball team rallied to send the game into extra innings but, ultimately, fell short in 11 innings, losing to Arkansas Saturday, 4-1. Entering the bottom of the seventh inning, the Tigers (24-5, 9-4 SEC) trailed Arkansas 1-0. With one out, though, sophomore Kelsea Roth clubbed her 12th home run of

Adam Wainwright (2-1) threw a four-hitter and drove in two runs with three hits, two in a seven-run sixth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals shut out the Milwaukee Brewers for the second straight game with a 8-0 victory on Saturday. Milwaukee ace Yovani Gallardo (0-1) endured yet another setback against his nemesis, falling to

An Ashland family is left homeless and their house destroyed after yesterday’s storm. The water began to trickle into the kitchen with the first wave of rain while the second wave raised water levels even more. It was around7 p.m.Wednesday when the house began to flood withrainwaterand raw sewage. On Thursday, water lines are left

The Fulton man charged in a murder-for-hire plot to kill his estranged wife appeared before a judge Friday. Michael Branden Gordon is accused of hiring a hit man. The hit man turned out to be an undercover cop. The two agreed to shoot his wife in the head. Gordon was arrested Tuesday after months of

Development and residential living space has been a topic of conversation for years in Jefferson City. Unlike Columbia, downtown Jefferson City is fairly quiet after dinner and that’s an image the city has been trying to shake for years. City leaders have had a tough time finding entrepreneurs willing to make an investment in downtown

Randolph County prosecutor Mike Fusselman tells ABC 17 News he intends to seek the death penalty in the case against to men who police say went on a crime spree Easter Sunday. Jeffrey Nichols and Christopher Lewis face first-degree murder charges for allegedly killing Carmelita Kaser, 92, of Moberly. Police say the two men used

Two days after a fire destroyed parts of an apartment complex, 20 families learn their homes are beyond repair. Those families are now forced to find housing elsewhere. Ash Street Place apartments is nearly full and doesn’t have enough room for all the displaced residents. Some units will be repaired and those residents will be

A former Columbia police officer appeared in court in Callaway County Friday morning. Judge England approved the case for a trial. An exact date is not set, but the judge is considering early June. Rob Sanders is charged with shoving a man in a holding cell in the summer of 2011. The man claimed he

Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones is calling for an independent investigation into the sharing of a state list of concealed weapon permit holders with the federal government. The head of the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed Thursday morning that his agency provided a list of 178,000 Missouri residents with concealed gun permits to federal authorities.