A week after one of the deadliest tornado in U.S. history ripped through Joplin, Missouri, killing 134 people and destroying 8,000 buildings, the city held a memorial service those who lost their lives. With President Obama in town to speak, the community came together as it has all week, to mourn and heal as one.  

Boone County Fire officials found the body of a 72-year-old man in his work shed just after 1 a.m. after a fire broke out, destroying more than half the shed.I was on the scene all morning to learn more about the victim and what caused the fire.  

The Missouri Department of Transportation, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Missouri Operation Lifesaver teamed up to co-sponsor Missouri rail safety week, providing tips for remaining safe at railroad crossings. 

Columbia's City Council approved a new $7 million parking garage for downtown. But to help pay for the garage, the city will consider hiking parking meter rates to 60 cents an hour, and increasing parking garage rates to $60 a month per spot. 

Columbia's Historic Preservation Commission honors the five most notable Columbia properties for 2011, including Douglass High School, which dates back 94 years. ot. 

In 1976, 23-year-old MU student Becky Doisy disappeared. Nearly 35 years later, a 66-year-old Georgia grandfather stands trial for her murder. 

Around 10:30 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, KOMU producers called me to come in early for my nightside reporting shift because of a train derailment in Polaski County, Mo., an hour and 45 minutes south of Columbia. I spent a few hours on the scene before coming back to turn a VO/SOT for the 5 and 6 p.m. shows and this package for the 10 p.m.

Another breaking news event called me to Sunrise Beach, Mo., an hour and a half southwest of Columbia where a lake house exploded. No one was injured during the explosion, but I stayed several hours talking to emergency crews and fire fighters to determine how a man's lake home turned to rubble that afternoon. 

President Obama's "Mainstreet" tour came to Mid-Missouri, but not everyone was rolling out the welcome mat. 

A Columbia preschool with an emphasis on play celebrates a milestone.