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Another scam was reported in Maries County this weekend, this time with an elderly victim. According to the Maries County Sheriff’s Department Facebook page, an older woman reported she nearly wired $1,540 to a phony caller last week. The would-be victim was told her grandson was in jail in another county and needed the money

The flu has reached epidemic levels nationwide. Forty states are considered at a widespread level of outbreak. The amount of people sickened is causing hospitals to take extra precautions to protect their patients. Boone Hospital in Columbia is taking what they call the “droplet precaution.” That means that anyone going into the room of a

Several local organizations teamed up this weekend to bring fresh food to area homeless shelters — in the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Missouri Rivers Community Network organized the drive. Shoppers could buy fresh produce and grains and donate it at the Farmer’s Market and Clover’s Natural Market the past couple of

Managers at the Jefferson City Petco store said it is closing. The last day of operation will be February 22. Managers told ABC 17 News they are closing because their lease wasn’t renewed. The company is looking for a new location in the city, but managers said it could take up to a year.

More than 1,000 Columbia Water and Light customers experienced off-and-on power in central Columbia Saturday afternoon. Connie Kacprowicz with Columbia Water and Light told ABC 17 News one of two Saturday outages had been restored as of 4:35 p.m. According to the city’s outage map, the other outage ended sometime around 10 p.m. The largest

Due to FCC requirements and a large outage Friday and Saturday, ABC 17 KMIZ will rebroadcast Saturday’s mornings children’s programming block beginning at 11 a.m. The schedule is as follows: 11:00 am- Jack Hanna Into the Wild 11:30 am- Ocean Mysteries 12:00 pm- Born to Explore 12:30 pm- Sea Rescue 1:00 pm- The Wildlife Docs

A University of Missouri basketball fan with close ties to the team pleaded guilty to federal drug charges Friday. Levi Coolley was charged in March 2012 for conspiracy to distribute marijuana and five kilos of cocaine. He also pleaded guilty to a charge of money laundering. According to the Western District Attorney’s Office, Coolley forfeits

Jabari Brown tied a career high with 24 points and Johnathan Williams III grabbed 14 rebounds to help Missouri defeat Alabama 68-47 on Saturday. Missouri (14-3, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) entered the game having lost two of three, including a 78-75 setback at Vanderbilt on Thursday. The Tigers only led 31-30 at the break against the

Repair work has been completed on the KMIZ-TV transmitter for Saturday morning, restoring service for those watching ABC 17/KMIZ, MyZouTV/KZOU and/or Me-TV. Technical problems caused by Thursday night’s strong winds had resulted in the three stations being off the air to much of Mid-Missouri Friday. Most ABC Network programming affected by this outage can be

A New Florence man is dead after a single-car crash Saturday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 39-year-old Anthony Penn was driving on Route F around 4:21 a.m. when his car crossed the center line and hit a driveway culvert, causing the car to overturn. Penn was thrown from the vehicle. He was pronounced

ABC 17 News has learned that the Lincoln University nursing school could be moving to the current location of St. Mary’s Health Center in Jefferson City. Gov. Jay Nixon is scheduled to make an announcement at Lincoln University Monday morning. His office said he will discuss his plans for his fiscal year 2015 budget. Scott

A Missouri death-row inmate scheduled for execution this month says the state prison system is improperly storing expired doses of a new lethal injection drug provided by an Oklahoma pharmacy that’s not licensed to do business in the neighboring state. Attorneys for Herbert Smulls filed a complaint with the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy on

Two people died after a rollover accident in Columbia Thursday night. The accident happened near the Lake of the Woods exit off I-70. According to police, 31-year-old Jeremy Tremblay from Columbia was driving west when his car left the road and hit a ditch. The car flipped several times, throwing Tremblay and his passenger outside.

Columbia College announced its new leader late Friday afternoon. Scott Dalrymple was chosen to become the school’s 17th president, after Dr. Gerald Brouder announced his retirement last January. Dalrymple is currently dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Excelsior College in Albany, N.Y., and recently visited the Mid-Missouri campus earlier this week. “During his

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Michael Wacha goes one-on-one with ABC 17 Sports Director Austin Kim at the Cardinal Caravan. Wacha talks about his alma mater’s move to the SEC (Texas A&M), his struggles against Mizzou in college, and the big difference in this year’s off-season.

Boy’s final high school basketball scores Jan 17 Hickman 96, Northeast 38Battle 43, DeSmet 68Rock Bridge 56, Warrensburg 49Palmyra 71, Centralia 68Tolton Catholic 84, KC O’Hara 73Fulton 73, Lebanon 77

The Missouri tiger gymnastic team opened their home meets Friday night losing to the Arkansas Razorbacks 196.050 to 194.650, despite the loss, 11 Tigers tied or set career highs. In the first rotation, Missouri began on vault. Two tigers scored high than a 9.800. Freshman Angie Kern scored a 9.825 and Junior Rachel Updike finished

Four outstanding former student-athletes have been selected for induction into the University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame. They will represent the 24th induction class since the inception of the Hall in 1990. The formal induction ceremony will be held Saturday, February 15th, 2014 in the Reynolds Alumni Center on the MU campus beginning

Police were held up for two hours after a “shots fired”call. It started around 7 p.m. Thursday when police were called to an apartment to investigate possible shots fired. Upon their arrival, police say, 37-year-old Jeremy Shacklett refused to cooperate and locked himself in an apartment. Police then found that Shacklett had outstanding domestic-assault and

The St. Louis Cardinal Caravan will stop in Jefferson City Friday, giving fans a chance to see and talk with current and former players. The event will be at the Missouri Farm Bureau Center at 701 South Country Club Drive starting at 4:30. The program will begin at 6 p.m., followed by autographs for those