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On Sunday, a Jefferson City family said goodbye to a son and soldier. Randy Chugg’s body was found along the Missouri River near Chamois last week after he had been missing for months. Police say he jumped from the Missouri River bridge in December. Randy Chugg was in the Army. On Sunday, Chugg’s father, a

Click the video player to watch this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-Down. Missouri gymnastics senior Cathryn Aliceaacosta and head coach Shannon Welker join ABC 17 Sports Director Austin Kim in studio. Aliceaacosta and Welker talk about the upcoming match against Florida, the last home meet of the season.

The new Jefferson City administrator starts at city hall on Monday. Steven Crowell, who was hired on January 21, came to Jefferson City from St. Mary’s, Georgia. He served in a similar role there. Crowell has more than 30 years of civic experience. He replaces interim city administrator and current city attorney Drew Hilpert. Hilpert

Four central Missouri residents are dead after their car went off the side of the highway, struck a ditch and tree and became engulfed in flames. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Dmitriy Banakh was driving a 2007 Audi when his car went off the left side of Route B in Pettis County at

Four central Missouri residents are dead after their car went off the side of the highway, struck a ditch and tree and became engulfed in flames. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Dmitriy Banakh was driving a 2007 Audi when his car went off the left side of Route B in Pettis County at

Four central Missouri residents are dead after their car went off the side of the highway, struck a ditch and tree and became engulfed in flames. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Dmitriy Banakh was driving a 2007 Audi when his car went off the left side of Route B in Pettis County at

Four central Missouri residents are dead after their car went off the side of the highway, struck a ditch and tree and became engulfed in flames. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Dmitriy Banakh was driving a 2007 Audi when his car went off the left side of Route B in Pettis County at

Four central Missouri residents are dead after their car went off the side of the highway, struck a ditch and tree and became engulfed in flames. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Dmitriy Banakh was driving a 2007 Audi when his car went off the left side of Route B in Pettis County at

Four central Missouri residents are dead after their car went off the side of the highway, struck a ditch and tree and became engulfed in flames. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Dmitriy Banakh was driving a 2007 Audi when his car went off the left side of Route B in Pettis County at

Four central Missouri residents are dead after their car went off the side of the highway, struck a ditch and tree and became engulfed in flames. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Dmitriy Banakh was driving a 2007 Audi when his car went off the left side of Route B in Pettis County at

A multi-state search for a four-year-old missing from Pulaski County ended in Ohio early Sunday morning. According to a sheriffs news release, Lance Webb, Jr. was found in Galion, Ohio by his biological father. The suspect, Christopher Wetherall, was arrested by Ohio authorities around 6 a.m. Sunday. Webb, Jr.’s mother is active duty Army member.

Boys Basketball Tolton 66Canton 72 Iberia 51Crane 50 Macks Creek 74Pilot Grove 54 Sacred Heart 64West Platte 61 Girls Basketball Hickman 25Rock Bridge 60 New Franklin 60Knox County 58(overtime) Hermann 53Palmyra 39 Fatima 47Ash Grove 58 AMC Tournament (men’s) Park 65Columbia College 66

A Columbia man was killed and two others seriously hurt in a crash on Interstate 70 Saturday morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. 23-year-old Jordan Elam was thrown from a 2002 Infiniti after it hit the trailer part of a semi truck and rolled multiple times before stopping in the median at mile

SoftballThe Tigers fell to Texas A&M in game two of the three game set. Missouri lost 11-2 in five innings. Kirsten Mack hit her first collegiate home run. The Aggies scored six runs in the bottom of the third to pull away from Missouri. The rubber match is tomorrow afternoon in College Station. BaseballMizzou baseball

United States Marshals arrested Jimiah Lambert, 20, on Thursday morning in New Orleans, according to a Columbia police news release. Lambert had a warrant out for his arrest in the murder of Dontay Tolston in early January. Martrell Smith, 20, and Derrick Copelin, 17, were also charged in the murder. Court documents show that Smith

These up and down temperatures are causing more and more potholes to pop up. A pothole is formed when rain (or melted snow) weakens the soil supporting the road. Traffic then wears down on the poorly supported road, causing cracks and holes. Jefferson City residents say they are fed up with the bumpy drive that

The Camden County Sheriff’s office was looking into the death of 40-year-old Robert William Burns and two year old Sadie Marie Burns on Saturday. Beginning stages of the investigation showed no signs of foul play. Police found the two at around 10:30 Friday morning at a home in the 7300 block of State Highway D.

Baseball – Junior Brett Graves was dominant for Mizzou with an 8.0 IP leading the way for Mizzou (5-6) to claim a series-opening 4-1 victory over Southern Mississippi (6-8) Friday night at Taylor Stadium. Softball – Mizzou softball beats Texas A&M, 7-0. Tori Finucane throws the shutout as McKenzie Sykes does 2-4 with 2 RBI.

Boys basketball: Helias 74, Moberly 56Jefferson City 51, Hickman 65 Girls basketball: Helias 41, Kirksville 31Battle 55., Notre Dame 51 (*first district title ever)

Buildings 602, 604, and 709 are just three of the buildings in University Village found to have “very questionable” walkways by TH&H engineers. Not only that, the report stated “unless remedial action is taken, a catastrophic collapse could be imminent”. This report comes just over two weeks after a walkway collapse in building 707 at