Newscast for December 19, 2011

Regional news coverage including:

• An advocacy group representing Missouri's solar energy industry is pushing for an extension of a renewable energy tax grant.
• Missouri athletic director Mike Alden is frustrated with an ongoing NCAA investigation at Miami involving Tigers basketball coach Frank Haith.
• Creditors are trying to push Mamtek into involuntary bankruptcy. 
• Some farmers in southeast Missouri have been using solar power to offset their energy costs and generate power utility companies can buy.