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

Friday, April 19, 2013  Missouri National Guard citizen-soldiers will assist communities along the Mississippi River in flood fight after heavy rains this week

Friday, July 01, 2011  Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has pledged an additional $100 million in state disaster aid following the deadly tornado in Joplin and continued flooding across the state.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011  National Weather Service: Mississippi River crests in Memphis, reaching just shy of 48 feet

Friday, May 06, 2011  Mississippi River continues to rise, residents flee as flooding begins in parts of the Delta

Sunday, May 01, 2011  More troops from the Missouri National Guard are heading to southeastern Missouri near a levee along the Mississippi River.

Sunday, April 24, 2011  Tonight at ten we ask a National Weather Service Meteorologist why the Mississippi River is flooding but the Missouri River is doing just fine.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010  Higher than average streamflow in the Mississippi, Missouri and other rivers in the Midwest has led the National Weather Service to predict a strong chance of significant flooding this spring.