The latest local news, weather and high school sports in and around Columbia and Jefferson City

32 minutes ago  At least 20 children are among the more than 50 reported dead so far in Moore, the Oklahoma City suburb ravaged by Monday's tornado.

49 minutes ago  Associated Press photographer's first-person account of efforts to rescue chidlren and staff in a collapsed school.

53 minutes ago  KRCG 13's Meghan Lane went behind bars and spoke with a mid-Missouri dealer incarcerated at the Moberly Correctional Center, about the epidemic and how he's are trying to change his life and the lives of those addicted.

2 hours, 13 minutes ago  At least 51 verified dead, but that number is expected to climb; at least 20 of the dead were children.

Today at 5:00 AM  High crop prices entice farmers to expand planting into old golf courses, wildlife preserves

Today at 3:45 AM  The Jefferson City Council approved the purchase of an armored personnel carrier for the police department Monday night.

Today at 3:30 AM  Everything from power boats to pontoon boats will be competing next month in races at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Today at 3:15 AM  A southwest Missouri county is planning to allow online visits to inmates in the county jail.

Today at 3:00 AM  A Missouri judge has ordered the former head of a failed artificial sweetener plant in Moberly to wear a GPS monitoring device while he awaits trial.

Yesterday at 8:05 PM  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

Yesterday at 7:59 PM  Kristopher Hagglund, MU's associate dean of the School of Health Professions since 2001, officially begins serving as the new dean on July 1.

Yesterday at 6:30 PM  Sen. Claire McCaskill’s office is now accepting applications for candidate nominations for the Class of 2018.

Yesterday at 6:16 PM  Twehous Excavating will be repairing the damages caused by a water main break.

Yesterday at 6:02 PM  Investigators said someone murdered Brandon Coleman, 25, after an argument early Saturday morning.

Yesterday at 2:30 PM  The director of the Missouri Department of Social Services has resigned after five months on the job.