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

Monday, June 10, 2013  A man was on a barge downstream from the Blanchette Bridge over the Missouri River when a 55-gallon drum fell on him around 10:30 a.m. Monday.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  A Missouri judge has ordered the former head of a failed artificial sweetener plant in Moberly to wear a GPS monitoring device while he awaits trial.

Saturday, February 09, 2013 

Thursday, December 13, 2012  Columbia Police are investigating a convenience store armed robbery.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  A St. Louis man who was 15 years old when he took part in a St. Charles County homicide has pleaded guilty to murder.

Monday, November 26, 2012  Twenty years after Betty Ann Howery's death, the murder trial begins this week for the husband of the St. Charles woman.

Monday, October 15, 2012  Officials estimate this will provide educational opportunities for approximately 3,300 more Missourians

Thursday, October 11, 2012 

Friday, September 21, 2012  There were other customers in the bank when a man robbed the Boone County Bank on St. Charles Rd. Friday afternoon in Columbia.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012  Columbia Police arrested a teen after a strong arm robbery at a convenience store in Columbia.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012  Carbon fiber is used in a variety of products that include wind turbines, sporting goods, motor vehicles and offshore drilling equipment.

Friday, July 20, 2012  Police are investigating after skeletal remains of a human left foot were found inside a shoe along the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Charles County.

Saturday, June 16, 2012  Police say they agreed to meet through a Craigslist "alternative lifestyles" encounter in O'Fallon

Monday, April 09, 2012  Police said Julian Rowland burglarized Liberty Motors Monday morning.

Saturday, February 25, 2012  The operator of a St. Louis-area counterfeit check ring has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.