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

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Jurors see dueling portraits of Michael Jackson on 1st day of civil trial over singer's death

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A southwest Missouri sheriff says the deaths of a husband and wife in a home north of Joplin appear to have been a murder-suicide.

Friday, March 08, 2013 

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Deaths of teen drivers increased sharply in first 6 months of last year, reversing trend

Sunday, February 17, 2013  Both women were found on the side of rural Missouri roads.

Saturday, February 02, 2013  Slick roads on Saturday morning caused two fatal crashes in southwest Missouri.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  Among the coldest temperatures recorded Tuesday was 35 below at Crane Lake, Minn., a National Weather Service forecaster said early Wednesday.

Friday, January 04, 2013  A man accused in 2009 of killing a Jefferson City couple is scheduled to go on trial this month.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013  Authorities believe a rural northeast Missouri man shot and killed his wife, then turned the gun on himself.

Sunday, December 23, 2012  The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that since 1997 more than 7,200 pedestrians have been fatally struck by trains in the U.S.

Friday, December 14, 2012  A fourth person has been charged in the 2011 deaths of a southwest Missouri couple found shot and buried in Taney County after vanishing from their Greene County home.

Monday, December 10, 2012  St. Louis County officials say heroin deaths declined significantly in the last year.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  Police are continuing to investigate a double homicide in Morgan County.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  Publicist: Emmy-winning TV host and 'Moon River' crooner Andy Williams has died at age 84

Wednesday, September 05, 2012  Researchers hope Iowa study helps reduce deaths, injuries among children who drive tractors