Posted 5:07 PM 3/19/2013 by Sarah Hill

COLUMBIA - Melanie Bolten received a Job Point Award of Excellence for her work in helping veterans.

Bolten acts as a lifeline for veterans who call into Columbia's Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital.

"I don't want to fail them. I want to be there as a lifeline and their needs," said (More)

Posted 2:05 PM 3/12/2013 by Sarah Hill

COLUMBIA - Joe Schaefer is one of the men and women many Missourians helped send to Washington, D.C. to see the World War II Memorial during an honor flight.

Schaefer served with the 92nd field artillery and 2nd armored division during World War II. He is also has the kind of smile that (More)

Posted 6:57 AM 11/19/2012 by Associated Press

FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) - Police say an eastern Missouri man who was killed when his St. Louis-area house exploded apparently caused the blast intentionally.

KMOV reports police found a suicide note in the vehicle of 52-year-old Kirk Sayles (More)

Posted 11:28 AM 8/20/2012 by Sarah Hill

COLUMBIA- A Hickman High School historian has tracked down the owner of a missing class ring about 40 years after it went missing. "Detective Kewpie" is also known as Charlie Blackmore. Blackmore said a teenager found the 1972 class ring in 1974 in San Lin lake, a pay lake in Centralia that (More)

Posted 4:24 PM 7/23/2012 by Sarah Hill

MOBERLY — As a junior in high school, DJ Haffecke used to weigh 250 pounds. Now at 28, he's strong in a way that goes beyond just muscles.  Click on the video at the left to view this Sarah's Story.   

DJ was born premature with cerebral palsey and uses a (More)

Posted 4:43 PM 7/16/2012 by Sarah Hill

KINGSTON - Missouri is leading the way on a new program that pairs shelter dogs with farmers who have disabilities. Click on the video at the left to watch this Sarah's Story. 

"Pharm Dog" is part of the University of Missouri Extension's (More)

Posted 1:57 PM 6/4/2012 by Sarah Hill

Macon - The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA recently inducted the All American Red Heads, the only women's team to receive such an honor. Created in Cassville in 1936, the group was a professional women's basketball team up until 1986. KOMU 8's Sarah Hill recently had a chance (More)

Posted 1:40 PM 4/30/2012 by Sarah Hill

PERRY - Kyle Bunge is being remembered for his unique artistry.  Bunge, 22, passed away March 6th after a long battle with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Click on the video thumbnail at the right to view his story.  Bunge was known for his custom made church bulletins and paintings at the (More)

Posted 10:32 PM 3/18/2012 by Sarah Hill

Seven year old Domenic Garufi arrived at the hospital to get treatment for his Crohn's Disease. Little did Domenic know, this day long infusion would also include a virtual trip to Canada to feed the birds.  Click on the thumbail at the left to watch video of this story.  

"No (More)

Posted 6:01 PM 3/12/2012 by Sarah Hill

FULTON- Job Point recently awarded Laura Gregory an Award of Excellence for finding a career despite a life threatening condition. Gregory works in the bakery department at the Fulton Wal-Mart. Surrounded by carrot cake, her job is full of temptations. But at no point in Gregory's life was she (More)

Posted 1:17 PM 3/5/2012 by Sarah Hill

Recently, Job Point awarded two individuals with Awards of Excellence for finding employment even when the odds were stacked against them. In this Sarah's Story, meet Scott Smith who in his words says "you can only look down for so long.  At some point, you have to look up. "

Scott (More)

Posted 9:03 AM 2/27/2012 by Sarah Hill

COLUMBIA - According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa, eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any other mental illness.  And in men, the condition can be particularly deadly.  In this Sarah's Story, KOMU 8's Sarah Hill talked with Ryan Branson of Columbia (More)