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The chancellor of the University of Missouri retired Friday after leading the school for nine years. Brady Deaton announced his retirement in June. He has been with the university for 24 years. He joined the MU faculty as a professor and chair of the Agricultural Economics Department in 1989. Deaton will continue to serve as

A former Columbia police officer is fighting to get his job back. In 2011, Rob Sanders was accused of shoving an inmate in a holding cell. He lost his job over the incident and was charged with assault. In Oct. 2013, he was found not guilty of the crime. Friday, he is going before the

Funeral arrangements have been scheduled for 17-year-old Chad Stover, the Tipton teenager who died after suffering a severe brain injury. Meisenheimer Funeral Home of Tipton is handling the services. A visitation will be held Sunday, Nov. 17 from 2-4 p.m. at Tipton High School. The funeral will follow. Both the visitation and funeral are open

A house fire in Sunrise Beach killed one person Thursday night. Firefighters responded to a fire around 10:30 p.m. on Winding Ashley Lane. When they arrived, the house was already fully involved and the fire had begun to spread to a neighboring home. Because of the intense fire, firefighters were unable to enter the house.

One of three suspects in the February killings of a central Missouri couple has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder. The Lake Sun Leader reports 43-year-old Derrell Spellmeyer, of Eldon, also pleaded guilty Thursday to armed criminal action. Sentencing is scheduled Jan. 16 in Morgan County Circuit Court. Spellmeyer was accused of shooting

The family of a missing Columbia teenager is asking for the public’s help to locate her. Police say Desiree Marion, 14, has not been seen since 8:40 a.m. Thursday when a family member dropped her off at school. Officers say Marion left a note saying she was voluntarily leaving home and did not want her

A Jefferson City man was arrested Friday for promoting child pornography involving children under the age of 14. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department Cyber Crimes Task Force say officers arrested 31-year-old Christopher G. Blickenstaff after a three-month investigation. In August, a task force investigator downloaded child porn from a home computer network in central Missouri.

Law enforcement seized nearly $150,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine and weapons during a raid Thursday night. The Maries County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team and the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group served a search warrant on County Road 302 in Vienna Thursday evening. During the raid, officers found approximately three pounds of crystal meth, which is

Columbia police are investigating how a man was shot Thursday evening. Around 6:47 p.m. Thursday, a 26-year-old man showed up at a local hospital with a gunshot wound. Investigators say a family member brought the man to the hospital. The victim told the family member to pick him up in the 1200 block of Range

The Missouri Women’s basketball team beat Evansville Purple Aces to a 78-43. A heavy dose of Bri Kulas in the opening minutes helped Missouri grab an early 11-7 lead. The senior captain scored nine of the team’s first 11 points. From then on, Evansville began double-teaming Kulas, allowing her to dish to fellow forward Jordan

Basketball Carrie Shephard (Steele, Mo.)Bri Porter (Columbia Mo., Rock Bridge High School) Gymnastics…. Becca Schugel (Eagan, Mn.)Shauna Miller (Knoxville, Tn.)Kelli Martin (St. Louis, Mo.)Kennedi Harris (Atlanta, Ga.) Softball…. Paige Bange (Jefferson City, Mo. Helias Catholic High School)Sara Harvey (Kansas City, Mo.)Paige Lowary (Dallas Cit, Ia.)Amanda Sanchez (West Covina, Ca.)Sydney Sprague (Columbia, Ga.)Morgan Walters (Johns Creek,

The former chief of the Columbia Police Department is defending the investigation that led to the arrests of Ryan Ferguson and Charles “Chuck” Erickson for the murder of Kent Heitholt. ABC 17 News obtained a statement from Randy Boehm who led the police department when officers arrested Ferguson and Erickson in 2004. Boehm told ABC

A Mid-Missouri high school football player has died after being hospitalized with a brain injury since an October playoff game. Chad Stover, 17, of Tipton, suffered a severe head injury during an Oct. 31 game in Sedalia. Stover had been hospitalized at University Hospital in Columbia since the injury. Tipton High School officials said the

Texting while driving is just one of the many modern distractions behind the wheel. According to the latest State Farm report, drivers are also searching the Internet while driving. The number of people driving while using the Internet has nearly doubled over the past five years, according to State Farm’s report. In addition, there is

Communities across mid-Missouri are finding ways to memorialize the Tipton teenager who died Thursday morning after suffering a head injury during a football game. Fellow students, competitors and faculty all had good memories to share about Chad Stover. Alexx Lewis and Drew Norton visited Stover in the hospital after his injury. Even though they were

More than 100 law enforcement agents took part in search and arrest warrants Thursday morning that netted dozens of arrests. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told ABC 17 News that the ATF, along with local agencies, served the warrants in the Sedalia area. John Ham said the 110 officers

Gov. Jay Nixon announced Thursday he will issue an executive order to the state’s Department of Revenue to accept tax returns from all couples, including same-sex marriages. Under the order, the Dept. of Revenue must accept all jointly-filed state tax returns from married couples. That will include same-sex couples married in other states, who file

Jefferson City may be one step closer to having a new city administrator. The city will stop accepting applications for the job by the end of Friday’s work day. Next week, the city’s human resources department will eliminate applicants that do not meet minimum requirements. In two weeks, the city’s search committee made up of

A large commercial truck crash briefly shut down lanes of Interstate 70 Thursday afternoon. Around 1:30 p.m., emergency crews responded to a rollover accident involving a flatbed truck on I-70 eastbound, just west of the Stadium Boulevard exit. The driver of the truck was not injured. The passenger was taken by ambulance to a local

A Columbia woman was arrested Wednesday after she allegedly stole debit cards belonging to a nursing home resident and an employee. Courtney Guest, 31, of Columbia, was arrested on charges of felony fraudulent use of a credit device, felony stealing and misdemeanor fraudulent use of a credit device. Police say Guest stole a debit card