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

Today at 9:58 AM  Tuesday afternoon Columbia police arrested 50-year-old David Paxton after an alleged sex crime in February.

Today at 6:31 AM  A Missouri judge has dismissed a former soldier's request for custody and child support payments from the underage girl with whom he conceived a child.

Monday, June 17, 2013  Vote for the Cat: Kitten vies for mayor of Mexican city, promising to sleep most of the day

Friday, June 14, 2013  A Dairy Queen owner in Camdenton faces felony charges after allegedly touching his employee inappropriately.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  On Monday, the Moniteau County prosecutor filed two more statutory sodomy charges against 42-year-old Travis Smith from an alleged incident in 1999.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  A dive team found the body of 33-year-old Timothy Walter around 1:30 Wednesday afternoon.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  Flooding is no longer a threat to tourism in the Boone County river town of Rocheport.

Saturday, May 25, 2013 

Thursday, May 23, 2013  A 27-year-old man was arrested Thursday for two counts of statutory sodomy in relation to the sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl that occurred earlier this month.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  The woman was arrested on two counts of second-degree statutory rape. She admitted to a Jefferson City detective that she had sex with the teenager.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes 12 years after similar Monsanto push failed

Monday, May 13, 2013 

Saturday, May 11, 2013  There are more than 3.1 million wake boarders across the globe. Wake boarding has become one of the fastest-growing water sports and has made its way to the Lake of the Ozarks.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Governor Jay Nixon said he is prepared to lay off workers and curtail motor vehicle services in the Revenue Department in response to a legislative move to withhold funding.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  Friendship with bomb suspect, complex chain of events leads to 3 being charged