A roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom in Columbia.

The state has seen both drought and flooding after a bout of extreme weather.

A newly enacted law allows the attorney general to challenge temporary injunctions, a move inspired by a pending abortion-rights case.

One of the only remaining above ground pools in the Midwest could be a step closer to receiving grant money to fund its preservation.

The appeal came right after Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a bill that gives the attorney general the right to appeal temporary pauses against state laws or constitutional provisions.

The five students believe prior nonviolent incidents might have triggered the termination of their student registrations.

Residents who want to make the drive could drop their recycling items off at a Jefferson City private recycling service.

U.S. District Judge Matt Schelp is giving attorneys representing St. Louis until Wednesday to show why they didn't violate a rule against filing a lawsuit for an improper purpose in their case over state control of the city's police department.

All six U.S. regional climate centers will remain online through a new contract deadline in mid-June. Four of the centers, which are overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, were abruptly closed last week after their funding ran out.

Alexis McGill Johnson spoke at a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Great Rivers in Clayton.