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

Thursday, February 07, 2013  FBI: No other explosives found near Alabama bunker where man held boy; captor's body removed

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  FBI says Jimmy Lee Dykes rigged his bunker with explosives and waged firefight against SWAT team that rescued boy.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  A six-day standoff between police and a man holding a young boy hostage in an underground bunker ended when police killed the man and rescued the boy.

Friday, February 01, 2013  Negotiators tall through ventilation pipe to Alabama captor in bunker; 3rd full day of standoff

Thursday, January 31, 2013  The neighborhood near Midland City remained under siege with the suspect and child holed up in a bunker-type shelter on the man's property that was equipped with electricity, food and TV.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Developments Wednesday connected to the debate over gun violence and weapons control in the U.S.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Story updated: The gunman, identified by neighbors as Jimmy Lee Dykes, a 65-year-old retired truck driver, was known as "the crazy man" of the neighborhood.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012  A Missouri schools superintendent says 11 students are hospitalized after their school bus slid off a narrow two-lane highway and overturned in a ditch.

Thursday, February 02, 2012  UPDATE: A former Jefferson City school bus driver will spend 20 years behind bars because of a sex crime involving a minor.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012  The U.S Department of Transportation is relaxing a ban on a cell phone regulations put in place back in December.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012  UPDATE: A judge sentenced Willie Leonberger to 4 years in prison, but suspended that sentence.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011  UPDATE: A jury found William Vaught guilty of first degree statutory sodomy.

Sunday, November 20, 2011  A Greyhound bus driver abandoned the passengers in southeast Missouri, about 100 miles from their destination.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011  First Student has confidence that their school bus drivers will drive safely in any type of condition, but worry about other drivers on the road.

Sunday, January 30, 2011  A northwest Missouri school bus driver who struck and killed a high school student last year has pleaded guilty to careless and imprudent driving.