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Jabari Brown hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 55.1 seconds left to help No. 25 Missouri beat North Carolina State 68-64 on Saturday night. Brown’s 3 over Wolfpack freshman Anthony “Cat” Barber was the biggest shot in a back-and-forth final 4 minutes that saw the teams trade the lead three times before Brown’s shot made it

Demolition crews have started work to bring down two troubled apartment buildings in Jefferson City. Some of the Mulberry Street apartments have been vacant since an arson left about 20 people without a home in November 2011. City leaders had previously said the site had become high crime and was being taken down to be

Mention the name “Chase Daniel” to a Missouri football fan, and all sorts of memories from the 2007-08 football season will come to mind. Mention “Cotton Bowl” to the Mizzou legend, and he will tell you all about the team experience in his hometown. Daniel may play this week against the Chargers, as the Chiefs

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One woman was hurt early Friday because of frost on the roads south of Columbia. Officials with the Missouri Highway Patrol said a driver lost control just after 8 a.m. on Highway 64 near the Route H overpass by the Columbia airport. The car was totaled after slamming into a pillar, and Sandee Mitchell, 46,

Firefighters found limited damage on Friday after a Columbia manufacturing plant fills with smoke. Gates Power Transmission Materials Center off Lemone Industrial Boulevard was evacuated, but only as a precaution. The factory was closed for routine maintenance, so there was only a limited crew of 22 employees working. Investigators said tools caused some rubberized build-up

A suspected car thief landed behind bars Thursday night after allegedly assaulting a Columbia officer and escaping on foot. James Broderick was first arrested after 9 p.m. Thursday. The victim claims Broderick stole his van outside the Phillips 66 gas station near the Lake of the Woods exit. But just a few hours later, the

Christmas may be over, but that doesn’t mean that the scams are. Annually in the United States, nearly $200 million is lost in credit card scams alone. In Missouri last year the Attorney General’s Office received hundreds of thousands of calls reporting scams. Each working day there are more than 200 scam-related complaints to the

Missouri Farm Bureau said it will lobby for a statewide ban on texting and driving for all ages in Missouri. Missouri currently has a law prohibiting only drivers under the age of 21 from texting and driving. This month bureau leaders met for the organization’s annual meeting where leaders decided to pursue the cause. Texting

The Benton County Sheriff’s Department has canceled an Endangered Person Advisory for a teen who went missing from Warsaw, Mo. Affiliate WDAF-TV reports 13-year-old Cheyenne Marie Masterson was found safe, but the circumstances of locating her were not immediately released. Masterson was last seen when she went to bed at 10:30 p.m. on Christmas. When

Columbia City Manager Mike Matthes said on Thursday a former police officer is not getting his old job back. Surveillance video showed Rob Sanders shoving the unruly inmate in a holding cell in August 2011 before other officers handcuffed him to a railing. The inmate, Kevin Baker, suffered a fractured vertebra and later reached a

Before you throw out your old Christmas tree, here are some things to know. The city of Columbia offers several options to recycle the tree. Residents can leave the tree curbside, decorated or bare, until January 31. After that, the tree must be cut into 4-foot pieces. The rules for curbside disposal are the same

Police in Moberly are searching for a man who robbed a Break Time convenience store at gunpoint Christmas night. According to police, the suspect robbed the Break Time on S. Morley Street around 9 p.m. Wednesday. Officers say the suspect had a handgun and took an undisclosed amount of money before fleeing on foot. No

A Columbia woman is recovering after being by struck by a bullet fired into a home on Christmas Eve. Police say several adults and children were in a house on Benton Street when the woman was wounded around 10 p.m. Tuesday. Several rounds were fired into the home, but only the 41-year-old woman was hit

Law enforcement are searching for three men who burglarized a south Columbia church last week. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says three men broke into the Family Worship Center on E. Bonne Femme Church Road on December 20 between 3:45 a.m. and 4:20 a.m. Detectives say the church’s video surveillance captured the men in their

Jefferson City police say a missing Mid-Missouri boy has been found dead in Cape Girardeau, along with Demetrius Beasley, the alleged abductor. Investigators say Markell Beasley, 6, of Jefferson City was found dead Christmas Eve. The boy was reported missing on Dec. 22 after Markell’s mother reported the child’s father-figure, Demetrius Beasley, had taken him

An Osage Beach man was killed in a single-car crash on Christmas Eve. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Kenneth Parsons, 63, was driving northbound on Midway Road around 11:40 p.m. Tuesday when he crossed the center line and ran off the opposite side of the road. The car hit an embankment, became airborne, hit

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has put out an endangered person advisory for a boy from Jefferson City. Markell Beasley, 6, is believed to be with a man who had a hand in raising him. According to state troopers, Markell’s mother allowed family members of Demitrius Beasley to take her son to St. Louis from

While many children eagerly await the delivery of gifts from Santa on Christmas Eve, come children already got a delivery from one of Santa’s helpers: 9-year-old Lexie Bousquet of Centralia. Lexie said she decided she wanted to start a toy drive for children who are less fortunate. “I wanted to do something to help others,”

The Boone County’s Cyber Crimes Task Force continues an investigation into a Columbia man suspected of having sex with a 13-year-old-girl. Prosecutors charged 24- year-old, Christopher Snell with multiple sex crimes against a child today. Court documents show that Snell admits he has violated more than one child. Even though Snell has been arrested and