A Mexico, Mo. woman and her two young children are among five people dead in a St. Louis crash. Troopers say an SUV carrying the five victims …
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Iran friendly fire missile strike in drill kills 19 sailors
(AP) — An Iranian missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support vessel near its target, killing 19 Iranian sailors and …
Read More »Georgia AG requests federal probe in handling of Arbery case
(AP) — Georgia’s attorney general on Sunday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who …
Read More »Little Richard, flamboyant rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87
(AP) — Little Richard, one of the chief architects of rock ‘n’ roll, has died. He was 87. Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of Little Richard’s, …
Read More »CEO Roundtable (May 9, 2020)
The lawyer for local business leaders who has called on Boone County to end its restrictions says the limits “don’t make any sense.” Matt Woods from the …
Read More »Nursing home employee tests positive for COVID-19
A Columbia nursing home employee has tested positive for the coronavirus. ABC 17 reports residents of the Neighborhoods by Tiger Place are under in-room quarantine until May …
Read More »(AUDIO) Rep. Kendrick on state budget, education funding
Columbia Democratic Rep. Kip Kendrick, a member of the Missouri House’s budget committee, joined Wake Up Columbia on Friday morning. State lawmakers would pass a balanced budget …
Read More »Missouri reports more than 9,600 cases of COVID-19
On Saturday afternoon, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 9,666 cases of COVID-19. There have been 472 reported deaths from the virus. One new …
Read More »State reports 32 more COVID-19 deaths, nearly 9,500 total cases
Missouri reports another 32 deaths from COVID-19 Friday. That brings the state’s total to 449. A total of 9,489 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Missouri, …
Read More »Honoring Our Essential Mid-Mo Workers with B-2 Stealth Flyover
The Missouri Air National Guard is scheduled to conduct a B-2 stealth bomber salute to COVID-19 essential workers in Mid-Missouri! Mid-Missourians should look up Friday evening (05.08) …
Read More »Jobless rate spikes to 14.7%, highest since Great Depression
(AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs vanished in the worst monthly loss …
Read More »Lawmakers work to pass state budget Friday
State lawmakers have until 6:00 p.m. Friday to pass a balanced budget. It is looking like there will be hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts because …
Read More »Protesters call for end to Boone County restrictions
Protesters gathered in front of Columbia City Hall on Thursday afternoon, saying Boone County’s restrictions on re-opening should go away. The demonstrations were led by 93.9 The …
Read More »Justice Department dropping Flynn’s Trump-Russia case
(AP) — In an abrupt about-face, the Justice Department said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a …
Read More »B-2 flyover salutes mid-Missouri essential workers
Whiteman Air Force Base is sending some planes for a flyover to salute essential COVID-19 workers. B-2 Spirit stealth bombers from The Missouri Air National Guard’s 131st …
Read More »Father, son charged with killing black man Ahmaud Arbery
(AP) — Georgia authorities charged a white father and son with murder and put them in jail in the February shooting death of a black man they …
Read More »Mizzou forms restructuring committee
Mizzou on Thursday announced the Program Audit and Restructuring Committee, while it plans to adjust because of big budget cuts. “This program audit will allow us to …
Read More »No danger after “serious incident” investigation in Jefferson City
Jefferson City fire officials say everyone is safe after a scare at a local plant. Crews rushed to the Unilever facility on West Truman at about 9 …
Read More »Mo. unemployment claims since March top 500k; 33 million claims in U.S.
State unemployment numbers released on Thursday show 52,203 more people filed for unemployment last week. That’s down a little from the 54,710 claims in the week ending …
Read More »(AUDIO) Boone County clerk on absentee voting
Clerk Brianna Lennon says, at least in Boone County, you have an excuse to vote absentee merely if you’re concerned about the coronavirus. She joined Wake Up …
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