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

Saturday, April 20, 2013  Neighbors applaud, cheer after authorities capture Boston Marathon bombing suspect

Saturday, September 22, 2012  The Missouri Department of Conservation has confirmed another mountain lion sighting in the state.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  Update: Last of 5 escapees from Pike County jail captured

Friday, July 13, 2012  A python is captured but authorities in the southeast Missouri town of Caruthersville are still looking for a big boa constrictor that is missing from a home.

Monday, May 28, 2012  Authorities arrest suspect in 17-year-old Renton girl's death in Oklahoma City

Friday, December 09, 2011  The family of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished years ago in Iran, released a hostage video they received from his unidentified captors.

Thursday, October 20, 2011  Gadhafi, Libya's leader for 42 years until ousted by his people, killed as hometown falls

Thursday, October 20, 2011  Updated with video: Reports that Gadhafi is dead remain unconfirmed.

Friday, April 08, 2011  Warning: graphic video. Children fled in chaos, many begging for their lives as gunman killed 10 girls and two boys

Saturday, September 11, 2010  Iran balks at release of American woman held for more than a year, pointing to internal split

Friday, September 03, 2010  Officials at Mexico’s Midwest Exchange Regional Stockyards are thinking about auctioning off the Facebook star on September 9.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009  Taliban demands US military stop operations in 2 Afghan districts to save captured soldier

Tuesday, May 19, 2009  Teen Somali piracy suspect indicted in NYC court for attack on American cargo ship

Thursday, April 09, 2009  US hostage recaptured after trying to escape Somali pirates; more bandits head to scene

Friday, March 20, 2009  Mexican army captures alleged drug hitman suspected in soldiers' killings, US consulate attack