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A Latham man remained in serious condition Saturday night after a crash that morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 31-year-old James Pace was driving his motorcycle on Route W near Maupin Road when he crossed the center line. Pace hit a Chevy van and his motorcycle rolled off the road. He was flown

Five hundred students have been waiting 16 days to move into their apartments. “Everything else has just been a normal move-in process,” said Derek Wimmer, an Aspen Heights new resident. It’s just in time because school starts at Mizzou on Monday. “I’m here now. I’m done with all of it and I think that I’m

After four weeks of searching, the body of missing Benton County woman was found in an area that had been previously searched. Now Hellen Cook’s family says it will take up a push for changes to state law. Kansas City affiliate WDAF reported Friday the family made the announcement at a Blue Springs memorial for

A multi-talented mid-Missouri teen is facing an uphill battle against a disease she will have for the rest of her life. Tanneal Cheshire is a 15-year-old New Franklin girl who has been battling muscular dystrophy — a progressive disease without a cure — for nearly a decade. She’s also been named central Missouri’s ambassador for

One man was killed and another man was arrested following a Friday afternoon crash on the Lake of the Ozarks. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Blake Briner, 22, and Brett Keith, 28, both of Chillicothe, were each driving separate jet skis near the 18.8 mile marker on the main channel of the Osage

A Mid-Missouri teenager was killed in a Friday morning car crash in Saline County. Dusty A. Reeves, 19, of Miami, Mo. was traveling northbound on Thompson Lane when he pulled into the path of another car headed eastbound on Missouri Route 240, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers say Reeves was pronounced dead

About 600 displaced students will move into their new housing development on Saturday just two days before classes start at the University of Missouri. City inspectors went to the Aspen Heights complex near Grindstone Parkway and Highway 63 in south Columbia multiple times on Friday. According to Aspen Heights spokesman Stuart Watkins, the walk-through went

Boone Hospital’s new president is finishing up his first week on the job. Jim Sinek was named to the position last month. He previously was the president and CEO at Faith Regional Health Services in Nebraska. ABC 17 News was able to sit down with Sinek for his first interview as president. Sinek said he’s

Two teenagers charged with the murder of another Columbia teen appeared in court Friday. Joshua D. Murray and Nicholas R. Thomas were charged with the first-degree murder of Tre’Veon Marshall on Thursday. Both men waived the reading of the charges and the judge ordered a bond investigation to determine whether to lower bail. Thomas’ bond

Three teenagers have been arrested and charged with the July murder of a Columbia teen. Officers arrested Joshua Dewayne Murray, 18, of Columbia around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 2200 block of Crestridge Drive. He was arrested for first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Police also arrested Nicholas Raheem Thomas, 19, of Columbia around 8:30

The Missouri Department of Transportation is in the planning stage for the improvements of three intersections along Highway 63 in Mid-Missouri. Improvements at the intersections of Highway 63 in Clark, Cairo and Atlanta will all be made next summer. These three intersections have shown high numbers of crashes and fatalities. Either right-hand turn lanes or

A 43-year-old Arkansas man was taken into custody in connection to the June 26 armed robbery at Alliant Bank in Blackwater. The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office released a statement on its Facebook page Friday detailing the investigation. Authorities are not releasing his name at this time. The man was taken into custody on Aug. 7

The Boonville School Board will not take action for right now against Superintendent Mark Ficken, who was the announcer at the Missouri State Fair rodeo where a clown pretended to be President Barack Obama. The board held a special meeting Tuesday night to discuss Ficken’s involvement in the incident and his future as superintendent. The

ABC 17 News obtained court documents detailing the police investigation into the murder of a Columbia teenager. Tre’Veon Marshall, 17, was gunned down July 14 in McKee Street Park in the northeast section of the city. On Thursday, 18-year-old Joshua Dewayne Murray and 19-year-old Nicholas Raheem Thomas were charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal

Columbia police have made an arrest after a serious crash on Ash Street Tuesday evening. The Columbia Fire Department was called to the scene of an accident on Ash Street and Ridgeway Avenue around 6 p.m. Tuesday. The driver of one vehicle had to be cut out by emergency crews. According to officials, a white

In Randolph County, Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers say one man is dead after a crash in Higbee. It happened Thursday around 7:30 p.m. on Randolph Street. Investigators say the driver, Daniel Reardon, 30, of Higbee lost control, went off the gravel road and hit trees, concrete steps and a landscaping railroad tie. Clint E.

A Camdenton man was killed Thursday after a crash on Old South Route 5. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers, 42-year-old Gerald E. Roberts was traveling southbound on Route 5 around 3:45 p.m. when his motorcycle crashed into the towed unit of a tractor trailer. Troopers say the tractor trailer’s driver, Laura L. Poole,

A man was injured Thursday after his jet ski exploded at the Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Water Patrol Division says Todd P. Patterson, 39, of Washington, Iowa was attempting to dock his jet ski in the 1.8 mile marker of the McCoy Branch Cove around noon Thursday. As he was

Authorities arrested a Dixon, Mo. man after a bomb threat closed the Pulaski County courthouse on Tuesday. Joshua Lachowicz, 32, was arrested Thursday night by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department and Dixon police. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department said they received the threat early Tuesday morning, causing authorities to close Pulaski County government offices and

Controversy over a rodeo clown who mocked President Barack Obama did not keepi Gov. Jay Nixon away from the annual governor’s ham breakfast at the Missouri State Fair on Thursday. Numerous executive officials and lawmakers attended the annual event at the fairgrounds in Sedalia. However, this year the breakfast was surrounded by controversy. Earlier this