District boy’s soccer final scores Nov 7th
Final scores…. Rock Bridge 3, Hickman 0S. Boone 7, Boonville 1Jefferson City 4, Waynesville 0Helias 2, Bolivar 0
Continue ReadingFinal scores…. Rock Bridge 3, Hickman 0S. Boone 7, Boonville 1Jefferson City 4, Waynesville 0Helias 2, Bolivar 0
Continue ReadingFinal district football scores Nov. 6th Eldon 41, Salem 13Milan 52, Putnam Co. 0Lawson 28, Brookfield 0Marceline 28, Salisbury 6South Callaway 42, Montgomery Co. 7California 49, Fulton 0Hannibal 35, Moberly 0Helias 77, Kirksville 0Blair Oaks 35, Hermann 13Westran 63, Paris 12Camdenton 32, Smith-Cotton 22
Continue ReadingThree new officers will join the Jefferson City police force and soon there could be more. Last month, Jefferson City police officers told ABC 17 News they were at a dangerously low level of patrol officers. This problem is rooted in city budget cuts from last year. Over the last couple of months, the already
Continue ReadingColumbia is no longer enforcing its red light cameras based on a new appeals court decision. On Thursday the city temporarily suspended the cameras after this week’s ruling from the Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals. Getting caught on a camera usually counts as a non-moving violation. But on Tuesday, the panel of judges said
Continue ReadingTests came back positive for asbestos at a grocery store in Mexico, Mo., and most items can not be sold until a food safety plan is in place. Officials are pulling all of the food, drugs and cosmetics at the County Market at 500 W. Jackson St. The store is currently under renovation. The Audrain
Continue ReadingColumbia police are still looking for a white truck who left the scene after hitting a bicyclist. The cyclist was mildly injured and refused hospital treatment. The accident happened just after 10 a.m. on Thursday at Forum Boulevard and Forum Katy Parkway. The driver of the white truck with out-of-state plates did not stop when
Continue ReadingA Tipton High School football player remains in the hospital after suffering an injury last week. For days, Chad Stover has remained in critical condition at University Hospital in Columbia. School officials say he suffered a severe brain injury during the game. While details on his exact injury are still unclear, attention has been put
Continue ReadingSome Columbia residents say they feel they didn’t have a voice in the sewer bond issue, which was put to a vote Tuesday. Those who pay to use city utilities and services, but live outside city limits, are not allowed to vote on city issues. Boone County Clerk Wendy Noren told ABC 17 News that’s
Continue ReadingWednesday, Missouri basketball head coach Frank Haith announced Tim Fuller will act as interim head coach. Haith was slapped with a five game suspension for his role in the Nevin Shapiro scandal at the University of Miami (FL). Fuller doesn’t have any prior head coaching experience, like assistants Dave Leitao and Mark Phelps, but Fuller
Continue ReadingColumbia police and the Missouri Department of Transportation closed a lane of I-70 Wednesday to investigate a deadly accident. Ennis Marquis Patrick, 36, of Columbia, was struck by a vehicle on westbound I-70 near the Lake of the Woods exit nearly two weeks ago. Police shut down the passing lane of I-70 to conduct an
Continue ReadingA new grocery store in Pilot Grove is being touted as saving the town. For the past four years, residents have traveled 30 miles for groceries. Starting Saturday, they will be able to walk for them. When the store opens, its owners say the shelves will only be partially filled because people have been hounding
Continue ReadingThe fight to free Ryan Ferguson continues. Missouri attorney general Chris Koster and Boone County prosecuting attorney Dan Knight have two weeks left to refile charges against Ferguson. Ferguson was convicted of the murder of Columbia Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt in 2005 and has been in jail since. While he waits for the state
Continue ReadingA Mexican restaurant in Columbia was shut down earlier this week for health violations. The health department says Tequila Mexican Restaurant off Providence Road was closed after inspectors discovered cockroaches coming out of the drains. The restaurant was shut down Monday after the inspection. Since then, the business was reinstated, but when ABC 17 News
Continue ReadingA man was arrested in Cole County Tuesday night on gun and drug charges. According to the sheriff’s office, a deputy saw a suspicious car in the parking lot of a church on Heritage Highway around 8:40 p.m. When the deputy approached the car, it began to speed off. The deputy later stopped the car
Continue ReadingAuthorities say two Wisconsin men died when their single-engine plane crashed near the Kirksville Regional Airport Kirksville airport Director Glenn Balliew says the Piper 32-A Saratoga crashed while on approach to the northern Missouri airport. The Federal Aviation Administration told KTVO-TV the last radar and radio contact with the aircraft was around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday
Continue ReadingA woman was killed overnight in a crash north of Columbia. The crash was discovered just before 8 a.m. Wednesday at Highway VV and Mauller Road, but authorities say the car may have been there for some time. Mary Rogers-Hart, 49, of Columbia, was killed in the accident. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the
Continue ReadingGov. Jay Nixon announced the state will help to reopen the historic Missouri State Penitentiary that was closed to visitors after high levels of mold were discovered. Nixon said during a news conference Wednesday the state will split the cost of approximately $2 million with Jefferson City. Officials hope to reopen the facility by next
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Western District Court of Appeals handed down its opinion in the case of Ryan Ferguson, ruling in his favor and overturning his convictions. In the 54-page opinion released Tuesday, all three judges stated Ferguson’s convictions for murder and robbery should be “vacated.” The appeals court said that prosecutors withheld evidence from defense attorneys
Continue ReadingVoters in Columbia overwhelmingly decided to pass a multimillion dollar sewer bond issue. Proposition 1, a $33 million bond issue, passed with nearly 80 percent of the vote. The money will be used over the next five years to fix broken pipes, replace outdated lines and dig new manholes. The money will not be coming
Continue ReadingThe parents and attorney of a man whose conviction was overturned held a press conference Tuesday evening. Bill and Leslie Ferguson, the parents of Ryan Ferguson, and attorney Kathleen Zellner spoke to the media at the The Tiger Hotel in Columbia. Earlier Tuesday, the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals overturned the murder and robbery
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