(AP) – Both sides in the long-running fight over funding President Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall appear to have moved toward each other, but a partial government …
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Chiefs lose second straight
(AP) – Russell Wilson threw a 2-yard pass to Ed Dickson with 7:31 left for his third touchdown strike, Chris Carson rushed for two scores, and the …
Read More »Thousands of grams of drugs seized in Columbia
Christmas is canceled for a Columbia drug suspect. Police say that between Tommy Thomas’s car and storage unit they found more than $40,000 cash, 580 grams of …
Read More »Mattis leaving Pentagon sooner than planned, Shanahan tapped
(AP) – The sooner-than-expected departure of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis now shifts the focus to President Donald Trump’s appointment of an acting Pentagon chief and plans for …
Read More »Fire at western Boone County home under investigation
Boone County firefighters are still investigating what caused a small fire at a home west of Columbia. It started on Sunday morning on North Boothe Lane just …
Read More »Searchers look for victims; Indonesia tsunami toll now 280
(AP) – Thousands of soldiers, police and government personnel as well as volunteers are working to find victims of an Indonesian tsunami. At least 281 people died …
Read More »Columbia man accused of Macon sexual assaults
A Columbia man is now looking at sexual assault charges in Macon. Investigators in the north Missouri town say Justin Shade assaulted at least two victims there …
Read More »Hartsburg man accused of Boone County domestic assault
Deputies say he forced his way into a home north of Columbia and hit someone with whom he had a relationship. Jessie May, 47 was arrested early …
Read More »Taste of Jefferson City on hold due to Clean Missouri
It’s not an event that you might attend, but the annual “Taste of Jefferson City” legislative reception won’t happen in January. The event brings lawmakers and Capitol …
Read More »Missouri sees dramatic uptick in HIV diagnoses
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri is seeing a dramatic uptick in HIV diagnoses, a trend that health experts say is mostly concentrated in the central part of …
Read More »Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has surgery to remove cancerous growths on lung
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Friday to remove two malignant growths in her left lung, the Supreme Court said. It is the 85-year-old …
Read More »Rep. Cody Smith announced as new House Budget chair
Representative Cody Smith, R-Jasper, will take on the role of House Budget Committee chairman to replace Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick, R-Cassville, who stepped down after being appointed as …
Read More »Boone County Sheriff’s Department warns of phone scam
The Boone County Sheriff’s Department has received information that someone is impersonating a detective over the phone in order to get people to pay money to cancel …
Read More »Highway Patrol following 65 leads in the death of South Dakota woman
COOPER COUNTY, Mo. – The Missouri State Highway Patrol is following up on more than 60 leads in the case of a South Dakota woman who was …
Read More »WAKE UP COLUMBIA FRIDAY 122118
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Read More »Cole County deputies will carry Narcan
Now another Mid-Missouri law enforcement agency will soon be carrying the anti–opioid overdose drug Narcan. Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler says a local emergency room manager convinced …
Read More »Most of Missouri’s delegation in favor of farm bill
Almost all of Missouri’s delegation to the U.S. House is in favor of the $867 billion farm bill that passed the chamber with bipartisan support. Kansas City …
Read More »Manslaughter charges filed in deadly 2015 crash
A Georgia man has now been accused of manslaughter in a fatal 2015 crash on Interstate 70. ABC17 reports that Anthony West was accused of ignoring warnings …
Read More »Rowden optimistic about 2019 state budget
A newly-powerful local lawmaker says he’ll waste no time getting right to the state budget as soon as he gets back to the Missouri Capitol in January. …
Read More »Mattis leaving as Pentagon chief after clashes with Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is stepping down from his post, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, after the retired Marine general clashed with the president …
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