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A Moberly man convicted of raping a woman and leaving her in a freezer to die will be sentenced in June. Thirty-six-year-old Sean Williams was to be sentenced Friday for four felony convictions but the sentencing was delayed until June 7. Williams was convicted in February of being one of four men who assaulted the

Boone County deputies and Columbia police released the results of a DWI checkpoint on Mexico Gravel Road over Saturday night. Throughout the course of the night, between 150 and 200 cars were stopped. Among those stops, officers found one stolen vehicle. The person abandoned the car and ran off from the checkpoint into a nearby

Jefferson City Council members will see plans for the Oscars Classic Diner rebuild on Monday. Oscars caught fire in January. The rebuild will return it to its original condition, and build a 1,200-square-foot addition. The council will also hear about plans for a new fire station number three to replace the one on Industrial Boulevard.

Some central Columbia residents said people walking down their sidewalk could be in danger and the city agrees. City reports even say about a thousand people could lose power because of the public safety concern at Garth and Stewart roads. The culprit of the concern is a giant elm tree. The tree is putting pressure

The accused killer of former Columbia resident Tom Clements started to have run-ins with the law at an early age, according to Department of Corrections documents. KUSA-TV in Denver reported in a copyrighted story Friday that documents its 9 Wants to Know team obtained showed investigators had searched Ebel’s home just four hours before Clements’

Columbia police need to make a few changes to how they handle complaints, according to the Citizens Police Review Board that met Saturday morning. The board audited three complaints against the department. Members told ABC 17 News that overall, the department does a good job of following procedures when handling complaints. But they did recommend

Beginning at 6:45 a.m. Saturday, nearly 200 volunteers from across the state of Missouri gathered in Jefferson City. “We did a mock simulation of a tornado coming through this area,” Missouri Baptist Convention Disaster Relief Specialist Dwain Carter told ABC 17 News. Trailer units for communication, preparing meals and even for showers were used to

The pilot of a plane declared an emergency when he flew into a wall of ice in Mid-Missouri Friday morning. Ice began to build up on one wing of the plane and caused the pilot to begin losing control of the aircraft. The pilot was originally in contact with Mizzou Approach in Springfield but was

A member of Governor Jay Nixon’s security team is under investigation after he allegedly assaulted his wife. 29-year-old Brock Vogt was arrested on April 26 for allegedly pushing his wife at their home in Columbia. Missouri State Highway Patrol officials tell ABC 17 News Vogt was assigned to protect the governor. Highway Patrol officials wouldn’t

New details surfaced Friday about a Mid-Missouri church with a controversial pastor who is still facing charges of rape and sexual abuse. Travis Smith is pastor at the First Baptist Church in Stover, according to its website. But his church is no longer a part of the Lamine Bapitst Association with the Missouri Baptist Convention.

Four middle school students were injured Friday morning after a bus crash in Jefferson City. The accident involved bus 47 from Lewis and Clark Middle School. It happened around 7:30 a.m. near Eastland and Lewis and Clark Drive. Officials confirmed three children went to the hospital in an ambulance and a fourth one was taken

A school bus near Climax Springs overturned Friday morning near Route FF. Seven students from Climax Springs R-IV slid off the road. It turned on its side and hit a tree. The children were sent to Lake Regional Hospital for observation. Fire crews from the northwest protection district, Camden County deputies and two state troopers

Both garbage trucks in Centralia were damaged by fire early Friday, and one is being considered a total loss. Firefighters were called to the scene shortly before 2 a.m. and found both trucks burning. Police say the fire appeared to have started in the cab of one of the trucks, and that the doors of

Deputies in Pulaski County say a Laquey man was critically injured in a stabbing. Investigators say it started as a family fight. Around 4 p.m. Thursday, deputies responded to a home on Highway W in Laquey. Medics arrived to find Raemond Pruett bleeding profusely from a large stab wound. Investigators say a family member who

The Kansas City Royals’ game against the Tampa Bay Rays was postponed on Thursday after heavy rain turned to sleet and snow during the middle of the fourth inning. No makeup date has been set. The Rays don’t return to Kansas City again this season. The temperature was 41 degrees with winds gusting to 31

The Southeastern Conference and ESPN have announced a 20-year agreement to operate a SEC network that is scheduled to debut in August, 2014. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said Thursday the SEC network will produce 1,000 live events each year, including 450 televised on the network and 550 distributed digitally. Slive says the network will carry

One person is dead following a serious accident in Jefferson City. The Jefferson City Police Department is investigating a fatal accident that happened in the 1400 block of Highway 50 eastbound around 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Police say around 2:30 p.m., a truck driven by Stephen Berhorst, 37, of Westphalia crossed the line on Highway 50,

Missouri’s Office of Administration has filed a Sunshine Law request after someone within the House of Representatives tried to gain access to a restricted server. In a release late Thursday, the Office of Administration says the state’s data center detected “repeated and unauthorized” attempts to access a secure state server. The secure server had been

A mid-Missouri man is in jail and accused of threatening to shoot police officers. Mark Balcer of Jefferson City was arrested this week after he called authorities, saying he had bombs in his yard and was going to blow up lesbians. Balcer allegedly told friends he would kidnap and kill his case worker then commit

Multiple accidents have been reported in Mid-Missouri, causing significant delays on area roads. Around 3 p.m. Thursday, two accidents were reported on the westbound lanes of I-70 just west of Columbia. Emergency crews responded to the accidents, including one that involved hazardous material. Both crashes involved tractor trailers. The accidents were near Midway and the