KBIA Newscast for January 4, 2012

Regional news form the KBIA newsroom, including:

• The city of Columbia is spending $45,000 to conduct an outside review of its police department.
• Missouri lawmakers open their annual session.
• Former Department of Economic Development director David Kerr is named to the Misosuri Technology Corp.
• The head of Missouri’s Higher Education Department has promising news for the state’s colleges and universities.