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

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Police in southeast Missouri are investigating a road rage incident on Interstate 55 that included several shots fired into a car.

Monday, May 06, 2013  The rising Mississippi River is raising concerns in some southeast Missouri communities.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012  A blizzard warning for southeast Missouri has been cancelled about 4 hours before it was scheduled to expire after a winter storm dumped several inches of snow in the state's Bootheel.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012  A 21-year-old man has been charged in a weekend shooting death at a southeast Missouri nightclub.

Monday, December 17, 2012  Authorities in southeast Missouri are investigating a shooting death at a Cape Girardeau nightclub.

Saturday, October 27, 2012  Police plan to seek additional charges but offered no timeline. Shelton's attorney declined comment.

Friday, September 28, 2012  A Ku Klux Klan group has won a preliminary injunction allowing it to proceed with plans to leaflet vehicles Friday in southeast Missouri.

Sunday, September 09, 2012  The Southeast Missourian reported that an autopsy was conducted Friday on the body of 35-year-old Jefferey Scott Robins.

Sunday, September 09, 2012  Man was found dead Thursday in his rural Bollinger County home

Sunday, September 02, 2012  In Missouri's Bootheel region, Dunklin County sheriff's deputies tracked a tornado that destroyed a farm shop and damaged a home's roof.

Saturday, September 01, 2012  The remnants of Hurricane Isaac are spinning off tornadoes in southeast Missouri and dumping several inches of rain on the state.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  Southeast Missouri native and "America's Got Talent" winner Neal Boyd will be back in the spotlight at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  Southeast Missouri is expected to have some of the best corn yields in the U.S. this year, despite the heat and drought.

Monday, August 13, 2012  Opponents of a Cape Girardeau ordinance that established an urban deer hunting program say they have enough signatures to put the issue to a vote.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012  Jacque Waller was 39 when she disappeared on June 1, 2011.