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Friday, the FAA said it will delay tower closings until June 15 for 149 airports across the country, including Columbia Regional. The facility in Columbia was scheduled to shut down May 5. Jefferson City Memorial Airport was spared from the initial round of automatic cutbacks to the federal government. The FAA is facing $637 million

Boone County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Columbia man early Saturday following a disturbance and shots-fired incident. Deputies responded to the 4400 block of Santa Barbara Drive just after midnight and found several people involved in an argument. According to law enforcement, 25-year-old Steven Levere Young fired a shot into the air during an encounter with

As is usually the case this early in the year, Mizzou’s defense “won” the first scrimmage of the spring, 24-10. Dave Steckel’s unit generated three turnovers, two coming on interceptions by redshirt freshman linebacker Michael Scherer. Scherer first picked off Maty Mauk on a pass that was batted up in the air. Later he jumped

The end of the college basketball season is here. This weekend, the final four teams left standing will attempt to be the last one on the Atlanta dance floor Monday night. Let’s go In the Zone with a Final Four preview. 1) Louisville is the favorite to win it all. Rick Pitino‘s Cardinals are the

Hundredsof people, including governors from two states, gathered at a south Columbia church to remember Tom Clements Friday afternoon. His widow, Lisa, addressed friends and family in attendance, saying she wanted to take that moment to remember Tom the man, instead of just focusing on his work. “Today’s a bittersweet day,” she said. “Returning here

Hickman 14 – Eureka 13 Carter Buresh bases loaded walk off win Helias 3 – Rockhurst 1 Jefferson City 3 – Fatima 2 Blair Oaks 7 – Blue Springs 9 Hallsville 9 – North Callaway 0 Brendan Beatty: Complete Game, 11 Ks, 3 H Hannibal 6 – Fulton 7 Rock Bridge 8 – Lafayette 6

The Missouri Tigers are mastering the art of Z-Ball. Junior lefty Rob Zastryzny threw a complete game shutout Friday night as the Missouri Tigers (10-16, 3-7 SEC) beat Georgia, 4-0. The story of the night was the clearly the performance of Zastryzny, who threw a gem. Zastryzny struck out four and walked none over nine

After several recent layoffs, Moberly is facing another economic hit. The city just learned it will lose its career center at the end of the month. But the community has already lost the Scholastic plant and its social security office, and in the past few two years, Wilson Trailer also announced layoffs and Mamtek never

A man was arrested on Friday after allegedly exposing himself to three people on the University of Missouri campus. Scott Thoreson, 19, faces three possible misdemeanor counts of sexual misconduct. He was taken into custody around 3 p.m. and released on a summons. The first woman told police she was being followed by a car

Columbia district officials say they have chosen a new principal for Rock Bridge High School, and they are leaning on a current employee to lead more than 1,700 students. Jennifer Mast will take over next year. She is currently the assistant principal and athletic director at Rock Bridge. Mast is also a Rock Bridge grad

Alex Gordon and Chris Getz each hit bases-loaded triples and the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat Philadelphia 13-4 Friday, spoiling the Phillies’ home opener. The interleague matchup was a rare one between teams that first met in the 1980 World Series. The Royals overcame a 4-0 deficit to surge past Kyle Kendrick and the

Barry Zito saved San Francisco’s season by beating the Cardinals last fall in the NL championship series, then delivered again with a 1-0 victory over St. Louis on Friday as the Giants celebrated their latest World Series title throughout the home opener. Zito outdueled Jake Westbrook in his season debut. The lefty also had a

Firefighters in Columbia responded to two fires late Thursday night. Crews were called to the first fire just after 10 p.m. on Sierra Madre in south Columbia. First responders reported seeing smoke and flames upon arrival. ABC 17 News crews on the scene confirmed that firefighters extinguished a fire in the laundry room within five

All lanes of Interstate 70 are open after Boone County and Columbia emergency crews worked multiple accidents on the road near the Sorrels Overpass. The first crash was called out around 7:17 a.m. Friday in the eastbound lanes. At 7:38 a.m. another accident was reported in the same area. Crews also worked a separate accident

On Friday Jefferson City police disclosed the results of a three-week operation aimed at heroin sales. Officers and the MUSTANG drug task force held undercover deals that lead to numerous search warrants and arrests. Investigators seized heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana, a gun and drug money. Police and Cole County sheriff’s SWAT team went to eight

Colorado Springs police arrested one of two men wanted in relation to the murder of Tom Clements Friday morning. Officers tried to stop the car James Lohr was driving, but he kept driving. When Lohr stopped a couple of blocks away, he tried to run but officers caught him. Lohr and another man, Thomas Guolee,

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is ordering flags to be flown at half-staff at state buildings in Boone County and at corrections facilities across the state in honor of the slain Colorado prison director. Tom Clements, 58, was a Missouri corrections official for over three decades before taking the top prisons job in Colorado. He was

More than 2,000 portrait studios in stores like Sears and Walmart abruptly closed all of their locations nationwide Thursday. St. Louis-based CPI Corp. said in a two-paragraph statement on its website that it’s saddened by the announcement and that it is trying to fulfill as many customer orders as possible. It urges customers with questions

Montgomery police are investigating after a body was found Thursday evening at the Montgomery County Golf Club. The body was found in a lake at the golf club. The man has been identified as 57-year-old David Lee Salcido. There is no word yet on how he died. An autopsy has been scheduled.

Talk about a game. The St. Louis Cardinal had to go 16 innings with the Arizona Diamonbacks Wednesday night, in a series where neither team gave up that easily. Cliff Pennington’s RBI single in the bottom of the sixteenth sealed the victory for Arizona. The Diamondbacks came from behind four times to tie or lead