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ABC 17s Sports Director Austin Kim talks with players and coaches about how being in Texas for the 2014 Cotton Bowl helps recruit in a state where a majority of players are from.

ABC 17s Sports Director Austin Kim talks with Henry Josey about how thankful he is to return to football and playing in the 2014 Cotton Bowl after suffering a serious knee injury in 2011.

While some are still making their way home from the holidays, this Missouri State Highway Patrol’s New Year’s holiday counting period has come to an end, this year with results they hope for every year- zero deaths. That is 12 less than last year’s. However, that counting period in 2012 was longer starting on December

The Missouri Women’s Basketball team traveled to Ole Miss for their first conference toad game of the season defeating the Rebels 85-76. The Tigers are now 12-2 overall and 1-0 SEC on the season. Bri Kulas and Morgan eye lead the team in scoring with two other players scoring 20 or more points in Thursday’s

Plows only finished about 12 percent of the Columbia neighborhoods by 4:30 p.m. Thursday. They left to concentrate on main roads and re-freezing. Trucks will return to residential areas by 7 a.m. Friday because of a new city policy. ABC 17 News confirmed the changes in December, after they were put up for public comment

Two robbers escaped in Jefferson City on Wednesday after holding a woman at gunpoint in her own home. The victim says she left briefly in the afternoon near Broadway and Atchison. But when she came back, two men were inside, and one of them had a gun. The woman gave them her purse and cash

A fundraiser will be held this week for Sam Santhuff, of Fulton, who has one of the rarest forms of pediatric cancer. The 5-year-old’s battle withrhabdomyosarcoma (RMS)has earned him the nickname ‘Super Sam.’ He’s was diagnosed in August, and has been traveling to the University of Florida Proton Institute for chemo and surgeries. Sam’s mother,

A Moberly man was arrested by Boone County authorities on Tuesday for multiple child sex crimes. William Houston, 35, is being accused of raping a young girl for several years. Court documents show he began raping her when she was only 3, and continued abusing her in Boone County until she was 7. He is

This winter weather had road crews working around the clock in Cole County. Officials say the extreme temperatures are making things very difficult. The Cole County Public Works Department says it has been so cold that salt alone will no longer safely protect the roadways. It says salt only works when it is above 15

Two finalists have been named in the search for Columbia College’s next president. Scott Dalrymple is the dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Excelsior College in Albany, New York. Randal Hanna is the chancellor of the Florida College System in Tallahassee, Florida. The finalists will be on campus later this month for forums

ABC 17s Sports Director Austin Kim talks with senior L’Damian Washington about his hardships in life and how he became a football player at The University of Missouri.

They’ve been plastered across the Internet for weeks now. Diet pill companies advertising their product as the way to get that New Year’s resolution body you’ve been wanting. But fitness experts say those pills can cause some serious health issues. “The dangers are, a lot of people don’t know what is in those pills,” said

One strain of flu is proving to be deadly in Mid-Missouri, according to medical sources. These sources tell ABC 17 News the flu is responsible for multiple deaths in our area. The Missouri State Health Department and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) have not been able to confirm this because of the holiday. The

An Osage County family of six is starting over this New Years Day after a fire took its home and loved pets. Family members say they will always be grateful to their neighbor who not only opened their home to them, but also risked his life to save two of the family dogs. The Evans

Guided hikes are being offered free of charge at state parks around Missouri on New Year’s Day. The Department of Natural Resources is offering the hikes to the public as a healthy way of getting connected with the outdoors. Participating parks in mid-Missouri include the following meeting times and locations: Rock Bridge Memorial State Park

Columbia hosted its annual New Year’s Eve festival Tuesday evening and hundreds of people filtered in and out. This is after a weeklong crime spree; including five shootings in and around the city since Christmas Eve. Police are not doing anything different, but said they had the downtown unit out patrolling the area while the

ABC 17s Sports Director talks with James Franklin as he prepares for his last game with the Missouri Tigers in his home state before the Cotton Bowl.

Camden County authorities said on Tuesday they are searching for a man who has been missing since Sunday. Donald Erwin, 59, of Camdenton, disappeared after he told relatives he was going to the grocery store. He was last seen driving a silver 2002 Hyundai Elantra with the license plate MKTE3P. Erwin is described as 5’8″

This year mid-Missouri lost a lot of jobs, but it also attracted hundreds of new businesses. This year brought nearly 300 new businesses to Columbia and almost 400 to Jefferson City. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the local economy did better than most other states in the country. The chamber says the

Three men wearing masks escaped early Tuesday after a home invasion robbery and shooting in south Columbia. Several residents were asleep when their front door was kicked in off North Cedar Lake Drive near Southampton Drive around 5 a.m. A guest was also sleeping on the couch. While the suspects searched through the residence, the