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

Yesterday at 9:59 PM  Red Cross relief efforts are underway, and Joplin residents react to seeing catastrophic damage for the second time in two years.

Yesterday at 9:06 PM  People from State Farm Insurance in Columbia went to Oklahoma City Tuesday to help with mass insurance claims that come with a disaster like the one in Moore, Okla.

Yesterday at 4:45 PM  A disaster expert from the University of Missouri shared with KRCG 13 how you can help your child cope with graphic, tragic pictures of the devastation in Oklahoma.

Yesterday at 3:28 PM  The National Weather Service says that the tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., topped the scale as an EF5.

Yesterday at 11:50 AM  Death toll was corrected and lowered to 24 people, including 7 children.

Yesterday at 11:50 AM  The storm's death toll was corrected and lowered to 24, including 7 children.

Yesterday at 7:33 AM  Associated Press photographer's first-person account of efforts to rescue chidlren and staff in a collapsed school.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Swarm of tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Oklahoma mobile home park ravaged by twister

Saturday, May 18, 2013 

Friday, May 17, 2013  A man told police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to sell his EBT card.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  A 19-year-old woman stabbed her ex-boyfriend twice in the back Wednesday.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Thomas Jefferson Middle School students participated in a "Safety Day" Wednesday to promote safe driving habits.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Jefferson City residents are calling her a hero, but Thomas Jefferson Middle School nurse Tracy Frank said it was just the mom in her.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A woman robbed the Heavenly Ham restaurant at 212 Green Meadows Tuesday morning.