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ABC 17 Sports Director talks with senior offensive lineman Max Copeland before Cotton Bowl.

A Columbia man was arrested Monday, accused of a string of child sex abuse charges. The investigation began in early 2013 and was conducted by Columbia and Centralia police departments. A probable cause statement has been submitted to the Boone County Prosecuting Attorney’s office and police are requesting 22-year-old Tony Jones Jr. be charged with

Prosecutors in southern Illinois have charged an East St. Louis man with murder in the shooting death of an MU student. Madison County prosecutors charged Deneshion M. Swope, 24, with three counts of first-degree murder on Monday. They accuse him of using a 9mm handgun to shoot and kill Jarrett Mosby, 21, of Collinsville. Mosby’s

Two people went to the hospital on Monday after their car slid over a gravel road and rolled into a creek bed in northeast Columbia. The accident happened around 2:30 p.m. near Wyatt Lane and Hinkson Creek. The two people inside the car did not have life-threatening injuries and got out of the car when

The American Red Cross is helping a pair of Mid-Missouri families whose homes were damaged by fires on Sunday. One fire destroyed a mobile home on Highway 50 near Loose Creek in Osage County. And a second happened on County Road 428 Steedman in Callaway County. Fire officials say the cause might be related to

Three shootings in 48 hours, four shootings since Christmas Eve and the shooter or shooters are still on the loose. The week of violence in Columbia started on Christmas Eve, when was a woman was shot while inside her home on Benton and Forest roads. Then on Friday night, residents of Greensboro Drive in North

A man was sentenced to 53 years on Monday for sexual exploitation of a minor north of Columbia and first degree statutory sodomy. Gary D. Foster, 53, of Linneus pleaded guilty to both counts in November. Foster was arrested in June for taking sexually explicit photos of a 13-year-old boy. The Boone County and Kirksville

ABC 17s Sherree Burruss talks with former ABC 17 Sports Director Beau Baehman about the 2014 Cotton Bowl and the last time the tigers played in that bowl game.

Columbia police were investigating a shooting in the north part of town Sunday evening. One woman who lives on Murell Drive reported that a bullet came flying into her apartment around 7 p.m. She was not hurt. Detectives on the scene told ABC 17 News they found evidence of multiple shots fired on nearby Rice

Jefferson City police are looking for information about a business bomb threat that happened late Saturday night. Police said it happened at the Walmart on Stadium Boulevard. Police and Walmart employees never found anything, but the store chose to evacuate as a precaution.

The trial for the former CEO of a failed artificial sweetener plant in Moberly has been delayed until the summer. Bruce Cole was originally scheduled for trial in mid-February, but prosecutors in Randolph County confirmed for ABC 17 News this weekend that the trial has been pushed until at least June 16. The reason for

A Mexico, Mo. man was arrested early Sunday morning at a Centralia bar for a fight and assault. James Grooms, 46, was arrested after police say he attacked another man with a pool cue at Black Hog Saloon on Allen Street. Grooms was still in the Boone County Jail on Sunday. He could face charges

Authorities in Moniteau County are investigating multiple reports of “loud booms” heard Saturday night. Police and sheriff’s deputies said they haven’t found any damage or evidence of explosives, dispelling the rumors of pipe bombs across California. But a number of viewers reported hearing the booms in both California and Latham. If anyone has any information,

A Callaway County butcher shop went up in flames Sunday afternoon, its cause remains under investigation. Central Callaway fire crews were called to Horns Meat Processing on County Road 318, just outside Fulton, around 2:30 p.m. for reports of flames showing. The basement was destroyed in the blaze and parts of the rest of the

Friends and family of a Jefferson City man have a plea for him to come home. Randy Chugg’s belongings were found on the Missouri River Bridge on Dec. 12. Jefferson City police are investigating the incident as a suicide, but Chugg’s family told ABC 17 News Sunday that a suicide doesn’t make sense. They said

A Jefferson City was flown to the hospital Saturday morning after he crashed into a tree. Missouri State Highway Patrol reports show 23-year-old Jonathan Beatty lost control of his car around 8:10 a.m. Saturday. Beatty’s car then hit a tree at 215 Scott Station Road, near Long View Cemetery and West Truman Boulevard. As of

One man has been released from the hospital after he was shot early Saturday morning north of Columbia. According to a news release, Boone County deputies responded to a report of gunshots near a business in the 5900 block of Wagon Trail Road, just off Prathersville Road and 763/Rangeline Street. When investigators got to the

At least one bullet hit a car in a north Columbia neighborhood late Friday night. Columbia police responded to the 1400 block of Greensboro Drive around 10:45 p.m. for calls of shots fired. The scene was just off 763/Rangeline Street and Brown School Road. At the scene, investigators found a vehicle had been hit by

A woman was hospitalized after an assault and robbery Friday night just west of Columbia. It happened around 8:30 p.m. near an apartment complex on Millbrook Drive, just off Scott Boulevard. Investigators said a woman was getting out of a vehicle behind her apartment when a man walked up and demanded money. The victim told

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