Posted 5:53 AM 4/23/2014 by The Associated Press

BONNE TERRE (AP) - Missouri has executed an inmate convicted of killing a farming couple in 1993 as part of a plot to steal their cows.

William Rousan mouthed words to his brother-in-law and a minister he invited to the execution before he was killed. He was declared dead at 12:10 a.m. (More)

Posted 5:41 AM 4/23/2014 by The Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Gov. Jay Nixon's administration said it has exceeded a goal to reduce Missouri's energy consumption.

Nixon signed an executive order in 2009 setting a target of a two percent annual reduction in state energy use for each of the next 10 years for state buildings under (More)

Posted 5:39 AM 4/23/2014 by The Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - A Republican-led Missouri House committee plans to hold a hearing on measures seeking to impeach Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.

The Wednesday hearing on three separate impeachment resolutions includes one citing Nixon's decision to allow same-sex couples who married (More)

Posted 8:51 PM 4/22/2014 by Elizabeth Kuhlman, KOMU 8 Reporter

COLUMBIA - In addition to answering emergency phone calls, the Columbia Joint Communications Department spent April educating the community on what it means to dial 9-1-1.

"It's a chance for us to remind folks what actually happens during a 9-1-1 call, what we kinda expect of you, kinda (More)

Posted 8:10 PM 4/22/2014 by The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has declined a Missouri death row inmate's clemency request, hours before the inmate's scheduled execution.

Nixon said in a statement Tuesday evening that he thinks 57-year-old William Rousan's death sentence is appropriate. Rousan is scheduled to (More)

Posted 7:53 PM 4/22/2014 by Courtney Kiley, KOMU 8 Reporter

COLUMBIA - Governor Jay Nixon spoke with Columbia Public Schools Tuesday night to seek their support in his pending veto of Senate Bill 509. 

Senate Bill 509 contains a provision that would eliminate the income tax for Missouri residents who make over $9,000 dollars. 

Posted 7:46 PM 4/22/2014 by Kyle Jacoby, KOMU 8 Reporter

COLUMBIA - A new campus for homeless veterans may soon be built in Columbia.

The Community Development Commission talked about the proposal of new apartments at its meeting Tuesday night.

The Columbia Housing Authority proposed building 25 one bedroom apartments on 4.2 acres of (More)

Posted 7:16 PM 4/22/2014 by The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Efforts by the nation's corn growers to get their crops planted in key grain states continue to sputter.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says just 6 percent of this year's corn crop is in the ground. That compares to the average of 14 percent over the previous five (More)

Posted 7:01 PM 4/22/2014 by Michael Doudna, KOMU 8 Reporter

COLUMBIA - The Downtown Columbia Leadership Council (DLC) discussed different proposals Tuesday, including a new proposed building development downtown.

The new complex would be on the corner of 10th Street and Broadway, in what is currently a parking lot next to Red Mango.

DLC (More)

Posted 6:58 PM 4/22/2014 by The Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - The Missouri House has endorsed legislation allowing use of a cannabis extract by people whose epilepsy is not relieved by other treatments.

The bill would permit use of "hemp extract" with little of the substance that makes marijuana users feel high and greater (More)

Posted 6:36 PM 4/22/2014 by Lexi Spivak, KOMU 8 News Reporter

COLUMBIA - Columbia is looking to protect the environment this Earth Day by helping bike travelers commute. During Monday's city council meeting, a fourth option for bike routes along Hinkson Creek was added.

The first three options to (More)

Posted 6:11 PM 4/22/2014 by The Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt says there are no federal solutions to many problems confronting governments.

The Republican lawmaker spoke Tuesday to a session of the Missouri House in Jefferson City.

Blunt urged the legislators to resist when they're told the federal (More)

Posted 6:08 PM 4/22/2014 by The Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - A Missouri Senate committee has adopted a state budget provision to prohibit public colleges and universities from offering in-state tuition rates to students living in the country illegally.

But the Senate Appropriations Committee softened the outright ban and (More)