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

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  Dr. Eliot Battle died Tuesday night from injuries he sustained in a car accident Friday in Columbia.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  The Callaway County prosecutor charged a Fulton man with multiple felonies after he threatened to kill his ex-wife.

Monday, June 10, 2013  A man was on a barge downstream from the Blanchette Bridge over the Missouri River when a 55-gallon drum fell on him around 10:30 a.m. Monday.

Monday, June 03, 2013  The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Aiden Whitehead of Granite City died at a hospital after the accident Saturday night in Washington County, southwest of St. Louis.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  Probe of well-connected truck stop chain, owned by the Tennessee governor's family, may widen

Monday, May 27, 2013  Prominent hotel developer and Missouri philanthropist John Q. Hammons has died. He was 94.

Saturday, May 18, 2013 

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Police reports and court documents paint a picture of a young man who appears to have made a fatally flawed decision in the heat of the moment.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Authorities have identified the woman and two men who were found slain on an eastern Kansas farm earlier this week.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  One of the oldest residents of Missouri has died at age 110.

Sunday, April 28, 2013  Members of Jefferson City's First Baptist Church cancelled their worship services and bible studies for a day of service.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  The Illinois State Police has confirmed five people were killed and one other injured in an early morning shooting in the small village of Manchester, Ill., Wednesday.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Ebert was not just a critic to filmmakers, but a part of Hollywood itself

Monday, March 25, 2013  Crop insurance claims total $16 billion after widespread U.S. drought; cost stirs debate in Congress

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Two adults and four young children were able to escape from the home.