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Central Methodist University signed its first ever female football player on Tuesday. Antoinette “Toni” Harris held a ceremony at East Los Angeles College to announce her historic decision. According to a release from CMU, The 5-foot-7 free safety will be the first female skill position player to play college football on scholarship. “I picked Central

Interim City Manager John Glascock took his position after turmoil in city government contributed to the resignation of City Manager Mike Matthes. Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton resigned soon after Matthes. During these transitions, the city sent out an employee engagement survey between Nov. 28 to Dec. 21, to measure how city employees felt about

A Boone County man whose murder conviction was vacated by a judge has been booked back into the Boone County Jail for a new trial. Anthony Shegog went to trial in 2015 for the 2014 death of Walter Lige in 2014 and was convicted of second-degree murder. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt visited Columbia on Wednesday to talk about state efforts to reduce the backlog of untested rape kits. Schmitt spoke at 10:30 a.m. at True North, a shelter in Columbia for victims of domestic and sexual violence. Schmitt announced his appointment of Judge M. Keithley Williams as state coordinator of the

***WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT UNTIL 12 PM TOMORROW FOR CAMDEN, MARIES, PULASKI, MILLER, AND PHELPS COUNTIES*** TONIGHT: Our next round of winter weather moves in tonight. We’ll see a light wintry mix moving in as early as this evening, lasting through the morning hours on Thursday. Areas along and south of HWY

The mother of a current inmate caught three people breaking into her son’s apartment after she set up a security camera at the residence. The woman showed police photos of the suspects from the security footage, court documents said. The photos showed a man leaving the residence with a flat screen TV. The woman told

A 25-year-old Lake Ozark woman was charged Tuesday with three felonies after her 6-month-old child was flown to a hospital with severe burns. Miller County prosecutors charged Elizabeth G. Austin with one count of first-degree child endangerment with serious physical injury, one count of first-degree child endangerment with substantial risk of injury and one felony

***WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6PM TONIGHT UNTIL 12 PM TOMORROW FOR BENTON, MORGAN, CAMDEN, MARIES, PULASKI, MILLER, AND PHELPS COUNTIES*** THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly Cloudy skies will continue into this evening as temperatures struggle to climb into the 30s. A slow moving cold front is draped across the center of our viewing area and is slowly

A man has been charged after Boonville police said officer found marijuana plants inside a home. Treyvon D. Korte, 18, of Boonville, was arrested Feb. 5at a home in the 500 block of West St. According to court documents obtained by ABC 17 News, police found 12 juvenile marijuana plants growing inside an aquarium in

Business owners on Peachtree Drive in Columbia say burglars broke into their establishments over the weekend by tunneling through the walls. French Laundry manager Rebecca Luyett said burglars started at the back of their building and tunneled into the fitting room. From there, they made it to other parts of the building before tunneling into

Three people were charged after they allegedly broke into an apartment in California, Missouri, and beat up the person who lived there. Police responded to the residence in the 900 block of W. Cedar Street on Sunday. When police arrived, they found the victim, who said Logan S. Sperry and Joshua A Guinn ran into

A man could face charges following a drug bust by the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Cooper County this week. William E. Arni, 41, of Blue Springs, Missouri, was arrested around 4 p.m. Tuesday on several possible charges, including unlawful use of a weapon and drug possession. According to the Highway Patrol, more than 4

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled with a transgender teen in his lawsuit against a Kansas City-area school district over sex discrimination. The court’s 5-2 decision sends his lawsuit back to Jackson County, where a judge there dismissed his case. The teen sued over the district stopping him from using the men’s restroom at school, despite

Columbia city workers don’t feel valued in their jobs, according to survey results. The City of Columbia released the results of an employee engagement survey Friday. The survey was administered to employees between Nov. 28 and Dec. 21. Sixty-two percent of employees responded to the survey. Those who responded reported feeling undervalued. The cultural question

***WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6PM TONIGHT UNTIL 12 PM TOMORROW FOR BENTON, MORGAN, CAMDEN, MARIES, PULASKI, MILLER, AND PHELPS COUNTIES*** WEDNESDAY: Drizzle for the morning commute will increase as a cold front makes its way south through the area. Drizzle may be ongoing through the afternoon under cloudy skies. Cold air will settle in behind

Lincoln University will start taking donations directly, ending its longtime partnership with the Lincoln University Foundation. The relationship between the university and its foundation ended Dec. 31, Lincoln University spokeswoman Misty Young said in a news release Tuesday. “At this time, the University has decided to move in a new direction consistent with best practices

The Wednesday morning drive coud be slick across Mid-Missouri with the chance of potential freezing drizzle in the western counties. ABC 17 crews saw light drizzle on I-70 West headed toward Boonville. Light drizzle is expected to transition to freezing drizzle, as temperatures are expected to drop throughout the morning and reach below freezing. Sign

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) – Tyson Carter scored a season-high 22 points, Quinndary Weatherspoon added 20 and Mississippi State beat Missouri 68-49 on Tuesday night. Mississippi State (21-7, 9-6 Southeastern Conference) has won five straight league games for the first time since 2008. The Bulldogs never trailed, pulling away in the final minutes for a relatively

Businesses and schools remain among the top targets for bomb threats, according to the United States Bomb Data Center. In the last month, there have been four bomb threats investigated in mid-Missouri. There was a bomb threat made at the Midway truck stop in January, two threats made at the Columbia Mall and the Moser’s

The Columbia Housing Authority asked for additional low-income housing tax credits to finish the Bryant Walkway apartment renovation project. CHA requested $40,000 in credits from the Missouri Housing Development Commission after the project came in at a cost more than what was budgeted. MHDC approved $28,000 in tax credits which equals $280,000 over 10 years.