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

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Operations at the Chamois Power Plant will stop at the end of September.

Monday, March 04, 2013  Recently installed technology and social media help Co-Mo Electric respond to massive power outage lasting more than five days.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Two disabled adults and two children lost their power because of an unpaid electric bill.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  Crews in the hurricane zone typically work 18-hour days

Monday, March 05, 2012  Some Cole County homeowners are at their wits' end. They're upset because Central Electric Cooperative is cutting down their trees.

Friday, November 04, 2011  Police found a man walking in columbia bleeding from his face and head.

Tuesday, August 02, 2011  Nixon made his remarks at the 50th Annual Cooperative Conference for School Administrators.

Friday, June 10, 2011  The program allows low-income families to swap their old window air-conditioner unit for a new one that’s more energy efficient.

Monday, February 21, 2011  The rising temperatures mid Missouri experienced last week has left hundreds of cash-strapped families without utilities thanks to the cold weather rule.

Sunday, December 26, 2010  Mid Missourians have options of where to recycle their christmas trees.

Friday, December 17, 2010  Boone Electric Cooperative employees will hand over more than 75 turkeys to the food bank for central and northeast Missouri on Friday.

Monday, July 27, 2009  A Cambridge police sergeant who responded to a 911 call about a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. told dispatchers that Gates was being uncooperative and to "keep the cars coming."