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

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  The budget took city officials three months to draft.

Friday, May 03, 2013  The Missouri House has endorsed a $1.2 billion proposal to pay for improvements to public universities, a state mental hospital and state parks.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Proponents of background checks for gun sales are exploring ballot options

Saturday, April 27, 2013 

Thursday, April 18, 2013  The Missouri House has preliminarily approved sweeping measures that would expand gun rights in the state and allow certain school officials to carry concealed weapons in school buildings.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Missouri officials are considering using $1.7 million to renovate a Highway Patrol swimming pool for water rescue training.

Monday, March 04, 2013  Jefferson City is moving forward with plans to select a site for a new conference center.

Friday, March 01, 2013  Boone County Commissioners voted to place a three-eighths cent sales tax on the April 2 ballot.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  The request for proposals was released in December 2012

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  The proposal is the brainchild of Sheriff Chris Heitman.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  Her proposal is a response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  If Congress and the White House don't reach an agreement, taxes would go up for nearly every American family as part of the year-end "fiscal cliff."

Thursday, December 06, 2012  More than 300 colleges and universities already have something similar in place for faculty and staff

Monday, August 27, 2012  The fight for gay rights is playing out in city halls and town squares throughout the nation's heartland, from southwest Missouri to the Kansas plains to Nebraska college towns.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  Romney-Ryan ticket faces growing pains as Dems attack Medicare proposals