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The Missouri Gymnastics team joined forces with the Missouri Wrestling program Friday evening in front of 3,053 fans at the Hearnes Center in Columbia, Mo. The popular Beauty and the Beast meet saw gymnastics take a 194.125 – 190.900 victory over the visiting SEMO Redhawks. Missouri starting on vault for their first rotation,junior Laura Kappler

The snow isn’t just posing challenges for drivers, it’s affecting people that walk to their destinations, too. ABC 17 News drove around Columbia on Friday and saw several people forced to walk in the snow, or worse, the streets because the sidewalks were unshoveled. This is despite the fact that the City of Columbia has

Students at Jefferson Middle are going back to school on Monday, despite a small electrical fire earlier this week. On Friday district employees told ABC 17 News repair work is still continuing, but the remaining damage is not enough to cancel classes. Power was knocked out to roughly a third of the building early Monday

Cold temperatures caused hundreds of Mid-Missouri students to miss all or some of their classes on Friday. Buses for both Sturgeon R-5 and Centralia R-6 districts had problems with diesel fuel gelling up. Centralia was able to get students to school late, but Sturgeon had to cancel school for the rest of the day. Sturgeon

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported more than 1,000 crashes happened state-wide between the first two days of this week’s snow. In that, 96 injuries and two deaths happened between Tuesday and Wednesday. That’s compared to the mere 100 crashes troopers assist in the state on an average day. In addition to those numbers, troopers

A southeast Missouri lawmaker is apologizing for being picked up by police on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Police told ABC 17 News State Rep. Steve Hodges (D), from southeast Missouri near the bootheel, was arrested around 1:20 a.m Thursday near Dunklin and Jefferson. Hodges said Friday that he plans to remain in the Legislature

On Friday police released the identity of a woman who was just found dead inside a Moberly apartment. The body of Cybil R. Yates, 40, was discovered in a home on the 100 block of Haygood Street around 1 p.m. Thursday. An autopsy was also finished Friday, but police said toxicology tests are still pending.

Investigators are actively searching for more details about a string of burglaries starting late last year in mid-December near the Lake of the Woods area east of Columbia. The crimes began in December and have not slowed down. On Friday the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said the break-ins were reported at several homes on Godas

Investigators are actively searching for more details about a string of burglaries starting late last year in mid-December near the Lake of the Woods area east of Columbia. On Friday the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said the break-ins were reported at several homes on Godas Drive, North Villa Drive, Pinehurst Drive. The BP Convenience Store

The recent spike in propane prices have some Missourians finding it tough to heat their homes. Propane prices in the state are now at more than $4 a gallon. Gov. Nixon’s office estimates around 245,000 people in Missouri use propane gas to heat their homes. William Spurling in Bunceton says he normally has money budgeted

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Columbia police are asking for more help finding a driver in a recent hit-and-run accident involving a city snow plow. A silver Mercury SUV was captured on downtown cameras right before the crash near 7th Street and Broadway around 12:02 a.m. Wednesday. A Columbia employee in a John Deere tractor was cut on the top

It will be the fifth snow day in a row, and seven days total for the school year. Columbia Public Schools had employees drive every route Thursday to determine if they were safe enough to re-open schools Friday. “We have found many streets to still be completely snow packed,” said CPS Superintendent Chris Belcher. He

On Thursday night, Brianna Kulas paced Missouri with 23 points, Morgan Eye finished with 12 in the 75-58 loss to No. 16 LSU. Lianna Doty found Kayla McDowell for a layup with 15:57 to play, pulling Missouri within six, 46-40. LSU (18-5, 7-3 SEC) responded with a 14-0 run which opened up a 20-point lead

A Mid-Missouri dealership is getting a new owner and possibly adding some extra jobs. ABC 17 News confirmed on Thursday Fletcher Kia in Jefferson City was bought by Corwin Automotive. It will become the company’s fifth dealership in Missouri and 11th overall. The group is based in North Dakota. Corwin Automotive Group says it plans

A Missouri House Republican wants to impeach Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon over his order that the state accept joint tax returns from legally married same-sex couples. A resolution filed Thursday by Parkville Republican Nick Marshall states Nixon is guilty of “willful neglect of duty and misconduct in office.” Missouri’s Constitution states marriages must be between

Jefferson City police say the second suspect in a home invasion in late January is now in custody. The Miller Co. Sheriff’s department contacted police stating they had Bruce D. Maylee in custody. Police have been looking for Maylee for his involvement in a home invasion at 411 Hickory on January 27. Cole Co. prosecutors

Missouri football signee Andy Bauer and Mizzou golf signee Jimmy Siegfried talk with ABC 17 Sports Director Austin Kim before their signing ceremonies on Thursday. Bauer is one of the top recruits in Gary Pinkel’s latest signing class. The lineman did not play during his senior year because of a hip injury, but is expected

In order for city crews to make Columbia roads passable more than one hundred cars were ticketed and more than two dozen towed. The reason for this is the new city ordinance requiring all cars to be moved off of priority snow routes when there is more than two inches of snow. Before the snow

Full coverage from Gary Pinkel on 2014 Mizzou football recruiting class on Wednesday.