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

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.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  The Tuesday afternoon blast in West Virginia cooked the green enamel off highway signs and burned utility poles, while leaving a huge hole in the highway.

Monday, September 10, 2012  Carl and Merna Sneed were killed in a gas explosion in March of 2008

Friday, July 13, 2012  Firefighters from St. Louis and University City responded to the blaze on Thursday afternoon.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010  The Obama administration wants Congress to tighten oversight of the nation's pipelines and more than double penalties for some safety violations in response to a deadly gas explosion in California and a major oil spill in Michigan.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010  The tragic explosion of a gas pipeline in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communities have expanded over pipes built decades earlier when no one lived there.

Monday, September 13, 2010  Patrick Yu has nightmares and headaches since a fireball from a natural gas explosion caused his ceiling to crash down next to him while he slept.

Sunday, September 12, 2010  Thursday evening's blast and fire devastated a San Bruno neighborhood, killing at least four people and injuring nearly 60.

Saturday, September 11, 2010  Gas line rupture sparks safety questions as California crews search area where fireball killed 4

Friday, September 10, 2010  Investigators searched the smoldering rubble of a quiet, middle-class neighborhood tucked into the hills overlooking San Francisco on Friday, looking for answers to why a gas line ruptured and fed a giant fireball that killed at least four people.

Friday, September 10, 2010  A Northern California fire chief says one fatality has been confirmed in amassive blast and fire in a residential neighborhood south of San Francisco.