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ST. LOUIS (AP) – It’s becoming harder to track how much money is being spent to catch the ear of Missouri lawmakers as they increasingly reimburse lobbyists for freebies.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that reimbursing lobbyists keeps lawmakers names off lobbyists’ monthly expense reports.The reimbursements become controversial when campaign funds are used to pay back

Click on the video link to see ABC17 Sports Director Tyler Fulghum’s season-ending wrap up of the 2012 Mizzou Tiger football season.

The woman connected to a 2010 murder is set to be in court Monday.Stacy Dory is charged with second degree murder and forgery in the death of William Van Note. He and his girlfriend died after an attack in their Lake area home.Investigators say Dory and her husband Deseree helped Van Note’s daughter, Liz, forge

***UPDATE 6:00 A.M.***The MU Bookstore has an announcement on its website with more information, including restrictions about what Tony LaRussa will sign. Details available here: http://www.mubookstore.com/t-larussa.aspx?skinID=3***ORIGINAL STORY***COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa heads to Columbia this week to sign copies of his memoir at the University of Missouri bookstore.The

A mobile home is destroyed by fire in Freeburg.We know it happened at a home on Rollins Ferry Trail on Sunday. Right now there is no word on a cause.Two people are now homeless. Local Red Cross has been called in to assist them.

A band of light snow is moving to the east-southeast through northern Missouri and will affect areas along and north of I-70 through 7 pm. Snow flurries or very light snow may be visible for a short period of time but no accumulation is expected as temperatures remain above freezing.Skies will clear by midnight and

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers arrested two people in Jefferson City on Sunday for drug charges.A trooper pulled over Clayton Schaben, 21, of Jefferson City and Katelin Borden, 22, of Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday near West Stadium Boulevard and Hyde Park Road.After smelling marijuana coming from the car, authorities searched the vehicle and found half

The Missouri State Highway Patrol released its statistics for the Thanksgiving holiday.During the counting period, which ran from 6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21st to midnight Sunday, November 25th, troopers responded to 350 accidents. They say 140 people were injured and there was one fatality statewide.Troopers also arrested 140 people for driving while intoxicated.Last year,

Thieves broke into more than 20 vehicles in the last week in Columbia, and police expect more during the holiday shopping season.Officers told ABC 17 News burglars targeted 15 different areas around the city. They hit cars parked outside hotels, on residential streets and near shopping centers.Electronics and cash are the most common but now

A watch group is urging victims of molestation by priests to come forward and contact police in Columbia. Gerald Howard is convicted of sex crimes and currently under investigation in Boone County. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, also called SNAP, said Monday there could be multiple victims in Boone County.Howard worked at

More people appear to be willing to shop this year as $13.7 billion has already been spent on holiday shopping this year. That is a 16 percent increase from last year.The stores are already saying this past weekend was the biggest shopping weekend on record. Clothing was the number one top seller, after that technology

On Cyber Monday as millions of people take to the web, criminals could be taking notice. The FBI says with increase sales is a growing risk of cyber scammers surfing for your information. If you missed Black Friday deals, Cyber Monday is your chance to save some cash and you can find online deals from

Prosecutors have charged Daniel E. Bredenkoetter, 64, of Columbia, with six counts of statutory rape and two counts of statutory sodomy in Warren County Circuit Court. He is also charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Bredenkoetter appeared in Warrenton Monday afternoon for his initial arraignment. His bond is set at $200,000 cash-only, and

Mounting money problems and a growing population sends Missouri Sheriffs to the State Capitol. Monday marked the beginning of two days of testimony in front of lawmakers. Sheriffs focused on jail operations and how they are becoming a drain on resources to kick off the meeting. Testimony will continue for about four hours on Tuesday.Currently

Lows dipped into the upper teens around most of Mid-Missouri Tuesday morning. Calm winds and a clear sky created the ideal conditions for temperatures to drop Monday night into Tuesday morning. Temperatures Tuesday morning were the coldest of the Fall and coldest since early February.Actual Low (Columbia): 17Record Low for Nov. 27 (Columbia): 11 (1955)Last

A car headed the wrong way on I-70 and crashed into a semi Tuesday morning.Police and fire crews were called out around 3 a.m. to I-70 near the Providence Road exit.Columbia police say the car was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes when it was hit by a tractor trailer going in the westbound lanes.One

***UPDATE 12 P.M.*** COLUMBIA (AP) — Like most football lifers, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel is a creature of habit.So rather than linger over a disappointing SEC debut that saw the Tigers go 5-7 and break a seven-year streak of bowl appearances, the 60-year-old coach showed up ready for work on Monday, starting with his usual

COLUMBIA (AP) – The family of the man convicted of killing a Columbia editor is seeking information about a man allegedly at the scene of the 2001 murder.Ryan Ferguson is serving a 40-year sentence for the November 2001 murder of Columbia Daily Tribune Sports Editor Kent Heitholt. Ferguson was recently denied a request for a

Missouri’s State Auditor released an audit of the Missouri State Lottery Commission on Tuesday.Overall, the audit from Tom Schweich’s office showed the performance of the group was “Good.” However it did find “deficiencies in internal controls, noncompliance with legal provisions, and the need for improvement in management practices and procedures.”Among the finding, it showed the

***UPDATE 3 P.M.***According to Camdenton police, officers received a call around 11:35 a.m. stating there was a bomb at the high school that would detonate at 12 p.m. Officers say an alleged student’s father called police, saying he received a text message from the student.The school was evacuated and students and staff were sent to