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

Friday, May 17, 2013  Missouri prosecutors want a judge to let them keep closer tabs on the former head of a failed artificial sweetener plant in Moberly.

Saturday, May 04, 2013 

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Officials at the Randolph County jail said Bruce Cole was released Monday.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  The former CEO is being held in Randolph County jail on criminal charges

Thursday, January 17, 2013  The former CEO of a failed artificial sweetener facility in Moberly has waived his right to a preliminary hearing on charges of theft and securities fraud.

Friday, December 21, 2012  A bank says that most investors in a failed central Missouri factory project will soon begin receiving small payments.

Friday, December 14, 2012  A Randolph County judge has refused to lower the $500,000 cash bond for the former CEO of a failed factory project in Moberly who is facing felony fraud charges.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012 

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  The auction ended the sale of equipment from the sucralose factory that Moberly city leaders borrowed $39 million to build.

Monday, October 22, 2012  The former CEO of a proposed sweetener facility is in jail in Missouri after giving up his fight against being extradited from California.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  Mamtek was an artifical sweetener company

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster appears ready to announce results of an investigation into the financial collapse of a proposed artificial sweetener factory in Moberly.

Sunday, May 13, 2012  Missouri lawmakers are getting closer to passing legislation that could help prevent failures of economic development projects

Thursday, January 19, 2012  An attorney who vouched for the legitimacy of a Chinese artificial sweetener factory says he became aware of concerns about the Chinese site before a deal closed to build a similar plant in rural Missouri.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011  Missouri's top economic development official says it would have been a poor use of taxpayer money to double-check all the claims made by a Chinese company promising to build an artificial sweetener factory in Moberly.