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The Hickman Kewpie boys team moved to 11-1 on the season Thursday evening by beating Fatima at home, 78-48.To see highlights of the win, click on the video link.

Right now with the right paperwork, anyone has access to school security plans. But the governor wants to keep them a secret. Since 2001 security plans for schools, courthouses, hospitals, and power plants have not been open to the public. But those protections expired at the beginning of the year.It was up to the general

A weak, quick-moving weather system will bring more clouds and a chance for snow and rain showers on Saturday. The system will lift northward from Texas and bring the potential for up to a dusting on grassy surfaces. Snow will mainly be possible during the morning and then move eastward for the afternoon. Clouds will

A 31-year-old Columbia man says he doesn’t know why a car drove by him on U.S. 63 around 2 a.m. Saturday and fired several shots at him.The man, whose identity police have not released, suffered one non-life threatening gunshot wound and was treated and released from a hospital overnight.He said he was driving south on

The Boone County Gun Show saw a record turnout with around 1,000 people at the Boone County Fairgrounds on Friday.”We’ve seen record numbers for the last two weeks,” gun show manager Dennis Pearson said, “Everything is up 40-60% and vendors are telling me they’re seeing a 120% increase in sales.”Pearson attributes the jump in sales

The Hickman Kewpies improved to 12-1 on the season with a 55-50 win over Quincy Notre Dame Friday night in Columbia. To see highlights of the win click on the video link provided.

***UPDATE SATURDAY 7:43 P.M.*** A man who talked with ABC 17 News this afternoon told us he found a shell casing while he was walking to the store along E. High St. about a block east of Olive Street.ABC 17 News contacted Jefferson City Police to recover the shell casing, which is being held as

Colder air will move over the region Sunday keeping our temperatures below average. Morning low temperatures will drop close to 20 degrees with afternoon highs only in the low-to-mid 30s with sunny skies. A northwesterly breeze near 10 mph will create wind chill readings in the teens early in the morning and in the 20s

Two men are on the run after an armed home invasion in Boone County Saturday night.Sheriffs deputies responded to a 911 hangup call from the 700 block of Demaret Drive just after 7 p.m. and learned that the home had been burglarized.According to a news release, the residents were home when two black men in

NEW YORK (AP) — It looks like there will be a hockey season after all – shortened for sure, but perhaps back in business in a week or so.The NHL and the players’ association reached a tentative agreement early Sunday to end a nearly four-month-old lockout that threatened to wipe out what was left of

Winds will shift to the south Sunday night sending mild weather into Mid-Missouri for the work week. Temperatures will stay above average through Friday with nights in the upper 20s to mid 30s and days in the 40s to low 50s. A storm system moving in from the southwest will bring rain to the region

The Missouri Tigers needed every last one of Phil Pressey’s career-high 26 points — especially in the second half when he scored 19 of those points — to help No. 12 Missouri sneak by Bucknell 66-64 on Saturday.Pressey, however, missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 10.3 seconds remaining, setting off a frenzied final

Four Jefferson City men were arrested the same day after allegedly breaking into an apartment near Holts Summit and pointing a firearm at the man who lives there. According to a press release from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to a home invasion around 4:00 P.M. Friday, to the Evergreen Apartment complex on

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republicans have selected a new party leader, casting out chairman David Cole.The Republican State Committee voted 34-32 to elect Ed Martin as the new state party chairman Saturday. Martin, of St. Louis, led Republicans’ coordinated campaign efforts this fall and lost a bid for attorney general in November. He also

A Linn man was arrested Friday night for having a large amount of marijuana, cash and vehicles likely bought using drug money.Sheriffs deputies searched Allen Burnett’s Highway 89 Spur home Friday and found $1400 worth of pot, almost as much cash, a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado, a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban, and a 2001 Honda ATV.Burnett has

An Osage County man is arrested and charged for having drugs. On Saturday night the Sheriffs Department, assisted by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group, and the Belle Police Department executed a search warrant for a home on Long Horn Lane near Bland, Missouri. Officers found several drugs including a

Only 24 hours after a man is shot while driving on Highway 63, and less than a day after scattered shootings plagued Jefferson City, bullets fly yet again in Mid-Missouri.Police are investigating two shootings that happened in Columbia early Sunday morning.Witnesses first heard shots at Rangeline Street and Lakeview Avenue around 1:45 A.M. less than

The Missouri Tigers have had a fair number of skilled shooters walk through Columbia throughout the years: Kim English, Clarence Gilbert, Anthony Peeler.The best of all, however, may just be a lady. Sophomore Morgan Eye scored 33 points Sunday hitting 11 threes in Mizzou’s 82-76 win over Auburn, setting a new school and SEC records

Mizzou point guard Phil Pressey can be all together breathtaking and frustrating in the same basketball game. Perhaps no player in the nation, though, shoulders the burden Pressey does with his role on Mizzou’s 12th-ranked team. For more on this interesting dynamic, whether Pressey has too much to do and if he’s being unfairly judged

***UPDATE 5:35 P.M.***Crews were on scene for about two hours. Captain John Metz said firefighters had to shore up the building before taking out the car, because everything could collapse.The damage is anywhere from $8,000 to $10,000 according to the owner Paul Prevo.Prevo said, “We used to have all of our infants in here, we