The President of the University of Missouri System announces a hiring freeze for all four campuses

KRCG's Mallory McGowin separates fact from fiction in this Education Report.

Astronaut with mid-Missouri ties prepares to blast off and blog from the ISS.

Fake diplomas causing real problems, Missouri educators want law passed to stop it.

A new decision from the Social Security Administration could jeopardize retirement benfits for thousands of Mo. public school employees.

Union reps for workers at AB Chance in Centralia say they're hopeful a deal can be reached "as soon as tomorrow."

Groups of aging war veterans get expense-paid trips to Washington D.C. to view the memorials through a special program called Honor Flights

Outraged community members protested the continued presence of a school resource officer at Hickman High School at Monday night's Columbia School Board Meeting and earlier in the day at the Columbia Police Department.

Mid-Missouri veterans needing a job will appreciate the Career Fair and  Resource Day made for them on Tuesday.

Governor Matt Blunt proclaimed November as adoption month in Missouri during a capitol rotunda ceremony to recognize the value of the Heart Gallery photo program to the effort to get hundreds of foster children adopted.

MoDOT opens the new interchange at Highway 50-63 and City View Drive in Jefferson City with an emphasis on safety and economic development.

Area charity officials predict they will have enough sponsors for this year's Christmas programs despite the rough economy.

Columbia Public Schools kicks off a new drug, alcohol prevention program.

William Woods University and the Fulton Fire Department lit a fully furnished mock dorm room on fire to educate students on fire safety.