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Rainfall from last weekend along with melting snow improved drought conditions across Mid-Missouri and the state. The eastern third of the state is drought-free, extending as far west as Rolla and much of Osage and Maries counties. Most of Mid-Missouri is now considered abnormally dry, which is the lowest level of drought. This is an

Kansas City, Mo. – The No. 1 ranked Columbia Cougar men’s basketball team opened up play in the 2013 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men/s Basketball National Championship with a 68-37 first round victory over Oklahoma City University on Wednesday night. Columbia, the tournament’s top overall seed, improves to 34-0 overall and remains the nation’s last

Broadway, College Avenue and I-70 are full of cracks and potholes with the most problematic pothole being on the Stadium Boulevard ramp to I-70 East in Columbia.The current mild weather indicates snow plow trucks are done for the season, but MoDOT crews are turning their attention to repair the damage the winter storms caused.Snow and

NORDYNE announced Thursday it will shutter its manufacturing lines in Missouri in order to open a new campus in Mexico.The company says the move will affect around 700 employees at facilities in Boonville and Poplar Bluff. The plant in Boonville opened in 1979. It will keep a plant in Tennessee open.NORDYNE says it has developed

A Columbia man was killed Thursday afternoon after colliding with a curb on West Broadway near the Scott Boulevard curve.Police say 40-year-old Michael Roseman was heading west when he hit the curb and lost control, throwing him from the motorcycle. Roseman was transported to University Hospital, but was pronounced dead around 3:30 p.m.No other vehicles

State lawmakers say they have the funds to keep the Missouri National Guards who lost federal tuition assistance in school, at least for the meantime. They announced Thursday they found $1.5 million in the general fund to create the Show-Me Heroes Education Fund designed to help offset tuition assistance cut by the federal government last

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.25 million penalty for violations that included discharging fluorescent green discharge into a river at its plant near Mexico, Mo.Details of the settlement were announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency and Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster.Teva makes antibiotics at a plant

***UPDATE MONDAY 11:50 P.M.***On Monday, the Cole County Health Department issued an update on the series of mysterious illnesses last week at the Truman Hotel and Conference Center.Director Dr. Marie Peoples said two cases had been positively identified as influenza A. Other patients had been interviewed over the weekend, but the cause of the other

ABC 17’s Sports Director breaks down Missouri’s first game in the SEC Tournament against Arkansas.

***UPDATE FRIDAY 9:05 A.M.*** Boonville’s fire chief says when crews arrived at the home heavy flames were showing.No one was home at the time and there were no injuries.There is extensive damage as half of the home was burned.Investigators are still looking into a cause, but say it doesn’t appear suspicious.***ORIGINAL STORY***Boonville firefighters were called

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Alex Oriakhi scored 13 points and pulled down 10 rebounds Thursday night as No. 6 seed Missouri defeated cold-shooting No. 11 seed Texas A&M 62-50 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament.Texas A&M (18-15) shot a season-low 24.1 percent (14 of 58) in the first SEC tournament confrontation between

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Derrick Millinghaus made a driving basket with 1.1 seconds left Friday as No. 3 seed Mississippi rallied from a 14-point, second-half deficit to beat No. 6 seed Missouri 64-62 in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals.Mississippi (24-8) advanced to a Saturday semifinal against No. 10 seed Vanderbilt (16-16), which upset No. 2

Highs will reach the mid-to-upper 70s Friday with southwest breezes and high clouds. Friday’s highs will be 20-25 degrees above average for March 15th. A strong cold front will move through by Saturday morning, dropping highs into the low 50s for Saturday and mid 40s for Sunday. The cold front will stall near the Missouri-Arkansas

A cold front will move through Mid-Missouri Friday night, ushering in much cooler air for the weekend. Highs on Saturday will reach the upper 40s to low 50s then barely reach 40 on Sunday. Saturday will be partly cloudy with chances of spotty light rain showers or drizzle Saturday afternoon. Chances of rain will increase

***UPDATE 5:52 P.M.***Jon Shikles stood quietly in front of the judge Friday as he withdrew his not guilty plea and said he did kill Higgins. After he entered his guilty plea, he wanted to apologize to the victim’s family and turned around to do it. The family wasn’t there, but he apologized anyways and said

A triple murder suspect is set to be in court Friday in Boone County.Joshua Maylee is accused of killing three people during a shooting rampage in Callaway County. It happened in the fall of 2010, when he led police on a state-wide manhunt.Friday’s pre-trial hearing is expected to last all day.Prosecutors are seeking the death

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Alex Oriakhi scored 13 points and pulled down 10 rebounds Thursday night as No. 6 seed Missouri defeated cold-shooting No. 11 seed Texas A&M 62-50 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. Texas A&M (18-15) shot a season-low 24.1 percent (14 of 58) in the first SEC tournament confrontation

On Thursday, Nordyne officials reported the company will close factories in Boonville and Poplar Bluff.Boonville residents say they are “devastated” and afraid Boonville will become a ghost town with several businesses leaving. Someone laid off from Indeeco last year says she knows how these employees feel all too well. “Nordyne has been an integral part

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derrick Millinghaus made a driving basket with 1.1 seconds left Friday as No. 3 seed Mississippi rallied from a 14-point, second-half deficit to beat No. 6 seed Missouri 64-62 in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals.Mississippi (24-8) advanced to a Saturday semifinal against No. 10 seed Vanderbilt (16-16), which upset No. 2

A large party ended up with bullets flying into the air at a student housing parking lot in Columbia early Saturday morning. Around 2:08 a.m., police were sent to Gateway Apartments at 3900 Buttonwood Drive to investigate reports of around three-to-eight shots fired.A student who lives there said she saw a large party gathered in