A necropsy of the mountain lion killed the night of Aug. 11 by a motorist in Callaway County indicates the animal migrated to Central Missouri from the west.

AmerenUE is tentatively proceeding with plans to add a second nuclear generator at Callaway Nuclear Plant, above.

Ameren UE anticipates a 30 percent increase in demand for power in Missouri in the next couple of decades and says it needs another plant in the 2018-2020 timeframe to keep up with that demand.