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• NCAA: Colorado State runs away from Missouri 84-72

  March 22, 2013 12:04 AM

  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Dorian Green scored 17 of his 26 points in the first half and eighth-seeded Colorado State used good shooting to run away from No. 9 Missouri 84-72 Thursday night in the NCAA tournament. Green, who went scoreless with five turnovers in last year's second-round upset to... more »

• Eustachy, Colorado State gears up for Missouri

  March 20, 2013 8:16 PM

  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Larry Eustachy in back in the NCAA tournament with another team. The coach is making his second-consecutive appearance in the tournament, this year with Colorado State - the fourth team he's led to the NCAAs. Last year, he guided Southern Mississippi to the tournament. Colorado State... more »

• King Soopers, City Market recalling ice cream

  November 7, 2012 10:22 AM

  DENVER (AP) - King Soopers and City Market are recalling ice cream because of concerns over pecan allergies. The recall involves Kroger Deluxe French Vanilla ice cream sold in Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The federal Food and Drug Administration says people... more »

• TransCanada restarts Keystone pipeline

  October 22, 2012 7:52 PM

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - TransCanada has restarted the Keystone oil pipeline that carries about 590,000 barrels of crude oil each day from Canada to facilities in the Midwest. Oil began flowing again Monday afternoon. Company spokesman Shawn Howard says the system will be operated at a slightly reduced pressure... more »

• 12 states now have high obesity; Colorado the lowest

  August 13, 2012 12:25 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - A new government survey shows 12 states now have very high obesity rates. Overall, more than a third of adults are obese but rates vary by state. The latest figures are based on a 2011 telephone survey that asked adults their height and weight. For the first... more »

• Two bodies found in search for missing sisters

  July 16, 2012 4:29 AM

  EDGERTON, Mo. (AP) - Authorities in Platte County, Mo., say officials have found the bodies of two women in a field after officials interrogated "a suspect in the disappearance of Britny Haarup and Ashley Key." The Kansas City Star reported late Sunday that the bodies were found near Trimble, Mo.,... more »

• Tainted sprouts again linked to Jimmy John's

  February 15, 2012 8:43 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Raw sprouts from the sandwich chain Jimmy John's have been linked to an outbreak of foodborne illness - again. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that 12 cases of E. coli poisoning in five states are linked to raw clover sprouts eaten at... more »

• Criminal charge for Paterno would have been more likely in CO Play Video

  November 14, 2011 7:55 PM

  Many were shocked when the former long-time defensive coordinator of the Penn State football team, Jerry Sandusky, was arrested on charges related to sexual abuse of children. The fallout of the news extended to the University's iconic football coach, Joe Paterno, and an assistant coach who says he witnessed Sandusky... more »

• Big 12 votes to replace Missouri with West Virginia

  October 26, 2011 3:00 AM

  The Big 12 has a replacement lined up for Missouri before it even leaves the conference. The Big East, meanwhile, is in danger of losing another school before replacing the three that already have bailed on the league. Acting quickly to make sure it maintains a 10-member lineup, the Big... more »

• Missouri considers leaving Big 12

  October 5, 2011 1:58 AM

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - University of Missouri curators voted Tuesday to consider leaving the troubled Big 12 for another conference. The governing board's members agreed unanimously after a 4-hour closed meeting at the system's St. Louis campus to give Missouri chancellor Brady Deaton authority to look elsewhere. Speculation has centered... more »

• Missouri murder suspect caught in Buena Vista

  August 18, 2011 12:44 PM

  A man on the run from police in Cabool Missouri turns up in Buena Vista, Colorado and is taken into custody on suspicion of murder. The Cabool Police Department learned early Wednesday evening that Daniel Chapman who was charged with killing his wife is now in custody here in Colorado.... more »

• Sailors from USS Missouri help Joplin clean up

  June 9, 2011 12:16 PM

  GROTON, Conn. (AP) - Eight sailors on the USS Missouri attack submarine are back from a week of voluntary leave they took to help clean up tornado damage in the state of Missouri. The sailors arrived back at U.S. Submarine Base in Groton Wednesday after assisting the AmeriCorps, the... more »

• Cantor says Congress will find assistance funds

  May 29, 2011 1:44 PM

  JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says the people in Joplin, Mo., won't have to worry about federal assistance following a monster tornado one week ago. Speaking on CBS' Face the Nation, Cantor said Congress will find the money, and that it's waiting for President Barack... more »

• President Obama on his way to Joplin Missouri

  May 29, 2011 1:40 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is on his way to Missouri to see the destruction caused by the massive tornado a week ago today. In Joplin, Obama will meet with survivors and officials and attend a memorial service for those killed by the storm. He'll also make brief remarks. more »

• Mayor says rebuilding already under way

  May 28, 2011 2:42 PM

  JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - Joplin, Missouri, Mayor Mike Woolston says his city has begun rebuilding. Woolston tells CBS he saw walls going up for a building on Thursday morning. And he says the school system has announced it has begun rebuilding. Woolston also says crews won't stop searching for the... more »

• First person on Joplin missing list found alive

  May 26, 2011 4:19 PM

  JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - The first person on the missing list from the Joplin tornado is very much alive. The Associated Press found 75-year-old Sally Adams sitting on a wooden chair and cuddling her pet cat Thursday. When AP told Adams she was listed as missing, she laughed and said... more »

• New storm rumbles across Joplin

  May 23, 2011 5:14 PM

  JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - As searchers in Missouri and Minnesota comb through the rubble looking for survivors of last night's tornadoes, folks are pitching in to help anyway they can. A massive tornado tore a 6-mile path across southwestern Missouri killing at least 89 people and damaging about 2,000... more »

• Columbia unites to honor 1923 lynching victim

  April 30, 2011 6:53 PM

  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - An overflow crowd was gathering in Columbia at a historic black church to honor a University of Missouri janitor killed in the college town's last lynching in 1923. Civic leaders have spent the past year organizing the tribute to James T. Scott. He was dragged... more »

• St. Louis airport hit by tornado to reopen Sunday

  April 23, 2011 4:37 PM

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis officials are hoping Lambert Airport will be able to get some flights out tomorrow. The airport is closed today after a tornado knocked out power, tore up the roof of the main terminal and damaged some planes. The severe weather that rolled... more »

• Mizzou tops Colorado 89-73 to move to 14-0 at home

  February 5, 2011 9:54 PM

  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Kim English busted a scoring slump with 21 points and No. 14 Missouri rattled Colorado into a season-worst 23 turnovers in an 89-73 victory on Saturday night. Marcus Denmon added 17 points and Ricardo Ratliffe had 14 points and nine rebounds for Missouri (18-5, 4-4 Big... more »

• Burks leads Buffs to 89-76 upset of No. 9 Missouri

  January 8, 2011 5:00 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Super sophomore Alec Burks scored a career-high 36 points and the Colorado Buffaloes upset ninth-ranked Missouri 89-76 in their final Big 12 opener. The Buffaloes (12-4, 1-0), who join the expanded Pac-12 next season, snapped a streak of 13 straight losses in conference openers going back... more »

• Man survives mile-plus trip through sewer

  October 13, 2010 9:16 AM

  Authorities say a Missouri worker was swept into a 27-inch sewage system pipe and pushed for more than a mile before his cries were heard and he was rescued. Daniel Collins, from Collins, Mo., was listed in critical condition Tuesday night at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. ... more »

• No. 24 Missouri shuts down Colorado 26-0

  October 9, 2010 10:28 PM

  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Blaine Gabbert threw two touchdown passes before leaving with a hip pointer after three quarters and No. 24 Missouri got several big plays on special teams along with stout defense in a 26-0 victory over Colorado in a Big 12 opener on Saturday night. The Tigers... more »

• Months after winning $1M in lottery, man wins $2M

  September 28, 2010 4:45 PM

  Man--how would you like this guy's luck! Ernest Pullen of Bonne Terre, Missouri won $1 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket in June. This month, he won another $2 million on a scratch-off. Pullen says he considers himself a "lucky guy." He's opted to take the cash... more »

• Colorado fugitive nabbed in Missouri

  September 14, 2010 9:36 AM

  A man charged with attempted murder in Colorado has been captured after a three-day manhunt in southwest Missouri. McDonald County deputies found Jeramy McCauley, 32, lying in a field about four miles south of Anderson Monday. McCauley, who is originally from Anderson, is wanted on three counts of attempted... more »

• NTSB investigating deadly school bus accident

  August 6, 2010 9:41 AM

  Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are in Missouri to look at the horrific interstate crash that killed a 15-year-old girl on a school bus and the driver of another vehicle. NTSB Vice Chairman Christopher Hunt said Friday that investigators will look into school bus safety and construction... more »

• 2 dead, 50 hurt in school bus crash

  August 5, 2010 12:59 PM

  Two school buses on the way to an amusement park collided with a tractor-trailer on a Missouri interstate near St. Louis, killing two and injuring as many as 50. The buses were carrying teens from the St. James School District, members of a school band on the way to... more »

• Missing 4-year-old Missouri girl found safe

  July 7, 2010 9:38 AM

  They're calling it a miracle - a 4-year-old girl abducted from the yard of her home, found safe 70 miles away more than 24 hours later. The FBI says witnesses late Tuesday saw what they thought was a little boy wandering around a suburban St. Louis car wash. It... more »

• College lab explosion injures four

  June 28, 2010 7:12 PM

  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A hydrogen gas explosion inside a University of Missouri biochemistry lab has injured four people. Authorities say one victim has life-threatening injuries. The blast happened after 2 p.m. Monday on the third floor of Schweitzer Hall on the Columbia campus. The university said in a... more »

• Colorado plane crash victim identified

  June 8, 2010 8:22 AM

  Authorities have identified the man killed in a plane crash in western Colorado. The Gunnison County coroner said 39-year-old William Michael Fritts of Osceola, Mo., died in the crash Sunday morning near Marble, 125 miles west of Denver. Fritts was flying the Beech G35 when it crashed. Two... more »

• Man killed in small plane crash identified

  June 7, 2010 6:13 PM

  Authorities have identified the man killed in a plane crash in western Colorado. The Gunnison County coroner said 39-year-old William Michael Fritts of Osceola, Mo., died in the crash Sunday morning near Marble, 125 miles west of Denver. Fritts was flying the Beech G35 when it crashed. Two women... more »

• Powerball ticket wins $258 million

  April 22, 2010 8:31 AM

  Did you wake up this morning hoping that you could call your boss and tell them you weren't coming in today--or ever! The Powerball drawing had a $258 million jackpot in last night's drawing--a quarter of a billion dollars. Exactly one ticket matched the winning numbers. That ticket was... more »

• Thieves take more than free stuff

  April 13, 2010 2:46 PM

  Buyer and seller beware! Springfield police are looking into another craigslist mishap. The classfied ads Web site works well for a lot of buyers and sellers but it didn't for a woman from Springfield, Missouri. Lynette Hunter recently decided to downsize, and sell her house that she had lived... more »

• Colorado shut out of All-America City finalists

  April 6, 2010 12:07 PM

  More than two dozen communities have been named finalists for the National Civic League's 2010 All-America City Awards. The Denver-based organization says the cities were selected for addressing such issues as diversifying the labor force and funding services during the recession. Finalists are Chandler, Ariz., Bentonville, Ark., Dublin,... more »

• A long road toward healing

  March 22, 2010 8:48 PM

  It's been a difficult year for the Calegar family. Last year during Spring Break, Christopher, 10 was taking a road trip to North Carolina with his Grandparents James and Zelmalee and his Aunt Deborah. The family was driving through Missouri when they were killed a traffic accident. Christopher's... more »

• Tornadoes, baseball-sized hail slam southeast

  March 11, 2010 9:15 AM

  Twisters struck parts of Arkansas Wednesday night, injuring four people and destroying a handful of homes, as a line of storms marched east. After a daylong watch for possible tornadoes in the region, Emergency Management spokeswoman Renee Preslar said three people suffered major injuries in a tornado that destroyed... more »

• Only living American WWI vet turns 109

  February 2, 2010 12:49 PM

  America's last surviving World War I veteran is now 109. Frank Woodruff Buckles celebrated his birthday Monday with family and friends at his home in West Virginia. Buckles, who was born in Harrison County, Missouri, says he hopes to celebrate at least a few more. And he has... more »

• Winter storm has a ticket to Dixie

  January 29, 2010 9:24 AM

  Winter storm warnings are in effect from New Mexico to North Carolina, as heavy snow and ice make their way through the South today. The same storm has left nearly 142,000 electric customers in Oklahoma in the dark. In Arkansas, up to 10 inches of snow could fall... more »

• Police identify 4 dead in workplace shooting

  January 8, 2010 9:22 AM

  St. Louis police have identified the four people who died in a workplace shooting and are confirming that the suspect is among the dead. Police said Friday that 51-year-old Timothy Hendron of Webster Groves, Mo., died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound underneath the chin. He was found inside ABB Inc.'s... more »

• Police seek woman who trashes McDonald's

  January 6, 2010 11:12 AM

  Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are looking for a woman who went on a rampage at a McDonald's because she didn't like her hamburger. Police say the woman caused thousands of dollars in damage on Dec. 27 when she became upset that the restaurant wouldn't refund her money. Employees had... more »

• Bitter cold follows in wake of massive storm

  December 10, 2009 8:36 AM

  Dangerously cold conditions are settling over parts of the country in the wake of a huge storm that hit much of the Midwest and New England. At least 16 deaths are being blamed on the wintry blast that dumped more than a foot of snow. Most of those deaths came... more »

• Missouri, Illinois flooding: Casino, roads closed

  November 3, 2009 12:08 PM

  Midwestern flooding is usually associated with the spring or summer, so even officials at the National Weather Service are perplexed about the unusual fall flood that is causing rivers to spill over their banks in parts of Missouri and Illinois. Heavy rain fell last week over much of the... more »

• Missouri ends 3-game losing streak with 36-17 win

  October 31, 2009 7:47 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Danario Alexander caught two touchdown passes while Missouri's swarming defense had eight sacks and forced four turnovers, helping the Tigers hold off Colorado, 36-17, on Saturday to end a three-game slide. The Tigers (5-3, 1-3 Big 12) jumped out to a big lead, scoring 33 straight... more »

• Grave robbers hit Missouri cemetery

  September 15, 2009 11:53 AM

  Grave robbers have desecrated a small cemetery in Missouri's Polk County. They disturbed five graves, a crime that took a lot of work but had little payoff. "I seen all the dirt here and I didn't know what was going on," said Jim Woodmansee. For Woodmansee, New... more »

• Brush child porn teacher arrested again in Missouri

  September 9, 2009 5:15 PM

  A former elementary school teacher who was convicted of posessing child pornography in Brush, Colorado, will spend 10 years in prison after being convicted on similar charges in Kansas City. The U.S. Attorney's office says David Davies, 55, was arrested after police officers in Independence, Missouri found 20 images... more »