Newscast for November 8, 2011

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

The City Council has approved two new measures that affect the way evictions are carried out in Columbia.

A Missouri appeals court has upheld a 2009 decision by state utility regulators to approve a rate increase for Ameren Missouri.

One of eight people charged in the shooting death of a Missouri football player's cousin has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

St. Louis businessman Dave Spence says he's serious about a possible bid for governor, even if it means a primary against Republican Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder.

Missouri voters could be asked next year to raise the state's minimum wage to $8.25.

The village of South Gifford may not exist for much longer.