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

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A Kansas City teenager is accused in the weekend stabbing death of a 70-year-old woman during a break-in at her home.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  The “Room at the Inn” shelter's goals is to prevent people from freezing to death on the streets of Columbia.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011  The Salvation Army's Center of Hope Shelter offers people a warm home year round, but workers there have already started dragging out additional mattresses and cots for people who need a warm place to stay.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011  There is about 1.6 million homeless teenagers in the United States. Mid-Missouri homeless organizations tell KRCG our state is not immune.

Monday, August 09, 2010  For the second time, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has turned down a bid to turn a former federal building in Cape Girardeau into a homeless shelter.

Monday, February 15, 2010  A funding request for a youth homeless shelter in Columbia is expected to draw a crowd at the council meeting Monday night.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010  This week's frigid temperatures have brought hundreds in need to the Jefferson City and Columbia Salvation Army locations.

Friday, January 08, 2010  The bitter cold has flooded local shelters with people needing a place to get warm. It has also flooded the community of Jefferson City with a spirit of generosity.

Wednesday, December 09, 2009  The Columbia Salvation Army’s homeless shelter as the cold weather forces the homeless inside.

Thursday, July 30, 2009  Mass. woman accused of cutting baby from mother's womb arraigned in NH; held on $2M bail