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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.

Brian Elliott notched his third straight shutout, stretching his streak to 189 minutes, 31 seconds without a goal, and the St. Louis Blues won their sixth straight game by beating the Minnesota Wild 2-0 on Thursdaynight. Roman Polak ended a 120-game streak without a goal, and Andy McDonald also scored, sending the Wild to their

Colorado police arrested a person of interest who investigators believe may have details about a Missouri man’s murder. According to our sister station, KRDO, in Colorado Springs, Thomas Goulee was caught in a home he had been hiding out in for the past couple weeks. Police want to talk to him about former Missouri prisons

The former owner of a Mid-Missouri strip club was sentenced in federal court Thursday for illegally owning dozens of firearms. A judge sentenced 57-year-old Jimmy Duane Davis to two-and-a-half years in federal prison without the possibility of parole. Davis was the owner of the now-defunct Eclipse Gentleman’s Club in Sunrise Beach. He had pleaded guilty

An Ameren utility worker was killed Thursday morning while trying to restore power to those affected by storms in the St. Louis region Wednesday night. According to Ameren and affiliate KTVI, the employee came into contact with a live line around 10:30 a.m. The employee was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced

I’m not at all surprised Phil Pressey is entering the 2013 NBA Draft. The rumblings I had heard after the Tigers were bounced from the NCAA Tournament in swift fashion indicated such. And my gut felt the same way. So, is Pressey making the right decision to forgo his senior season, hire an agent and