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

Yesterday at 9:59 PM  Red Cross relief efforts are underway, and Joplin residents react to seeing catastrophic damage for the second time in two years.

Yesterday at 3:28 PM  The National Weather Service says that the tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., topped the scale as an EF5.

Yesterday at 7:06 AM 

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

Monday, May 20, 2013 

Monday, May 20, 2013 

Saturday, May 18, 2013 

Saturday, May 18, 2013 

Friday, May 17, 2013 

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