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

Thursday, May 30, 2013  Eight fire departments in southwest Missouri are working together to identify and counsel children who appear prone to setting fires.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  The storm's death toll was corrected and lowered to 24, including 7 children.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Swarm of tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Oklahoma mobile home park ravaged by twister

Thursday, May 16, 2013  At least 6 dead, dozens left homeless as tornadoes leave trail of destruction in North Texas

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  The U.S. Department of Agriculture says only 12 percent of the nation's cornfields have been planted.

Friday, May 03, 2013  All seven students were taken to Lake Regional Hospital, where they were treated for minor injuries

Monday, April 29, 2013  Sheds, stables, attics searched for suspect in stabbing death of 8-year-old girl in Northern California

Monday, April 22, 2013  Wet or dry? Gardeners make plans with no certainty in forecast as cold spring follows drought

Friday, April 19, 2013  Mid Missouri emergency responders rescued two stranded turkey hunters, one wheelchair bound, Thursday from rising flood waters in Texas County.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Missouri transportation officials are urging motorists to be cautious in highway work zones.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Updated with video: Severe storms hit Midwest with snow, ice and damaging winds

Monday, April 08, 2013  The number of residential burglaries during the 2013 spring break period in Columbia were the highest they've been in recent years.

Saturday, April 06, 2013  A pair of twin brothers who prosecutors say altered stolen checks using glue and a hammer have been sentenced in Missouri to seven years in prison.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Clements, who was a Missouri corrections official for more than three decades, was killed at his Colorado Springs home last month.