Warm Weather Gives Way to Wintry Mix

What a difference a day makes. Weather throughout Missouri has been turned on its head as we went from unseasonably warm and mild to full-force winter. The wintry blast hit Kansas City last night and left ice and power outages in its wake. At Kansas City International...

Auto Parts Company to Close Plants

An auto parts company with three plants in Missouri says it will announce late next month the locations of eight plants it is going to close. Dana Corporation also plans to modify or reject union contracts and eliminate retiree health care benefits. Dana says the plan...

Columbia Approves Smoking Ban

The city of Columbia has banned smoking in public buildings. That includes restaurants and bars. The new ordinance goes into effect January 9th. The ban also covers sports stadiums, bingo halls, nursing homes, city-owned buildings and other public places. The Missouri...

Jury Accuses Three of Fraud

A federal grand jury accuses three people of defrauding investors in a Columbia company. The indictment says the three convinced people to invest in a company that was developing technology to remotely manage vending machine inventories and track sales. But the...