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The Missouri Tiger football team uses trick plays against Minnesota in their 33-17 Citrus Bowl win.

Thursday, the family of a man who was killed New Years Eve while crossing the street is mourning his death. Abc 17 News reported Jack Cheatom, 54, was hit by two cars while crossing Stadium Boulevard on Worley Street. The accident happened around 6:20 Wednesday night, according to the police report. The family said they

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Marcus Murphy ran for 159 yards, Russell Hansbrough added 114 yards and a touchdown and No. 16 Missouri beat Minnesota 33-17 on Thursday in the Citrus Bowl. Missouri (11-3) won its third straight bowl game to reach 11 victories for the fourth time in school history. Minnesota (8-5) trailed 19-17 entering

A man died after being hit by a car in Columbia on New Year’s Eve. Columbia Police said it happened on W. Worley and Stadium when a Chevy Cavalier was traveling south on Stadium around 6:20 p.m. The driver did not see 54-year-old Jackie Cheatom as he tried to cross the road and struck him.

It all started in March of 2014. “I had been sick all that week and the night before I was like, ‘just go to the store, get some tests it’s not anything to worry about.’ We’ll just make sure. The next day I just happened to look down and it said pregnant,” said new mother

Several Mid-Missouri leaders who were elected earlier this year have officially taken office. Nine officials were sworn in for Boone County Thursday, including Commissioner Dan Atwill, who won the November election with more than 55% of the vote. He said there are several big things on the agenda for 2015. The first item on the

A crash near Stadium and Broadway blocked two lanes of traffic near the Columbia Mall Thursday night. The crash is just down the street where a man was killed at Worley and Stadium Wednesday night. A woman complained about shortness of breath, but it is unknown if other injuries were involved.

Eight people were arrested for drinking and driving in Mid-Missouri so far during the New Year’s counting period. Troopers said they pulled over three drunk drivers last night. Both Columbia and Hallsville police caught four others. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department also landed another DWI arrest. New Year’s Eve is known as the second deadliest

A low pressure system currently to our southwest is expected to track into Mid-Missouri late Friday night through Saturday. This will bring a mixed bag of precipitation through the middle of the weekend. As the system moves into the region, temperatures at the surface and in the lower levels of the atmosphere will play a

A man was killed Wednesday northeast of Jefferson City after a truck started rolling backwards off County Road 485. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports Paul Ferguson, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene, near a field at 10950 County Road 485, about 15 minutes north of Tebbetts. No one was inside the truck at the

Boone County fire crews responded to a a multiple vehicle fire north of Columbia Wednesday afternoon. Crews were at Chuck’s Auto Salvage on Mt. Zion Church Road. A worker there told ABC 17 he was cutting a spring out of one of the vehicles and thinks a spark may have caught a Jeep’s carpeting on

A 36-year-old Boone County man is in jail on suspicion of child molestation Wednesday. Timothy McWilliams of 5401 Bonne Femme Church Road was taken into custody Wednesday morning when detectives searched his home and allegedly found evidence relating to the incident. The 6-year-old victim apparently told her mother it happened on December 22. The victim

The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed a man parked on the side of the road and got out of his truck before he was hit and killed the day after Christmas. Officials say 29-year-old Gregory Anderson of Columbia crossed Highway 63 near the exit at north Rangeline Friday afternoon. Anderson’s brother also told ABC 17

Fifth Ward Jefferson City councilman Ralph Bray is resigning from his seat effective Wednesday. Bray was elected as the Cole County Recorder of Deeds in the recent November election and will be leaving January 1 to take over his new position.

Thursday, the minimum wage is increasing in 21 states including Missouri. Starting Jan. 1, minimum wage in the state will be $7.65 an hour, which is 15 cents more than the current wage. About 136,000 workers in Missouri will be affected by the minimum wage increase, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Don Hart, the

The effort to recall First Ward Council Member Ginny Chadwick is moving forward. Columbia’s city clerk gave word the petitioners had gathered enough signatures to get the recall on the election ballot. Earlier this month, COMO Council Watch and other citizen groups delivered 451 signatures to the city clerk’s office. The city clerk had 30

Jefferson City police say a home invasion suspect landed behind bars Wednesday, after he was accused of threatening to kill a woman for damaging his vehicle. Keith Larry, 34, is charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action, two counts of first-degree burglary and unlawful possession of a weapon. Investigators searched his home in the 700

ABC 17 News reported last week about Cole Co. Judge Daniel Green’s order to turn Larry Welch’s 20 year sentence into 7 years. That order has been blocked. 62-year-old Welch is convicted on manslaughter charges after driving drunk and killing a mother and son in Cole County in 2007. The daughter who survived the crash,

A Columbia student trip to Ireland was canceled by Hickman High School after its choir director went on leave. ABC 17 previously reported 33-year-old Matthew Felts is charged with misdemeanor stalking. The trip, scheduled through Trump Tours in Bentonville, Arkansas, wasn’t a school sponsored excursion. Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark told ABC 17 News

Wednesday marked the official closing of DST systems in Jefferson City. Employees’ last day was December 12. Moving trucks were seen at the facility in the Monroe Bluffs building last week. The Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a career fair for DST employees on October 29 where 26 vendors participated.