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Matthew D. Laurin, 21, of Springfield, and Darren J. Winans, 19, of Jasper, were being held without bond after their arrests Monday in the Oct. 11 deaths of Robert Sheldon, 70, and his wife, Ellen Sheldon, 71. Laurin and Winans are each charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of burglary.

Governor blames Republicans for a weak bill,  but signed it for the progress it does make, he said. In the meanwhile, the House Speaker has asked a committee to draft a new autism coverage bill for the 2010 legislature to consider.

A 46-year-old male driver crashed into a house on West Oak Drive on Wednesday morning. Fire department officials estimated the damage to be around $20,000.

Closing the door was all it took to deter two armed men from robbing a Boone County home.

Three people and their dog escaped an early-morning fire on Range Line Street.

Authorities arrested about 30 people in dog-fighting raids Wednesday across three states, and seven men were indicted in connection with a dog-fighting ring in northwest Missouri.

According to the findings of a federal audit, the Boone County Fire Protection District paid itself twice for Task Force One's deployments to Hurricane Katrina.

Missouri infants are already screened for 67 diseases, but the state is one of the first to check for lysosomal disorders.

Now is the time for the people of Columbia and mid-Missouri to reinvest in the historic Missouri Theatre.

Before our elected officials criticize Iran's election system, they should look themselves in the mirror and make changes to the U.S. system, including abolishing the Electoral College.

A car crashed through a home Wednesday morning on West Oak Drive. No one was home at the time.

A fire that began with an electrical short in a clothes dryer destroyed a Columbia mobile home Wednesday.

The practice, which is often used as a cheaper alternative to feeding cows in centralized facilities, now includes nearly 20,000 cows on Missouri-based pasture dairies.

Radeena Proffer of Poplar Bluff has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with a johnboat collision in southeast Missouri.

Kansas City and six other areas in the U.S. are being considered as locations for the storage of large amounts of toxic elemental mercury.

RiseUp Publications LLC and its parent company, Ellis Management Marketing Group Inc., have filed for bankruptcy.  RiseUp owes roughly $6 million to multiple creditors.

A meeting is to be held in Kansas City this weekend to examine plans for the management of the Current and Jacks Fork rivers.

The state is to add five lysosomal storage diseases to the list of 67 diseases for which babies are already screened.

If City Council suspends the bicycle harassment ordinance, does it set a bad precedent for the future?