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

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  TransUnion: Improving housing market helps lower rate of late payments on US mortgages in first quarter

Saturday, April 20, 2013 

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Governor Jay Nixon is imploring Missouri residents to lobby their lawmakers in a final push to expand Medicaid coverage for lower-income adults.

Friday, April 12, 2013  A Missouri House panel will investigate efforts by the state Department of Social Services to move people off of welfare programs and into federal disability payments.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  U.S. war costs last for more than a century, monthly payments to Civil War vet families

Thursday, January 10, 2013  One California, Missouri man speaks about how it will affect his livelihood

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Republican challenger Todd Akin says the payments are a "conflict of interest"

Friday, September 14, 2012  Members of Columbia’s Downtown Parking Task Force want to install more than 100 new parking meters that accept credit cards and smart phone payments.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  Those with overdue items from the St. Louis Public Library can now pay their fines by donating canned food.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012  City leaders could change a recent vote to eliminate rent payments for 3 months before the closing of a trailer park.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011  First Social Security increase since 2009 coming next year; size announced Wednesday

Saturday, July 30, 2011  Missouri officials say there should not be immediate problems if debate about raising the federal borrowing limit causes a temporary halt to some federal payments to the state.

Friday, June 03, 2011  Grand jury indicts former presidential candidate Edwards over payments to mistress

Wednesday, April 13, 2011  Many say the corrections officers risk their lives daily and should be paid more for it.

Thursday, October 07, 2010  A government investigator says 89,000 stimulus payments of $250 each went to people who were either dead or in prison.