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

Sunday, June 02, 2013 

Thursday, April 25, 2013  The cause of the fire, which started Wednesday night, remained under investigation, but it was believed to be accidental.

Saturday, April 20, 2013  Residents of Texas town ready to start recovery from plant blast as soon as authorities allow

Friday, April 19, 2013  BREAKING NEWS: Bombing suspect in custody after manhunt that paralyzed city.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  How prepared are mid-Missouri fire crews for something like the explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas?

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Police: Between 5 and 15 people killed in Texas fertilizer plant explosion; more than 160 hurt

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Plant was cited for failing to obtain or to qualify for a permit in 2006

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Bloody spectators were being carried Monday to the medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Updated with comments from President Barack Obama.

Saturday, April 06, 2013  A young female diplomat is among the six Americans who died in a pair of militant attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday.

Sunday, March 31, 2013  An autopsy has determined that burns killed the sole fatality victim of a natural gas explosion at a popular Kansas City restaurant.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  Crews search blackened rubble of destroyed Kansas City restaurant for missing female employee

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  Update: Kansas City officials say one of two people who were missing after an explosion destroyed a restaurant has been found but the search continues for a woman who worked there.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Seven or eight people have been injured in the gas main explosion and fire at the restaurant.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Meteor falls in Russia's Chelyabinsk region; 500 injured by explosions