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

Friday, May 31, 2013  Maine teens wary of Facebook after phony profile allegedly lured girl into fatal trap

Thursday, February 07, 2013  1865 baseball card found at yard sale sells for $92,000 in Maine auction

Friday, November 09, 2012  Changing times: Politicians' tears seen more often as winners and losers dare to show emotions

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  Maine, Maryland back same-sex marriage in historic votes; Washington, Colorado OK legal pot

Friday, October 19, 2012  Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill cast herself as a moderate and portrayed Republican challenger Todd Akin as an extremist in their final debate of a contentious Missouri Senate race.

Friday, May 25, 2012  Maine churches planning to collect cash to fund opposition to gay marriage ballot question

Saturday, January 07, 2012  A St. Charles County man faces sentencing in March after admitting to a role in the killing of a football player.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  Wanted Maine man helped police find him after 'pocket dialing' 911 while doing yard work

Thursday, May 19, 2011  Julianne McCrery, 42, of Irving, Texas, was charged with second-degree murder Wednesday in the death of her son, Camden Hughes.

Thursday, December 30, 2010  Maine ski area says workers were trying to make adjustments to chair lift before it failed.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010  Updated with recent related links. Several injured as lift at Maine resort derails and sends skiers plummeting to snow below.

Monday, October 11, 2010  Democratic incumbents face tough fights in Massachusetts and New Hampshire against Republican challengers, and the GOP is making aggressive bids for open seats in Vermont, Maine and Connecticut.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010  UPDATE 4:05  p.m. CDT: An American citizen on a flight from Paris to Atlanta claimed to have a fake passport and said he had explosives in his luggage.

Monday, March 01, 2010  4 lost snowboarders, ages 15 to 19, spend night outside at Maine ski resort, are rescued

Friday, November 06, 2009  Gay marriage foes win in Maine and California with message about schools