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A Freeburg family has lost their home after a fire. Monday, the Red Cross was called around 1:45 a.m. to help assist the two member family. The fire happened at a home on Osage Quarry Lane in rural Freeburg. The family is now staying with relatives. The Red Cross is now helping the family with

Click the video player to watch Columbia Daily Tribune beat writer David Morrison on Sunday Sit-Down. Morrison and ABC 17 Sports Director Austin Kim talk about MU’s SEC East title, its No. 5 ranking in the latest BCS polls, and how Missouri can beat Auburn in the title game.

Missouri volleyball clinched the No. 4 overall seed in the NCAA tournament, as the 34-0 Tigers will host IUPUI in the first round on Saturday, December 6th. This is the first time Mizzou will host NCAA tournment action since 2005. The winner of the Missouri-IUPUI matchup will face Central Arkansas or Purdue. That game will

Services for longtime Huntsville police chief William “Buddy” Stuck have been announced. According to Patton Funeral Home, visitation for Stuck will be held Monday from 2 – 8 p.m. in the Westran High School gymnasium. Stuck’s funeral will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Westran High School gym. Stuck died in his home

Saturday night, University of Missouri Tiger fans rushed the field after the Tigers beat Texas A&M 28-21. And now fans are rushing to find tickets and accommodations in Atlanta for next Saturday’s game. The Scholarship Fund Donors and 2013 season ticket holders got first dibs on tickets and a travel package. The Tiger Quarterback Club

Lawmakers are moving back in, but the Carmelites are moving out of Jefferson City. The Carmelites held their final mass in Jefferson City Sunday at Saint Joseph’s. The sisters have been in the Capitol city since 1960. They’re moving to Clyde, just north of Kansas City to be part of a bigger group. “That is

Three people were killed in a wrong-way crash in Miller County Saturday evening. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash happened around 6:15 p.m. on Missouri 42, near Hawken Cemetery Road. Reports showed Ashley Burns, 29 of Linn Creek, crossed the center line on Missouri 42 and hit another SUV head on. Kenneth Crockett,

Henry Josey broke loose for the go-ahead score on a 57-yard run with 3:34 to go and No. 5 Missouri wrapped up the SEC East, riding a strong second half to a 28-21 victory over No. 19 Texas A&M on Saturday night. Missouri (11-1, 7-1 SEC) advances to the conference championship game against Auburn –

Boone County fire crews battled a large blaze that destroyed a trailer and spread to the woods near Harrisburg Saturday. A family was home at the time of the fire, including one woman in a wheelchair. Fire officials said a passerby jumped off his bike to help pull her to safety. That family was being

Saturday night’s game is a sellout, meaning a full tailgate Saturday afternoon. Even though University of Missouri students are technically on Thanksgiving break, the crowds have still descended on Columbia. Police told ABC 17 News that getting ready for Saturday’s game is similar to games past, but they are already starting to think about changes

ABC 17 News confirmed the cause of death for a Mid-Missouri police chief Friday. According to Randolph County Sheriff Mark Nichols , Huntsville’s longtime police chief, William Stuck, 64, died from a single gunshot wound to the stomach. Investigators performed the autopsy Friday morning. They are still waiting to hear from the state crime lab.

Black Friday is often not thought of as a day for the small stores along Broadway in Columbia. However, the majority of stores downtown did take part in Black Friday sales. “Here it’s a little bit slower pace. We get rushes. At one moment we’ll have a lot of people and the next minute it

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Two people are dead and one is seriously injured after a head-on collision Friday morning. Law enforcement say a car driven by Richard Vanboening, 21, of Mexico, Mo., crossed the center line of Highway 124 around 7 a.m., hitting an oncoming car. A passenger in the car, Victoria Singleton, 22, also of Mexico, was pronounced

The Pettis County Sheriff’s Office confirms a Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company gas line exploded south of Houstonia early Friday morning. Emergency response crews shut down a perimeter around the burning pipeline, which still had visible flames more than eight hours after it exploded. An ABC 17 News crew reported seven buildings in the area were

Gov. Jay Nixon is calling state lawmakers back to the Capitol to consider incentives aimed at attracting a massive Boeing Co. production facility to the state. Officials are hoping to entice Boeing to produce its 777X passenger jet in Missouri. Several other states also have been discussing trying to land the project, and Boeing hopes

A central Missouri woman was killed in a car crash in Pulaski County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Angela Tate, 52, of St. Robert, was traveling on Highway 28 Thursday night when her car ran off the left side of the road. Troopers say Tate’s vehicle hit a utility pole, rolled, then hit

Police are searching around Columbia Square Apartments on Claudell Lane for a potentially dangerous suspect. Columbia Police told ABC 17 News that the suspect was last seen knocking on a resident’s door with a gun. Before this incident, police said the same suspect was wanted for trespassing earlier in the day. Police are searching with

Sedalia police arrested a man early Wednesday morning, accused of having drugs during a traffic stop. Police told ABC 17 News Thursday officers arrested Michael Durham, 36, after a traffic stop around 1:26 a.m. Durham is accused of having methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia either on him or in the vehicle. Durham was in the

Thanksgiving Day is a holiday often thought of as sitting around with family and friends eating turkey. It is now quickly becoming a day where family and friends sit around outside of a store waiting for the doors to open. “It is cold. You have to come prepared. Other than that though I wanted to