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Air Evac announced Monday it will add a new base in Moberly, starting in 2014. The new base for the air ambulance service is expected to bring 15 new jobs to the city. The O’Fallon-based company says it will immediately begin construction of a heliport and facility on two acres at the Randolph County Ambulance

A Columbia man is heading to prison after confessing to several armed robberies. Orlando Collier, 24, pleaded guilty in Boone County court Monday and was sentenced to 12 years behind bars. Collier was arrested in May after a police chase ended near Business Loop 70. His car overturned after slamming into several vehicles at the

Repairs to a heating system at the Cole County Courthouse will cost approximately $5,000 more than expected. Work will begin Tuesday to fix the heat in the courthouse’s holding cells and is expected to be completed by Friday. The cost for the project will cost nearly $20,000. Due to a broken heater, temperatures in the

Nearly a dozen people dozen have been displaced following a Monday fire in the capital city. The American Red Cross says the fire happened Monday afternoon in an apartment on Broadway Street. One apartment sustained major damage and officials deemed it uninhabitable. Three adults and four children, ages 1, 3, 5 and 7, have been

A convicted murderer who was released from prison on parole admitted to robbing two banks. Hilary Miller, 41, pleaded guilty to robbing the Academic Credit Union on June 14, 2012 and Columbia Employee Credit Union on July 15, 2012. In Oct. 2012, Miller was arrested in St. Louis by Columbia and St. Louis officers, as

A St. Louis man, who has been deaf since birth, recently heard his daughter sing for the first time. Ken Stehle expected to see his 14-year-old daughter at her choir show, but he did not expect to hear her. His daughter Ashley was a surprise soloist at the Show Choir Christmas Concert at Villa Duchesne

Police are an investigating an armed robbery they say started as a drug deal. Around 3 a.m. Sunday, officers were called to the parking lot of the Casey’s Convenience Store at 102 Eastland Drive. The 18-year-old victim told police between 12:30 and 1 a.m., he was sitting in his car in the Casey’s parking lot

Law enforcement in Mid-Missouri continue to search for man believed to have jumped off the Missouri River Bridge in Jefferson City. On Thursday, police were called to the bridge for a report that a man may have jumped off the bridge. At the time, the caller told police she did not see the man jump,

Columbia police are investigating an overnight assault that left one man with serious head injuries. Just before 4 a.m. Monday, officers were called to the 100 block of Redwood Road after reports came in of a man yelling for help outside of his home. When officers arrived, they found the 49-year-old male victim with serious

Three Moberly residents were arrest Saturday night near Boise, Idaho for an attack and kidnapping that afternoon. Police in Meridian said the non-custodial mother of a five-year-old boy had planned to meet his father and visit the child Saturday. 26-year-old Korey MacDonald, her husband Jonathan MacDonald and her brother Joshua Reeves, all of Moberly, were

Mizzou basketball improved to 10-0, squeaking by Western Michigan 66-60 at Mizzou Arena on Sunday. The Tigers had four players in double figures, as Jabari Brown led the way with 15 points. Jordan Clarkson and Earnest Ross had 12 points while Tony Criswell ended with 10. Both teams were slow to get going in the

A Callaway County community is rallying for a family who lost nearly everything Thursday night in a house fire. Robert Walker, a husband and father died in the house fire in Millersburg. Investigators said he got his kids out of the home and then went back in to try to stop the flames from spreading.

Watch this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-Down, as Johnathan Williams III goes one-on-one with ABC 17’s Sherree Burruss. He talks about adjusting to college life, his increased role in Frank Haith’s system and his experience with Team USA.

The cause of a trailer fire in Apache Flats remained unclear Sunday night. Investigators told ABC 17 News a passerby spotted heavy smoke coming from a mobile home off Business 50 West around 5 p.m. The witness then drove a couple blocks to a nearby fire station and alerted crews there. When firefighters arrived on

Law enforcement are investigating a burglary at an east Columbia convenience store early Sunday. Around 3:18 a.m., Boone County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Kwik BP convenience store on St. Charles Road for a front door security alarm. At the business, deputies found someone had made a forced entry into the store, but they found

The threat of refreezing roads had streets crews across mid-Missouri maintain some staff Saturday night. Columbia Public Works said it would keep an eight person crew working through the night into Sunday morning. Friday’s rain quickly turned to snow overnight, making for dangerous driving condition. Towing companies have been busy with today’s accidents and are

Patric Massey took an unconventional route to Columbia College. 10 years ago, he played at Aurora College in Colorado until his father came back into his life. He moved to Montana to catch up, eventually taking a job as a store manager at a sporting apparel store. Massey would spend almost a decade in Montana

More than 2,000 Boone Electric customers were without power for hours on Saturday. The company said power was fully restored by about 4 p.m., with the majority of the outage focused on Hallsville in northern Boone County. On the company’s Facebook page, representatives said the problem was with a transformer at a substation near Hallsville.

Changing winter weather conditions did not slow down winter commencement ceremonies in Columbia this weekend. About 2,300 students at the University of Missouri graduated in ceremonies across campus between Friday and Saturday. At Columbia College, about 315 students were handed their diplomas by interim president Dr. Terry Smith during a service at noon Saturday.

A Columbia woman was arrested Thursday for allegedly trying to burn down her own home. Firefighters got a call early Thursday morning from Christina Soper at Broadway Apartments near Stadium Boulevard. Crews did not find anything at the scene, but Soper’s oven was turned up to 500-degrees. Police claim Soper told authorities she had already