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ABC 17s Sherree Burruss recaps the Southern Boone Classic, girls high school basketball Thursday semi-finals

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Courtney Walker scored 17 points to lead No. 14 Texas A&M over Missouri 55-48 on Thursday. The teams combined for just 12 points through the first six minutes of the game. Texas A&M (18-5, 6-3 SEC) went on an 8-2 run – with six from Walker – and led 28-21 at

There are more than 500 miles of streets in Columbia. The number one intersection viewers told ABC 17 News drives them crazy is in Columbia; the connector where Highway 63 and I-70 meet. At 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, you’ll usually see bumper to bumper traffic. So is it safe? Will it ever get better?

A police chief in northern Boone County gets to keep his job after a week on edge. The Sturgeon Board of Aldermen voted unamimously Thursday night to keep Chief Greg Halderman in hisposition. The decision comes after more than a week of uncertainty after allegations of the chief pointing an unloaded gun atsomeone. Last week,

It’s been 7 months since a Mid-Missouri man’s death, and no arrests have been made. ABC 17 Thursday spoke with the family of 32-year-old Cody Thirlwall, who went missing last summer. Authorities are still looking for the person who killed Thirlwall. He went missing last July and his body was found a month later in

A portion of Fulton High School was evacuated Thursday after a bomb threat was discovered in a restroom. Fulton Police Chief Steve Myers told ABC 17 a the threat was written on a bathroom wall. Police searched the wing of the building and was determined to be secure. There were no injuries, and school dismissed

Just one day after a Columbia woman is sent to prison for a deadly wrong-way crash, one of the jurors who convicted her is speaking out, saying the jury made a mistake. This jury convicted Kelli Smith last month of involuntary manslaughter for a crash that killed Thomas Sullivan in 2012. And one juror, who

MoDOT will be closing a portion of a major highway in Cole County later this week as crews continue to work on the Lafayette Street Interchange. MoDOT officials said Thursday this is a rare event, and they don’t shut down heavily-traveled roads like this very often. Funding issues will keep projects like this few and

Thursday afternoon Blair Oaks head football coach Brad Drehle is resigning after nine years on the sideline with the Falcons. Drehle told his team after school Thursday that he retired and will be taking the head coaching position at Waynesville High School. The head coach will continue his responsibilities as the A+ coordinator and science

Scammers are using malware to extort money from unsuspecting smartphone users. This virus, known as “ransomware,” freezes up your phone until you pay to unlock it. Ransomware can be downloaded by visiting a malicious or compromised website, clicking on a malicious advertisement/link, or opening a malicious attachment via email. It can also be downloaded through

A 17-year-old Sedalia teen was arrested Thursday after Sedalia Police searched a home at 1505 S. Barrett Avenue. Officers eventually forced their way into the house and detained three people without incident after finding high-grade marijuana, prescription pills, drug paraphernalia, and drug packaging materials. Police said they had enough evidence to determine one of the

A Hallsville man was convicted Wednesday on two counts of statutory sodomy. A jury recommended 36-year-old Jeremy Jennings receive ten years in prison on each count. Jennings’ victim was 4 years old when the incidents happened in 2013. A judge has scheduled a March 16 sentencing date.

The University of Missouri system board of curators voted to increase tuition by under 1 percent on all four campuses during a meeting in Columbia Thursday morning. That will bring undergraduate tuition in the next academic year to $9,335 for over 77,000 students in the UM system, which marks an all-time high. Board members also

A reportfrom the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) into the death investigation of Columbia firefighter Lt. Bruce Britt was released Tuesday afternoon. Britt was killed on Feb. 22, 2014, when he was attempting to evacuate the University Village Apartment complex after a reported roof collapse. Britt died when a balcony collapsed beneath

Arctic air settles over Mid-Missouri Thursday but quickly shifts to the east by Friday. A ridge of high pressure aloft will build as we head into the weekend, compressing the air and producing warmer temperatures. At the same time, winds will shift to the south ushering in warmer air. Afternoon temperatures Thursday will stay mainly

Web Extra: Number one recruit in Kansas, AJ Harris on National Signing Day committing the University of Missouri football program.

Web Extra: Winnetonka running back, safety Marquise Doherty on National Signing Day after committing to the University of Missouri football program

A Columbia woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter for a wrong-way crash learned Wednesday she’ll spend 5 years in prison. Kelli Smith was convicted in December after a week-long jury trial and hours of deliberation. A main point of argument throughout the trial was whether she was given the date rape drug and raped before the

Some faculty at the University of Missouri are proposing a change to Title IX rules. Currently, the university does not allow a lawyer for faculty accused of sexual harassment of discrimination. Two law school professors wrote up a petition to amend this, asking that faculty be allowed an attorney for such cases. So far, they

Wintry weather has already caused dozens of accidents in Mid-Missouri Wednesday. Snow started moving into the area at around noon, and near the I-70 corridor by 1:00 p.m. Most of the snow was out of the Columbia area by Wednesday night. Boone County Joint Communications told ABC 17 News there were 44 accidents in and