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

Monday, March 05, 2012  A judge is considering a legal challenge over a state constitutional amendment dealing with prayer.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012  Authorities investigating the October 2009 disappearance of a Missouri girl had seized muddy clothes and shovels from the home of a neighboring teenager who later confessed to killing and burying the girl, according to secretly filed court documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Wednesday, February 08, 2012  Update: Alyssa Bustamante was sentenced to life in prison on murder charges Wednesday.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012  Update: A Cole County Judge accepted Alyssa Bustamante's withdrawal of a not guilty plea to first degree murder, and a guilty plea to 2nd degree murder and armed criminal action.

Thursday, December 22, 2011  The trial of a Mid-Missouri teen accused of killing a nine-year-old neighbor is scheduled to begin Jan. 30, 2012 in the new Christopher Bond Federal Courthouse.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011  Trial has already been pushed back twice

Wednesday, June 22, 2011  Judge says that juvenile officer "used deceptive tactics" during the interrogation of Alyssa Bustamante.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011  Lawyers for Alyssa Bustamante want to move to teenager from jail and have her undergo testing.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011  Lawyers for Alyssa Bustamante are asking for more time to depose witnesses.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011  The first degree murder trial of Alyssa Bustamante has been pushed back to September.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011  Supreme Court gives order for a jury to be selected from Green County and imported to Jefferson City for the trial.

Friday, March 18, 2011  Attorneys for Alyssa Bustamante want to keep statements made by Bustamante from being used during her trial.

Friday, March 11, 2011  Defense plans to introduce 11 new articles of evidence.

Friday, February 18, 2011  Cole County Judge Pat Joyce has pushed back the trial of Cole County murder suspect Alyssa Bustamante.