Newscast for November 23, 2011

Regional news from the KBIA newsroom.

• The father of an American student arrested during protests in Egypt says his 19-year-old son has called home and is being treated well under the circumstances.
• A Missouri appeals court has affirmed the conviction of Damon Williams, who's serving a life sentence for a 2008 Columbia murder.
• The University of Missouri Children’s Hospital has inducted two new 'kid-friendly' ambulances into its fleet.
• Missouri Governor Jay Nixon says he’s monitoring the situation in Washington, following the so-called congressional super-committee’s failure to reach an agreement on reducing the nation’s debt.