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

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  'Why not live truthfully?': NBA's Jason Collins comes out, prompted in part by Boston bombings

Thursday, February 14, 2013  Update: Custom exempt processing has been reinstated

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Investigators say they heard a single gunshot from within the cabin just before the structure was engulfed in flame.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Story updated with new photos: Christopher Dorner is barricaded in a cabin in the California mountains.

Monday, November 26, 2012  It's about to look a lot like Christmas at the Missouri Governor's Mansion.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  Jeremy Lin headed to Houston as Knicks pass on matching Rockets' offer to free agent guard

Monday, June 25, 2012  School board accepted the resignations of two members of the Southern Boon community.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012  Some pretty serious accusations are being thrown around in the Southern Boone School District.When Assistant Superintendent Carolyn Deffenbaugh resigned she submitted a seven page resignation letter.

Monday, June 18, 2012  The resignation of an assistant superintendent has allegations of bias and corruption are being tossed around.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  Bursting with pride, Taiwan claims Knicks' emerging star Jeremy Lin as its own

Saturday, November 26, 2011  NBA owners, players reach tentative agreement to end lockout

Saturday, August 20, 2011  Farmers face an age-old problem when rains fail to come.

Friday, July 09, 2010  Humiliated and heartbroken, the fans in Cleveland turned their backs on LeBron James as suddenly as he had abandoned them for the Miami Heat on national television.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010  The White House announced Tuesday that a former assistant U.S. attorney and Justice Department inspector general, Michael Bromwich, will lead a planned reorganization of the Minerals Management Service.

Thursday, May 27, 2010  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the news Thursday at a congressional hearing where Minerals Management Service Director Elizabeth Birnbaum was scheduled to testify. She did not appear.