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Opening Day in Major League Baseball, a rite of passage that marks a new beginning for fans in every city in America, has come and gone. It is officially baseball season, a season that touches every other major North American sports season. In honor of this annual new beginning, I will debut a new column

A Mid-Missouri woman pleaded guilty to manslaughter and abuse charges for the 2008 death of a toddler. 37-year-old Roshell Dawn Johnson pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter and child abuse charges for the death of 20-month-old Ocean McCoy. Prosecutors say Johnson accepted a plea agreement. The Miller County Prosecuting Attorney says the infant girl suffered

Two Tiger freshmen have decided to transfer from the Missouri basketball program. Negus Webster-Chan and Dominique Bull have informed head coach Frank Haith they would like to leave the program to play closer to home and get more playing time. Webster-Chan is from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Bull is from Worcester, Massachusetts. Haith released a statement

Court documents obtained from ABC 17 News show that two suspects in a crime spree used a stolen knife to commit murder. Jeffrey Nichols and Christopher Lewis have been charged with first degree murder after a Sunday night crime spree in Randolph County. Police say Nichols and Lewis stole a “machete like” knife from the

The Missouri Department of Transportation will close Westbrook Drive near the Boone/Callaway county line while it fixes a rockslide. Crews will close the road starting Wednesday at 8 a.m. while construction workers stabilize a rock bluff along Highway 63. Only the southern access to Westbrook Drive will close. Drivers will still be able to use

22 year-old Jeffery Nichols and 18-year-old Christopher Lewis have both been charged with first degree murder in connection to the crime spree in Randolph County. Both men are from Macon, where police say the rampage started and ended within just 24 hours. Nichols and Lewis are both behind bars on $1 million bond. Moberly police

Construction starts Tuesday on a stretch of road just east ofColumbiathat is expecting to see a significant increase in traffic later this year. MoDOT and Boone County are working together on the routeZoverpass and intersection atSaint Charles Road. Construction will add an extra lane on the overpass Tuesday requiring crews to build a new bridge.

The Jefferson City Council passed a resolution to put a Request for Proposal out to hire a facilitator on Monday night. Council members say they need the facilitator because none of them have ever been through a process like this. The resolution had a price cap of $10,000, but council members believed that all bids

Voters throughout mid-Missouri will decide on a number of ballot issues Tuesday, including a proposed sales tax for upgrades to the region’s largest 911 center, council races in Columbia, and school bond and levy issues in Jefferson City. Stay with ABC 17 News for complete coverage of your election results. We will be here with

After an overnight crime spree, residents in Randolph County had been told to keep their doors locked today as police hunted down the suspects. Many told us they were watching closely. Now tonight, the men responsible for this crime are behind bars. ABC 17 News spoke with people outside the Wal-Mart in Moberly today, where

The Columbia Police Departmentwill soon have a new armoredvehicle. In a six to one vote, the city council approved the department’s request fora portion of the fundingata meeting on Monday night. It was not the only issue previously met with contention to receive approval. A plan to build a drive-thru liquore store, Macadoodles, also passed.

Fulton police chief Steve Myers tells ABC 17 News a teenage girl considered missing and endangered has been found in Columbia. Amjina Davis, 14, was first reported missing after running away from home on March 25 at 4:30 p.m. She had last been seen at a relative’s residence on Wyoming Street in St. Louis on

Mid-Missouri postal service workers gathered outside the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia Monday to protest the closure of Columbia’s Mail Distribution Center. USPS plans to hold a public meeting at Holiday Inn Tuesday, to explain the plan. Approximately one third of local workers could be displaced as mid-Missouri’s mail would run through St. Louis

Mizzou softball seniors Jenna Marston and Chelsea Thomas were selected 19th and 20th overall Monday in the National Pro Fastpitch College Draft. A catcher and shortstop in her time at Mizzou, Marston was picked by the Chicago Bandits. The two-time All-America pitcher Thomas was selected immediately after to the USSSA Pride. Thomas has a 12-1

The St. Louis Blues keep adding pieces to their back line for a playoff push. Monday evening, St. Louis General Manager Doug Armstrong traded a conditional first round pick and two prospects to the Calgary Flames in exchange for veteran defenseman Jay Bouwmeester. Heading Calgary’s way is a 2013 first-round pick, defenseman Mark Cundari and

As students and families return home from Spring Break, many are finding their homes burglarized. According to police records, at least 11 homes were hit in just four days last week. In a few cases, burglars forced their way in by breaking a window or door. The homes were ransacked. However, officers couldn’t say what

Chris Sale out-pitched James Shields, Tyler Flowers homered and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 1-0 in the season opener on Monday. A dominant performance by Sale and Flowers’ drive leading off the fifth against Shields was just enough to beat a team that’s trying to make a big jump after finishing

A Fulton man got another five years in prison on Monday after admitting to a fifth bank robbery. John Farnell was sentenced after pleading guilty last January. Prosecutors think Farnell started at Commerce Bank in Moberly in 2009 and then hit four other spots in more than a year, including Sedalia. Farnell was already serving

The Missouri Department of Transportation announced Monday it has awarded a $600,000 contract to a Mid-Missouri company to fix falling rock on Highway 63. Columbia-based Boone Construction Company will work to stabilize a rock bluff on Highway 63 near the Boone and Callaway county line. MoDOT has kept one lane of Highwy 63 closed near

Residents of a home in the 1200 block of Larch Court heard a knock on the door shortly after midnight on Sunday and were tied up after a home invasion and robbery. Columbia police told ABC 17 News at least one suspect barged in and tied up the residents before robbing the house. The suspect(s)