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

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  The Tuesday afternoon blast in West Virginia cooked the green enamel off highway signs and burned utility poles, while leaving a huge hole in the highway.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012  Drunk driver hits main gas line in Columbia.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011  No regs are good regs: Rand Paul single-handedly blocks pipeline safety bill on principle

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  The report of a large natural gas leak in Jefferson City was a false alarm on Wednesday.

Friday, June 03, 2011  Target in Jefferson City is back in business after an employee struck a natural gas line.

Monday, March 28, 2011  Proposition 2 would allow Columbia city leaders to use voter approved bonds to purchase the Columbia Energy Center from Ameren Energy Marketing for $49.5 million.

Friday, January 21, 2011  Columbia voters will decide whether city leaders should buy an electrical generating plant that runs on natural gas.

Monday, November 29, 2010  Thousands of customers could see their heating bills go up next winter if the public service commission approves a natural gas rate hike for Ameren Missouri.

Monday, November 29, 2010  You have a chance to voice your opinion today on a proposed Ameren U.E. natural gas rate increase.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010  The Obama administration wants Congress to tighten oversight of the nation's pipelines and more than double penalties for some safety violations in response to a deadly gas explosion in California and a major oil spill in Michigan.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010  The tragic explosion of a gas pipeline in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communities have expanded over pipes built decades earlier when no one lived there.

Monday, September 13, 2010  Patrick Yu has nightmares and headaches since a fireball from a natural gas explosion caused his ceiling to crash down next to him while he slept.

Sunday, September 12, 2010  Thursday evening's blast and fire devastated a San Bruno neighborhood, killing at least four people and injuring nearly 60.

Saturday, September 11, 2010  Gas line rupture sparks safety questions as California crews search area where fireball killed 4

Friday, September 10, 2010  Investigators searched the smoldering rubble of a quiet, middle-class neighborhood tucked into the hills overlooking San Francisco on Friday, looking for answers to why a gas line ruptured and fed a giant fireball that killed at least four people.