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ABC 17 News has confirmed a flight is scheduled from Warrensburg to Columbia Regional Airport Monday afternoon, at the same time the University of Missouri board of curators meet behind closed doors. According to FlightAware, the plane leaves Warrensburg at 12:30 p.m. Monday, arriving just after 1 p.m. Former Tiger player and assistant coach Kim

Cierra Gaytan-Leach is a Southern California girl who found a home in Mid-Missouri. “I’m a big country fan, and I like that whole kind of lifestyle,” the senior says of the area. “So I just really enjoy it.” Gaytan-Leach closed out her Missouri career with a second-team all-SEC honor. She helped the Tigers defeat Arkansas

ABC 17s Sports Director Austin Kim talks with Power Mizzou’s Gabe DeArmond about the search for a new Mizzou men’s head basketball coach and the challenges the position brings.

Thousands spent time without power as storms rolled through mid-Missouri Sunday. Residents in Hallsville and Centralia said they spent two hours without electricity and local business owners said it posed some challenges. “People are frustrated because the game is out, they’re trying to catch that, and then also our food is getting cold and the

Softball: Sunday the No. 15 Missouri softball team clinched the series against No. 3 Florida 5-4. For a second-straight game, the Tigers lead the Gators 4-0 in the first inning. Mizzou held Florida to four suns as Tori Finucane pitched seven innings and allowed seven hits. Junior Corrin Genovese (SS) hit her first career grand

The Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence held a full-day retreat Saturday to determine common reasons for violent crimes. The group decided on twelve reasons, but three stood out to the group – drugs, a mistrust of police and employment. “My whole triangle of this culture is drugs, conflict and miscommunication,” Christopher Haynes of Phoenix

Softball: The No. 3 Florida Gators tied the series with the No. 15 Missouri Tigers after a 9-5 win Saturday afternoon. The Tigers scored all four of their runs in the first inning. Then the Gators went on a nine run streak to beat Mizzou. Baseball: Saturday afternoon the Missouri baseball team got shut out

The push for policy changes in regards to marijuana in MIssouri continued this weekend on the University of Missouri’s campus. The Spring Cannabis Conference was held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Allen Auditorium. The keynote speaker was Mason Tvert, the co-chair behind Colorado’s campaign for marijuana legalization. Tvert told ABC 17

Hundreds of volunteers braved rain chances Saturday morning to help clean up Jefferson City. The third annual Serve Jefferson City event started with a pancake breakfast at 9 a.m., hosted by Senator MIke Kehoe. Then it was out to all corners of the city to help pick up trash, clean up creeks, and tidy flower

A Jefferson City man once considered a “high level” heroin dealer in mid-Missouri changed his plea to guilty for a number of federal drug charges last week. Tracy Davis, 44, entered the plea in federal court on Thursday. Court documents indicated that Davis, originally from Chicago, had dealt heroin and morphine. He was arrested and

Rolla police said Friday a new batch of heroin may have caused a deadly spike in overdoses in the city. According to a post on the department’s Facebook page, police responded to six heroin overdoses and one heroin overdose death in a 24-hour period last week. Chief Mark Kearse wrote that the department typically saw

A Moberly man was charged Saturday, accused of assaulting and robbing his 59-year-old father on Thursday. Gabriel Fennel, 30, was held Saturday in the Randolph County Justice Center on $100,000 bond. He was charged with felony assault, robbery, and tampering with evidence. Police said in a news release Fennel tried to take some undisclosed property

One person was taken to University Hospital after a crash Saturday morning in north Columbia. According to a fire department news release, the crash happened at 4501 Route B around 11:19 a.m., near Mid-City Lumber. Two people were in a Volkswagon that rolled over on the road. One person managed to get out of the

Two suspects in Tuesday’s Columbia homicide on West Texas Avenue were arraigned Friday afternoon in Boone County Circuit Court. Boone County Prosecutor Dan Knight requested that bond be set at $1 million cash-only for 23-year-old Deshai Richardson and 22-year-old She’aun Prince. That request was granted by a judge Friday. Knight told the court and ABC

Softball – Friday afternoon the No. 15 Missouri Tigers upset No. 3 Florida Gators 5-3 to open last weekend series. Kelli Schkade and Taylor Gadbois got Mizzou on the board first in the 3rd inning on unearned runs. Schkade, Gadbois and Ashtin Stephens scored in the 5th inning to give MU the 5-0 lead. Florida

A small plane crashed near Versailles off of State Highway D Friday afternoon. The Zenith 701 went down due to a mechanical failure. One person was on board the plane when it crashed but was not injured, according to a local airport manager.

After a snowstorm in Columbia in March 2013, hundreds of cars were stranded, blocking routes on major roadways. An ambulance transporting a man suffering from a heart attack needed to get through. That’s when Brandon Irwin, a worker for Boone County Public Works, helped plow a path all the way to University Hospital and helped

Friday marked the 4th Annual Prescription Drug Take Back event. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department has partnered with the Youth Community Coalition for the national movement sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Agency. Through Saturday afternoon, people will be able to drop off their unwanted prescription pills legally. Ryan Worley, with the Youth Community Coalition said,

A Meta man accused of killing his girlfriend in June 2010 was found guilty by a Texas County jury Friday afternoon. 43-year-old Terry Fritz was charged with one count of first degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Kinga Gillibrand.

The Better Business Bureau is warning mid-Missourians of a scholarship scam. Targeted victims will receive a mailing resembling a USPS money order from a fake university that contains a letter instructing the recipient to cash the money orders. The letter then says to keep the cash, but wire a certain amount of money back to