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ABC 17s Sports Director Austin Kim gets a tour of the Mizzou Tennis Center from head Coach Sasha Schmid before the Tigers host the 2014 SEC Tennis Championship

Four people are recovering after a rollover crash in Jefferson City Saturday. It happened near Ellis Porter Park on the east side. Police said five people were inside a Chevrolet Lumina that went off the road, down a hill and into a tree before rolling onto its top. None of the people inside the vehicle

Employees at Ernie’s Diner in downtown Columbia were praised Sunday for preventing a damaging fire. According to the Columbia Fire Department, employees started to smell smoke in the diner just before 8 a.m. Sunday. When firefighters arrived, they climbed on the roof and found a neon sign with an electrical problem had heated up a

Windows are breaking at some businesses across downtown Columbia. It has now been two weeks of problems and no answers as to who is responsible. Employees at Coffee Zone on Ninth Street told ABC 17 News they got hit late Wednesday night, just blocks from the police station. “The guy in the morning came up

Boone County deputies continued investigating an armed robbery just west of Columbia late Saturday night. Three people told investigators they were sitting in a car at Bellview Drive and Bethany Drive around 11 p.m. when a group of six teenagers approached them with handguns. The suspects got away with unknown items from the three people

A Columbia man died early Sunday morning when the car he was driving left the road, hit a pole and rolled. Dennis Mctye, 39, was driving west on RIchland Road around 4:40 a.m. According to police investigators, Mctye drove off the right side of the road in the 4700 block. His 1993 Mercedes 500 SEL

Wednesday April 16th the 2014 SEC Women’s Tennis Championship start at the Mizzou Tennis Center. Below is the schedule of matches: Wednesday, April 16Match 1: No. 11 LSU vs. No. 14 Mississippi State – 10 a.m. CTMatch 2: No. 12 Arkansas vs. No. 13 Missouri – 2 p.m. CT Thursday, April 17Match 3: No. 7

Columbia police were searching for a shooter or shooters Saturday night, after reports of gunfire in central city. Investigators shut down West Worley Street around 9:10 p.m. Saturday after reports of shots fired from a car. Early reports indicated at least one person was hit, but had left the scene. A neighbor on nearby Oak

A boil order was issued Saturday morning for all customers of Osage County Public Water Supply District #3. A six inch water main break along Highway 50 caused the order to be issued Saturday. It was in effect through Wednesday, April 16. All nearly 1,200 customers of PWSD #3 were told to boil water before

A Moberly man was hurt after he led police on a chase and crashed his car into an electric pole early Saturday morning. Police originally tried to pull the unnamed 24-year-old over in the 900 block of Kwix Road. According to a news release, he drove off at high speeds before crashing not far away

Softball: The No. 16 Missouri softball team clinched the weekend series against No. 20 ranked Auburn with a win Saturday night 8-7. Two early home runs by Mackenzie Sykes with two final inning shutouts pitched by Alora Marble helped Mizzou get the edge. Baseball: Saturday at No. 15 Kentucky shut out Missouri 12-0. Over the

A Fulton man was arrested early Saturday morning after a break-in and a chase through town. According to a news release, police tried to stop 29-year-old Tylor Bradley in connection to a break-in at the Break Time on West Fourth Street around 2:27 a.m. Bradley allegedly drove away from the officers trying to stop him,

Saturday morning, the Mizzou football team held their second spring scrimmage. The defense won over the offense 18-16. This scrimmage, like the first was decided by the final play. Sophomore corner back Aarion Penton had two interceptions, one being the game winner. Marcus Murphy returned. Murphy said his ankle which he sprained last week was

Saturday morning MU head football coach Gary Pinkel talked to the media for the first time since dismissing Dorial Green-Beckham from the football team. Friday the junior wide receiver was dismissed from the team after being suspended indefinitely on Monday. Before his dismissal was announced, Green-Beckham, in a statement to the St. Louis Post Dispatch

Jefferson City police were searching for a gunman Friday night after a shooting sent one man to the hospital. Neighbors called in reports of shots fired in the 400 block of East Dunklin Street around 6:30p.m. Friday. One home was hit, a bullet shattering a living room window. Inside, police reported a 33-year-old man was

Softball: The No. 16 Missouri tiger softball team played No. 20 ranked Auburn. Mizzou upsets Auburn 4-2. Tori Finucane pitched 6 innings, Casey Stangel pitched one. Corrine Genovese, Angela Randazzo, Sami Fagan and Sarah Moore scoring the Tigers. Baseball: The missouri baseball team was against No. 20 Kentucky wildcats Friday. Mizzou upsets Kentucky 8-7. A

It took four years to get the nation’s top prospect to commit to the Tigers. It took even less time for Dorial Green-Beckham to find his way off the Missouri football team. Friday was the end of the Dorial Green-Beckham era at Mizzou. Gary Pinkel dismissed the biggest star on Missouri’s campus after three off-field

The University of Missouri confirmed on Friday Dorial Green-Beckham has been kicked off the football team. The move came from Head Coach Gary Pinkel, along with MU Athletic Director Mike Alden. “This decision was made with the best interests of all involved in mind,” said Pinkel. “Dorial’s priority going forward needs to be focusing on

A Columbia teenager landed in jail Friday morning for allegedly breaking into several vehicles north of Columbia. Boone County authorities got the first 911 call from a man reporting an open garage off Moberly Drive around 5:20 a.m. Friday. Shortly afterwards, a deputy stopped D’Angelo Carter near the same neighborhood and took him into custody

ABC 17 News has learned more details about a fire that destroyed a trailer home late Friday afternoon north of Jefferson City. It happened off Summit Drive in Holts Summit around 3 p.m. Police detectives told ABC 17 News the blaze was suspicious enough to launch an investigation. Officers were going door-to-door questioning people in