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Investigators are planning an autopsy Tuesday, after a woman apparently drowned north of Columbia inside a car her boyfriend was driving. A dive team with the state highway patrol recovered the body of Jerriah Gio’Vonna Jordan, 27, from a lake near the Rocky Fork Conservation area in Finger Lakes State Park. Jordan was riding in

The Red Cross is helping a family whose home was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. Volunteers with the agency helped the family of six with immediate needs like food and clothing. The family is staying with relatives for the time being. There are no additional details about the fire, like the cause, at this time.

One of two men charged in the murder of 17-year-old Tre’Veon Marshall in McKee Street Park last summer will be in court Monday for a pre-trial conference. 20-year-old Nicholas Thomas is charged with first degree murder after allegedly shooting Marshall multiple times last July. The second suspect, Joshua Murray, is also charged with first degree

In this week’s Sunday Sitdown, ABC 17s Sports Director Austin Kim talks with Mizzou soccer head coach Bryan Blitz about current and former players and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Former Missouri Tiger and Atlanta Hawk forward DeMarre Carroll tells ABC 17s Sherree Burruss how he does boxing and pilates to stay in shape this summer physically and mentally.

Two Sedalia residents were arrested Saturday after the Sedalia Police Department, the Pettis County Sheriff’s Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol found a large amount of methamphetamine and other drug paraphernalia while serving a search warrant. The home is located in the 900 block of Kentucky Avenue, just down the street from the Smith

Mizzou Athletic Director Mike Alden talks with local media on possible succession from NCAA, student-athlete benefits and construction on Mizzou Sports park.

Two drivers were extricated and transported to area hospitals after a head-on collision in Prathersville Saturday night. The Missouri State Highway Patrol shut down part of Highway VV, north of Rangeline, while they worked to clear the accident. Troopers said they’re still working to determine what caused the accident.

Emergency crews in Columbia responded to an extrication accident on Scott Boulevard and Chapel Hill Saturday afternoon. The driver was out of the vehicle when the fire department arrived and was transported to the hospital for injuries. Columbia Water and Light also responded to assess a light pole that was struck in the accident.

Throughout the world, one child dies from a preventable injury every 30 seconds. In the United States, 9,000 families lose a child every year. Nine million children are rushed to the emergency room in the United States every year just for preventable injuries. Some of those injuries are serious enough to disable children for the

ABC will air the FIFA World Cup starting at 10:30 Saturday morning on KMIZ. Expedition Wild will be aired at 9:00 Sunday morning.

An 18-year-old was killed in an Audrain County crash Friday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol report states Michael Cunningham of Mexico, Missouri, was killed when the car he was riding in went off County Road 355 just north of MO 15. The driver, 20-year-old Jesse Smith, also from Mexico, was flown to University Hospital

Friday, the Mizzou Athletic Department released the men’s head basketball coach Kim Anderson’s five year contract. Anderson is set to make $300,000 annually and guaranteed to make $1.1 million in his first year. With incentives Coach Anderson can make $2.45 million dollars. Here is a link to his contract from the University: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/genrel/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/contract-anderson.pdf

Friday, Mizzou wrestling announced their adding Alex Clemsen, a Moberly native, to their staff as the new head assistant coach. Clemsen spent the last 5 years at the University of Virginia. MU wrestling head coach Brian Smith is familiar with Clemsen from his first years at MU when Clemsen came to camps. Clemsen’s coached 38

A series of minor accidents backed up traffic on eastbound I-70 between mile markers 150 and 158 near Kingdom City in Callaway County early Friday evening. While traffic was backed up, a woman driving a car rear-ended a semi-truck. The woman was life-flighted to University Hospital with critical injuries. The scene was cleared after 7:00

A small Mid-Missouri came together Friday to help a 7-year-old boy who is fighting an incurable disease. Ashland residents held a bake sale and raffled items to help raise money for the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation. The family of 7-year-old Connor Brotherton organized the event. Connor was diagnosed with the disease at 4 years old.

MODOT continues to push for your approval of a proposed sales tax hike to meet more than 12,000 structural improvements across the state. ABC 17 reported earlier this week that MODOT wants to expand I-70 to six lanes to deal with heavy traffic. That’s just one of thousands of projects MODOT plans to commit to

A few parents with students at Two Mile Prairie said they were concerned that the alerting system from the school was not working. Michelle Baumstark with Columbia Public Schools said, “We sent out a mass alert to all of the parents who had children on the bus. One hundred percent of the messages were received.”

The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri is in desperate need of volunteers to help process food, after receiving pallets of potatoes and meat that will expire soon. The call for help comes at the same time as long time Food Bank Director Peggy Kirkpatrick announces her retirement. Kirkpatrick intends to retire on December

A line was wrapped around Iron Tiger Tattoo Friday as customers awaited their $13 tattoos for Friday the 13th. Whether it was a first tattoo or finishing up a sleeve, heading to one of the busy tattoo parlors in town Friday was a lucky deal. “You’re never going to see a tattoo shop like this,”