Posted 8:14 PM 12/5/2013 by Ashley Arp, KOMU 8 News Reporter

COLUMBIA - Two former Missouri football players are suing the NCAA in federal court over head injuries they suffered decades ago, joining a cascade of recent lawsuits against college sports' governing body related to traumatic brain injuries.

Tony VanZant and Sharron Washington filed the (More)

Posted 6:53 PM 12/5/2013 by The Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A southwest Missouri woman has been sentenced to slightly more than three years in prison for a nearly $400,000 fraud scheme at apartment complexes she managed.

The U.S. Attorney's office says 55-year-old Barbara J. Evans, of Carthage, must also pay about $206,000 (More)

Posted 6:47 PM 12/5/2013 by Amanda Weston, KOMU 8 Reporter

COLUMBIA - A beloved Columbia holiday tradition celebrated its 19th year Thursday evening. Holiday enthusiasts crowded the Village of Cherry Hill to see the lighting of this year's Magic Tree.

It took Magic Tree founder "Will Treelighter" and his son 50 hours to hang up the 40,000 LED (More)

Posted 6:16 PM 12/5/2013 by The Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - His native land and the world are mourning the loss of South African leader Nelson Mandela. The country's first black president has died at 95 after a long illness.

Mandela, a former boxer, attorney and freedom fighter, spent nearly one-third of his life as a political (More)

Posted 6:08 PM 12/5/2013 by The Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Governor Jay Nixon has activated the Missouri Emergency Operations Center for round-the-clock operation in response today's winter storm.

Other state agencies were also geared up for the weather.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol extended shifts in affected areas, and workers for the Missouri Department of Transportation were treating roads for snow and ice.

Posted 5:32 PM 12/5/2013 by Crystall Cho, KOMU 8 Reporter

COLUMBIA - The city is taking a different approach to deal with this year's snow season.

The Public Works Department's street manager Scott Bitterman said the city turned all of the priority routes into snow routes this year.

"What the snow routes do is that they allow us (More)

Posted 5:04 PM 12/5/2013 by The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says the world has lost an influential, courageous and 'profoundly good' man with the death of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.

Obama says Mandela "no longer belongs to us. He belongs to the ages." Mandela died Thursday at the age of 95.

Posted 4:27 PM 12/5/2013 by Andrea Gonzales, KOMU 8 Digital Producer

JOHANNESBURG - Former South African president Nelson Mandela died Thursday at age 95, according to The Associated Press.

Mandela was an anti-apartheid leader and served as president from 1994-1999.

South African President Jacob Zuma says "we've lost our greatest son," according to (More)

Posted 4:00 PM 12/5/2013 by Maddie Heidenreich, KOMU Reporter

COLUMBIA - KOMU 8 News made a long distance call this week to Space. Right now, NASA Astronaut Col. Mike Hopkins is orbiting Outer Space performing innovative research for NASA. But his desire to invent actually (More)

Posted 3:30 PM 12/5/2013 by The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS - Two former Missouri football players are suing the NCAA in federal court over head injuries they suffered decades ago, joining a cascade of recent lawsuits against college sports' governing body related to traumatic brain injuries.

Tony Van Zant and Sharron Washington filed the (More)

Posted 3:20 PM 12/5/2013 by Melissa Helm, KOMU 8 Reporter

COLUMBIA - Utility companies in Mid-Missouri have sent out crews around the state for the surge of winter weather on the way.

Boone Electric Cooperative sent out four line men on Tuesday to Southeastern Missouri to gear up for an anticipated snow and ice storm. The Boone (More)

Posted 3:01 PM 12/5/2013 by The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS - Fred Waters, a longtime Associated Press photographer who covered everything from war to construction of the Gateway Arch, has died.

Waters died Wednesday in Gulf Breeze, Fla., after several years of failing health, his daughter, Karen Wiley, said. He was 86.

Waters was (More)

Posted 2:50 PM 12/5/2013 by The Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY - A package of tax incentives for Boeing Co. is just one vote away from final passage in the Missouri Legislature.

The legislation won approval from two House committees Thursday, just a day after it passed the Senate. The approvals clear the way for the House to take up the (More)