Posted 4:34 PM 5/25/2013 by Lauren Bale

COLUMBIA - 3 Winds Equine Tack Shop is collecting donations to send to a tack shop in Oklahoma City, to help the farms and animals hurt by the tornado.

According to the owner, Stephanie Windsor, hundreds of horses have been displaced, injured or killed in Moore.

Windsor said she (More)

Posted 4:00 PM 5/25/2013 by Eric Hilt

COLUMBIA - Columbia residents spent Saturday afternoon getting to the true meaning of Memorial Day by placing flags at the graves of veterans. America Legion post 202 and local boy scout troops placed flags at veterans' graves at Columbia cemetery.

"It's very important that we at least (More)

Posted 3:43 PM 5/25/2013 by Elaina O'Connell

COLUMBIA - The 6th Annual For the People Pow Wow kicked off Saturday at the Boone County Fairgrounds. The pow wow featured camping and booths with hand-crafted items, as well as traditional Native American food, singing, and dancing.

Special guest Larry Sellers described a pow wow as (More)

Posted 3:08 PM 5/25/2013 by Associated Press

GARFIELD, Ark. - A Missouri woman has been killed in an explosion on a barge on Beaver Lake. The Benton County coroner says 23-year-old Kayla Woolsey of Hollister, Mo., died Friday after being thrown from the barge she was standing on in the Lost Bridge area of the lake near (More)

Posted 11:20 AM 5/25/2013 by Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - A Jefferson City hospital is planning a $35 million expansion that will increase the space at its main building by about one-third.

The Jefferson City News Tribune reports executives of Capital Region Medical Center announced the project Friday.

The (More)

Posted 10:44 AM 5/25/2013 by Associated Press

ST. LOUIS - Two crew members from a tow boat, including one who died, have been honored for their efforts to save a family of five after the family's boat became disabled on the Mississippi River at St. Louis.

The U.S. Coast Guard hosted a ceremony Friday to honor Jarvise Shelton and Kyle (More)

Posted 10:33 AM 5/25/2013 by Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Senate President John Cullerton says a concealed carry bill that would wipe out all local gun ordinances in the state is "offensive."

Cullerton's comments Friday came after the Illinois House approved such a measure by a vote of 85-30.

The measure (More)

Posted 10:20 AM 5/25/2013 by Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Voters in southeast Missouri voters are running out of time to request absentee ballots by mail or fax for next month's congressional election.

The special election to replace Republican Jo Ann Emerson in the 8th Congressional District takes place June 4. Emerson gave (More)

Posted 10:57 PM 5/24/2013 by Associated Press

EPHRATAH, N.Y. - The founder of Angel Flight Northeast says he's "tremendously saddened" to hear that one of its flights crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers. Investigators are searching for the pilot, who is missing. Angel Flight President Larry Camerlin said in a (More)

Posted 9:18 PM 5/24/2013 by Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD - A tractor-trailer truck driver has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a crash that killed two other motorists in southwest Missouri. KOLR-TV reports 31-year-old Lei Sun, of Alhambra, Calif., entered the pleas through an interpreter Friday to two counts of (More)

Posted 8:29 PM 5/24/2013 by Jack Wascher

COLUMBIA - The recent gas price hike in Mid-Missouri is not stopping travelers this Memorial Day Weekend.

According to TripAdvisor, 1/3 of Americans will travel this weekend and more than 56% of them will drive to their destination.

In fact, 93% of travelers said the gas (More)

Posted 7:39 PM 5/24/2013 by Rebecca Neth

COLUMBIA - Four outdoor Columbia public pools open tomorrow at 11 a.m. Those include Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center, Lake of the Woods, Douglass Family Aquatic Center and Little Mates Cove at Twin Lakes. The Activity and Recreation Center, or ARC, has hired around 150 part time employees to (More)

Posted 7:12 PM 5/24/2013 by Elaina O'Connell

COLUMBIA - Liz Burks from No Kill Columbia picked up donations Friday from Award Pet Supply and Lizzi and Rocco's. The pet stores began taking donations Tuesday for the animal victims of the Moore, Okla. tornado.

Award Pet Supply manager Ali Briley said the store received more (More)