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

Sunday, April 07, 2013  The Missouri Auditor's office will review the Missouri Hazardous Waste Program following newspaper reports that exposed oversight concerns involving cleanup of the former Carondelet Coke site in St. Louis.

Friday, February 22, 2013  City and county crews clean up after yesterday's winter storm in mid-Missouri.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  Columbia city officials have filed charges against a strip mall owner after issuing six notices ordering the demolition and cleanup of an April Fool's Day fire.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  The state has awarded the University of Missouri-Columbia nearly $254,000 to study pollution prevention in a creek that runs through part of the city.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  US starts landmark cleanup of Agent Orange nearly 4 decades after Vietnam War's end

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  Several senior centers and area libraries were open to the public to view films documenting the Joplin destruction, and the progress that has been made in the past year.

Friday, October 14, 2011  Cleanup postponed at New York City plaza where encamped protesters had feared eviction

Saturday, October 01, 2011  Dozens of volunteers helped clean up the Missouri River Saturday.

Saturday, April 30, 2011  Area volunteers are deployed to Alabama for Red Cross relief efforts.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011  The city launched a scheduled program of collecting household hazardous materials.

Thursday, December 30, 2010  Cleanup of Gulf Coast nears end, but buried oil in sands may linger for a long time

Friday, October 22, 2010  NYC judge to rule on tossing out criminal charges in deadly fire at toxic ground zero tower

Tuesday, August 24, 2010  Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.

Thursday, August 19, 2010  The most worrisome part is the slow pace at which the oil is breaking down in the cold, 40-degree water, making it a long-lasting but unseen threat to vulnerable marine life, experts said.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010  Scientists who've just finished a cursory examination of the Gulf are disputing government claims that half the leaked oil is completely gone from the ecosystem.