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

Yesterday at 4:00 AM  Missouri prosecutors want a judge to let them keep closer tabs on the former head of a failed artificial sweetener plant in Moberly.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party; government watchdog blames lax management

Friday, May 03, 2013  Amgen agreed last month to pay $24.9 million to resolve claims it gave kickbacks to increase sales of its anemia drug Aranesp

Saturday, April 13, 2013  Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is warning victims of this week's storms to be wary of what he calls "storm chasers" who swoop in to try and take advantage of them.

Friday, April 12, 2013  Attorney General Chris Koster says he won't appeal a federal court ruling striking down a Missouri law that exempted moral objectors from an insurance requirement to cover birth control.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  State prosecutors seeking a Chillicothe man's third murder conviction in his neighbor's 1990 death will have to pursue the case without vital ballistics evidence.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is suing a southwest Missouri company for allegedly dumping tornado waste from Joplin into an abandoned mine shaft.

Saturday, March 30, 2013  The Missouri Attorney General's Office is heavily criticizing the legal tactics by attorneys for a Chillicothe man facing a third murder trial in his neighbor's 1990 death.

Friday, March 29, 2013  Attorney General Chris Koster wants some clarification from a federal judge who struck down a Missouri law exempting moral objectors from mandatory birth control insurance coverage.

Friday, March 22, 2013  The state's bishops are asking Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster to appeal with "all due haste."

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones wants the attorney general to appeal a judge's ruling striking down the state's contraception insurance exemption for people with moral objections.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  A fluorescent green-colored discharge from the Mexico waste-water treatment plant was observed in the Salt River in December 2008.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Attorney General Chris Koster joined a $7 million settlement with Google Tuesday.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Attorney General Chris Koster met with students from Tuscumbia High School this afternoon to discuss their successful "kindness campaign" to combat bullying.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  The Attorney General's Office released a list of the top five questions/complaints received in 2012 about Missouri's Sunshine Law.