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Jabari Brown had 24 points with a career-best six assists and Jordan Clarkson added 22 points, helping Missouri handle South Carolina 82-74 on Saturday. Earnest Ross added 14 points for the Tigers (15-4, 3-3 SEC), who led by double digits most of the way and kept the Gamecocks (7-12, 0-6) winless in conference play. The

A fire destroyed a Columbia mobile home Saturday evening, leaving a family of three without a place to live. It happened around 6:15 p.m. in the 4100 block of Ponderosa Drive, off U.S. 63 in south Columbia. Eight units from both Columbia Fire Department and Boone County Fire Protection District responded Fire crews at the

The Boone County Fire Department responded to a fire on the north side of Columbia at 6:45 a.m. Saturday. The fire was on North Wade School Road located in the left unit of the duplex. The occupants were sleeping when one resident woke up to a fire in the kitchen near the stove. They were

The price of prescriptions is on the rise nationwide. Now pharmacists are calling for a congressional hearing on what they call skyrocketing generic drug costs, some going up 600%. “In the month of January I would say that it happens almost every other day,” said Kilgore’s pharmacists, Bill Morrissey. That is how often Morrissey sees

Tax season begins in one week. That means the risk of identity fraud is its peak. According to the Federal Trade Commission, tax identity theft is the most common type of fraud in the United States. Elsie Hardt believes she may be one of those statistics. The Moberly woman received a text message from a

Girls high school basketball final scores- Hickman 68, Rolla 19Edwardsville 34, Rock Bridge 60South Callaway 68, Wellsville 41Battle 51, Smith-Cotton 30 Boys high school basketball final scores- Waynesville 46, Jefferson City 44Rock Bridge 47, Lee’s Summit West 70Helias 70, Fulton 38Kirksville 80, Harrisburg 64Brunswick 26, Sturgeon 94

On Friday night, the Missouri gymnastics team hosted No. 22 Kentucky coming up short to the Wildcast 195.150 – 193.775. Missouri began the evening on vault where Junior Rachel Updike scored a team high of 9.925 and also took home the event title. After the first rotation, Missouri trailed Kentucky 48.875 – 47.825. Next on

A meth dealer from Eldon will spend the next 20 years in prison with no chance for parole. Mitchell Atterberry was sentenced in federal court on Friday for a series of crimes dating back to 2010, when officers first raided his home near the Lake of the Ozarks. Police stopped Atterberry three times over the

A Columbia man was sentenced to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to statutory sodomy and child pornography charges. Investigators say Charles DeCarr III, 40, sent child porn to suspects in Ohio in Nov. 2012. They also believe he personally took the photographs himself. Two children, ages 2 and 5, were in the photos

On Friday, ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” released its investigation of how the University of Missouri failed to pursue the alleged assault of a former swimmer. According to the investigation, Sasha Menu Courey was allegedly assaulted by a member of the football team. Following the alleged incident, Menu Courey underwent psychiatric treatment at university facilities after

University of Missouri police arrested a member of the MU football team Thursday night. Levi Copelin, a wide receiver, was booked into the Boone County Jail on suspicion of disturbing the peace. MU police say around 4 p.m. Thursday, Copelin went to get a new ID car in the student ID office in the Student

Police arrested a Columbia man early Friday for an assault with a knife. Officers say 20-year-old Keenan T. Moore stabbed the victim in the back during a fight. Police believe Moore and the victim had been drinking in a home in the 100 block of Leslie Lane Thursday night when the pair got into a

A Cessna plane made an emergency landing just west of Ashland Thursday afternoon. Boone County emergency crews were first called around 2:30 p.m., near Route M and Highway DD. Early reports blame double engine failure. Four people were on board, but nobody was hurt. The plane is registered to Alelco, Inc., a company based in

Boone County fire crews were called to the scene of a transformer fire off Broadview Court in east Columbia just before 10:00 p.m. Thursday night. BEC reported an outage affecting roughly 150 people in the Sunrise Estates just before 8:00 p.m. Sunrise Estates is just south of I-70 and west of Rt. Z. Crews were

Girls high school basketball scores Hickman 77, Southwest 1ST. James 68, Blair Oaks 57Battle 39, Nixa 50North Callaway 58, Elsberry 56Linn 10, South Callaway 45Helias 54, Fulton 49Southern Boone 60, Eldon 60

Courtney Walker scored 21 points as No. 17 Texas A&M won its ninth straight game and remained undefeated in conference play with a 62-57 win over Missouri on Thursday night. After trailing for much of the first half and 33-31 at halftime, Texas A&M (16-4, 6-0 SEC)took the lead early in the second and never

Police searched for two armed robbers Thursday afternoon after a home invasion in south Columbia. Two residents at The Hill apartments off S. Providence Road heard a knock on their door around 10 a.m. According to police, two men forced their way in with a gun, assaulted the male victim and demanded money. They then

A missing 4-year-old Mid-Missouri girl has been found safe, hundreds of miles away from her home. Cassandra Robertson of Rolla was found in New Mexico Thursday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol which issued an endangered persons advisory for the girl. She was last seen in the 11800 block of State Road V in

The investigation is considered closed in the shooting of a Mid-Missouri police chief, according to authorities Thursday. Randolph County Coroner Gerald Luntsford has ruled William Stuck’s death as “undetermined” and does not suspect foul play. Stuck, 64, was discovered in his home in the early morning of November 27. He served as the Huntsville police

The autopsy of the man whose body was found Tuesday night on the west side of Jefferson City is complete. The results showed the man died of natural causes. Police say so far there is no sign of suspicious activity. Police do believe the body was that of a missing Mid-Missouri man. The remains were