The top local news with Michael Calhoun and the KMOX news team.

A shooting threat was thwarted at a St. Louis County school this afternoon. A project to rebuild an eight-mile stretch of I-44 hit a roadblock after quality control issues were found with newly poured concrete. A pair of appeals offer what might be a final hope for Marcellus Williams. Jefferson City council members pulled up the drawbridge, so to speak, on a proposal by a State Senate candidate from St. Louis County to demolish an historic Italianite-style house in the capital city and replace it with a castle home.

Plus, Michael talks with Karen Nickel of the Just Moms grassroots group about news that the feds plan to put up warning signs along Coldwater Creek soon.