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Two Rock Bridge High School students are using their IT skills to help solve technology problems at the Columbia Area Career Center.

It used to be safe for children to roam neighborhoods on Halloween, but times have changed. Parents need to take an active role in supervising their children.

MU's chapter of Pi Beta Phi will hold a fashion show featuring clothing from four downtown Columbia boutiques. The event will take place Sept. 30.

Republican representatives believe the Senate version of the job-creation bill strays too far from a summer agreement between the House and Senate. The special session could end with no resolution being reached.

The No. 17-ranked Cougars defeated Missouri Baptist 1-0 on Tuesday in St. Louis.

After two conference wins last week, the Columbia College volleyball team moved up two spots to No. 4 in the NAIA rankings.

Columbia College promoted Jon Desha to assistant head coach of the men's and women's soccer teams on Tuesday.

Two men and one woman were found shot to death in a home early Tuesday morning. This is the second triple-homicide in three days in Kansas City.

The Grandview man has been missing since Friday and was last seen at a convenience store; he seemed disoriented.

The Missouri senator will help rally the support of Republicans for presidential candidate Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate and House. 

Discriminatory language has found a home on social networking sites, and though it arouses responses from some people, others dismiss it as an attempt at humor, a recent AP-MTV poll found.

The Kansas City School District's accreditation has been revoked, and the district can regain accreditation after two years of improvement or facing a state takeover.

While officials believe residents didn't respond quickly enough to sirens and warning systems, Richard Wagenmaker, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Detroit, said it was unclear if the slow public response cost lives.

The special legislative session in the Missouri House of Representatives focused on job creation is facing severe opposition and could possibly be ended if no consensus is reached.

The report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which was set to be released Tuesday, will detail the efforts to warn people about the tornado that hit Joplin in May. The report is a way of seeing what aspects of the warning were done well and what still needs improvement.

While many potential distractions exist while driving, new Kansas laws deal with one of the most dangerous — texting while driving. However, to be truly effective, these laws must also be enforced.