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***UPDATE MONDAY 1:24 P.M.***Police also named the suspect. A warrant was issued for Rudy Perez Jr., 33, of Sedalia, for first-degree murder with a cash-only bond of one million dollars.***UPDATE MONDAY 11:58 A.M.***The victim was identified as Robert Hill, 78, of Warsaw. Officials with Columbia police confirmed Hill was assaulted at the hospital around 6:30

Keion Bell scored 24 points and Earnest Ross added 23, both season highs, as No. 17 Missouri used another strong second half to beat Auburn 91-77 on Saturday.Ross hit five 3-pointers off the bench in his first game against his former team. The 6-foot-5, 222-pound guard played two seasons at Auburn, leading the team with

A drug task force served a search warrant and busted a marijuana growing operation inside a house on the 4800 block of Rice Road in Columbia Friday. Officers from M.U.S.T.A.N.G. (Mid-MIssouri Unified Strike Team and Narcotics Group) seized more than 35 grams of marijuana, mushrooms, hydrocodone, and suspected “Molly,” a type of ecstasy pills, according

Macon [Macon Co, MO] public reports SNOW of E1.5 INCH at 10:28 PM CST — from social mediaWellsville [Montgomery Co, MO] trained spotter reports SNOW of M1.0 INCH at 10:34 PM CST — still snowingMexico [Audrain Co, MO] broadcast media reports SNOW of M2.0 INCH at 11:25 PM CST — storm total from KXEO radioMontgomery

Columbia police led two active shooter workshops for the public Saturday afternoon at a training center on Meyer Industrial Drive.The goal of the class is to train the public on how to react if an active shooter opens fire in a public place, like a school or store. Both classes Saturday were at capacity.”The ideas

***UPDATE 10:38 P.M.***Fire crews have put out the blaze on the second floor of 308 E. High Street. Investigators say it appears to have been in a storage area.***UPDATE 9:50 P.M.***Jefferson City fire crews tell ABC 17 News they were fighting a small fire on the second floor of 308 East High Street, which is

After snow and rain showers Saturday night, clouds will quickly clear early Sunday. Mostly sunny skies are expected all day with temperatures in the 20s in the morning, before warming to the low 40s by the afternoon.Another area of low pressure will move across portions of southern Missouri Monday, bringing a few clouds to Mid-Missouri

A beauty college was on lockdown for two hours Saturday while police searched for a man with a gun. Students at Merrell University Esthetics were told to stay locked inside the two school buildings around 2 p.m. while police searched through the wooded area in the back of the campus. An instructor with the school

A 16-year-old girl, walking alone at the intersection of Jenne Lane and Brown Station Road in Columbia, said a man tried to threaten her into his van Saturday afternoon.Now police are looking for a white man in his 20s with brown hair and some facial hair, driving an older white van.The girl said he threatened

Three weeks ago, the Tennessee Lady Vols beat Mizzou in Knoxville by 45 points. Tennessee, of course, is one of women’s college basketball blue bloods. They’re perpetually ranked among the top-10 schools in the nation — this season being no different. Sunday afternoon, inside Mizzou Arena, the Tigers got rather remarkable revenge. Missouri (15-8, 4-5

The Baltimore Ravens won their second Super Bowl in 12 years by holding off the favored San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in Super Bowl 47 at the New Orleans Superdome.Joe Flacco tossed three touchdown passes in the first half as the Ravens opened a 21-6 halftime edge, including a 56-yarder to Jacoby Jones just before halftime.

*** UPDATE 10:12 P.M. ***An early weekend shooting in Columbia ends with an innocent bystander shot twice in the back. Police are now searching for two gunmen who they consider armed and dangerous. Garrett Murray and Jeremy Ruff allegedly drove down North Street, next to the Business Loop, firing at each others cars.It happened just

The jet stream will move in from the Pacific this week keeping arctic air north of Missouri. Afternoon temperatures will reach the 40s and 50s this week with nights in the 20s and 30s. A cold front will move through Monday bringing some clouds and shifting winds but no rain is expected. Another cold front

***UPDATE MONDAY 12:41 P.M.***NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The mayor of New Orleans says he’s expecting a full report in the coming days from everyone involved in last night’s power outage at the Superdome. It caused a delay of more than a half-hour during the third quarter of the Super Bowl.The Baltimore Ravens, who had been

A woman was assaulted early Monday morning and taken to the hospital for treatment.The assault happened shortly before 2 a.m. on Highview Avenue in Columbia. Officers aren’t sure if she was hit in the head with a gun or if a bullet grazed her. The injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.No arrests have been

A Mid-Missouri man pleaded guilty Monday after a baby was found dead in Holts Summit last June.Bryan Sartor could get 21 years in prison for his part in the death of 9-month-old Kyson Weathers. The boy was found blue and unresponsive. Police say Sartor and his girlfriend Megan Ayers admitted to using meth and checking

***UPDATE 5:54 PM ***Prosecutors charge a 33-year-old Sedalia man with first degree murder for the deadly assault at Columbia’s VA Hospital.Police say Rudy Perez, Jr. Is responsible for the death of 78-year-old Robert Hill of Warsaw. They say Perez beat Hill Friday night.Columbia Police Sgt. Joe Bernhard said, “This is not the usual way a

Cedric Barnum pleaded guilty Monday to his role in a Memorial Day shooting.Police say Barnum waived a gun at a crowd outside the Oakland Park pool in north Columbia. Barnum is also accused of an earlier shooting near Switzler and Bryant Streets back in March and shots fired at Douglass Park in April.In December, Barnum

***UPDATE 5 P.M.***Authorities say the victims are Carol and Freddie Wilson. They were shot at their home on Dorsey Lane off Highway TT, south of Versailles.Officials say Carol Wilson called 911 around 11:05 a.m. to say she was shot, then called back a couple minutes later. Carol and Freddie both died shortly after a Morgan

Mexico Middle School was evacuated Monday afternoon after a threat was found written on a bathroom stall.Mexico Public Schools District Superintendent Kevin Freeman says a threat was found around 2:45 p.m. and the school was immediately evacuated. Mexico police, Audrain County Sheriff’s deputies and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers responded to the scene to investigate.All