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

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

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  The birds, which are common in marshes, rivers, lakes and crop fields, move constantly to find a place to feed.

Thursday, August 09, 2012  A new amendment to the Missouri Constitution on prayer and religious expression has already prompted a lawsuit.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  The former band director at an eastern Missouri high school and middle school has been sentenced to 15 days in jail and two years of probation for providing pornographic material to a minor.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  A Missouri company has agreed to settlement terms over cleaning up pollution at its former metal fabrication plant in eastern Missouri.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  Updated: Tiny southeastern Missouri town of Diehlstadt hardest hit by storms Monday night

Wednesday, October 26, 2011  A federal judge says Linn State Technical College's drug-testing plan for new students will remain on hold.

Friday, September 16, 2011  The American Civil Liberties Union in Easter Missouri is suing Linn State Technical College for mandatory drug testing at the school.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011  Thirty-eight-year-old Dwashan Trakese Thompson pleads guilty Tuesday to robbing six banks, and taking more than $72,000.

Sunday, May 01, 2011  More troops from the Missouri National Guard are heading to southeastern Missouri near a levee along the Mississippi River.

Sunday, April 24, 2011  Tonight at ten we ask a National Weather Service Meteorologist why the Mississippi River is flooding but the Missouri River is doing just fine.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  A new study shows nine of Missouri's 10 least healthy counties are located in a poor, southeastern section of the state.

Saturday, January 29, 2011  Missouri is just one of the 35 states with capital punishment that an Associated Press review found found to be running out run out of a key lethal injection drug or already have.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010  An eastern Missouri prison warden has been appointed to the state board responsible for deciding whether to parole inmates.

Wednesday, April 01, 2009  The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri is calling for an independent investigation after an inmate was found hanged inside the St. Louis city jail.