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

Wednesday, March 28, 2012  Judge to make decision on whether Texas boy found after 8 years can see parents

Tuesday, February 07, 2012  A Miller County mother is charged with second degree murder after giving birth unattended and putting the baby's body in a plastic bag.

Monday, November 21, 2011  Funeral services for Tyler Dasher are scheduled for Monday in Affton.

Friday, September 02, 2011  A Linn mother who pleaded guilty in the drowning death of her infant son will spend 10 years behind bars.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011  Cassidy King pleaded not guilty to charges of abandonment of a baby on Wednesday.

Monday, May 16, 2011  Officials met in Moberly on Monday to discuss a baby found in a duffle bag in shallow waters of a pond in Randolph County.

Thursday, May 12, 2011  25-year old Cassidy King was a childhood friend and this woman told us kings seemed like a teenager with a wild side.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011  Update: Cassidy King appeared in court with her public attorney, Stephen Murrell.

Tuesday, February 08, 2011  Sara Swarringim, 19, of Bellflower, is in the Montgomery County jail on $100,000 bond.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010  UPDATED 3:45 p.m. CDT. The mother accused of suffocating her two young sons and staging an accident to cover it up says she's remorseful and has been speaking with the family minister, her attorney said Wednesday.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010  A South Carolina mother who claimed her children drowned when her car careened into a river was charged with murder Tuesday