The COVID – 19 crisis in Missouri hasn’t just been tough on first responders. It’s also been difficult for the group that calls itself the “Last Responders.” …
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Hundreds honor retired St. Louis police captain killed last week
Hundreds of people waited in long lines on Tuesday in St. Louis to pay their respects to retired police chief David Dorn. Dorn, 77, was shot and …
Read More »Peaceful demonstrations Tuesday night in Columbia
Protests continued over George Floyd’s death on Tuesday night in downtown Columbia. ABC 17 reports hundreds of people demonstrated peacefully. They started their march near the columns …
Read More »New coronavirus positives low in local counties; 21 more COVID-19 deaths statewide
Both Boone and Audrain counties confirmed one new coronavirus positive and fewer active cases Tuesday. Boone is down to 35 active cases, while Audrain reported 32. Callaway …
Read More »‘He is going to change the world’: Funeral held for Floyd
(AP) George Floyd was fondly remembered Tuesday as “Big Floyd” — a father and brother, athlete and neighborhood mentor, and now a catalyst for change — at …
Read More »Record-setting rainfall hits mid-Missouri Tuesday
Record rain hit mid-Missouri on Tuesday. Columbia Regional Airport picked up 2.75″, beating the old record of nearly double the old record of 1.65″ on June 9, …
Read More »(AUDIO) Columbia Public Schools offering choice of in-person or online learning in fall
Columbia Public Schools plans to offer the choice of traditional in-person learning or online learning in the fall. The district said on Monday night all elementary and …
Read More »JCPD lieutenant says most officers follow the law
Jefferson City police Lt. David Williams, who is black, says most officers are not violent bullies. Video showed a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on George Floyd’s neck …
Read More »Comfort murder trial delayed
A man accused of killing his wife in 2006 and putting her body in a Columbia dumpster will not go on trial next week. The defense lawyer …
Read More »Is messy primary a November harbinger?
(AP) — The long-standing wrangle over voting rights and election security came to a head in Georgia, where a messy primary and partisan finger-pointing offered an unsettling …
Read More »Cole County man seriously hurt in accident
A Cole County man has serious injuries after an accident involving a van and a UTV. The Highway Patrol says Nicholas Fry’s UTV was on Brown Road …
Read More »Federal appeals court axes Satanic Temple abortion lawsuit
(AP) — The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals is dismissing a lawsuit filed by a member of the Satanic Temple against a Missouri abortion law. The …
Read More »Saline County confirms third COVID-19 death
Saline County confirmed its third COVID-19 death Monday, the most of any mid-Missouri county. There are an area-leading 283 total cases, with 35 active. Boone County added …
Read More »Man shot outside Jefferson City drug store dies
A former Jefferson City Jay football player shot during a drug deal has now died. Orentheus Pitts, 18, died Monday at a Columbia hospital. He was shot …
Read More »George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried
(AP) — The black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice will be buried in Houston Tuesday, carried home in a horse-drawn carriage. …
Read More »Highway Patrol finds two women missing along local river
Highway Patrol troopers find two women that went missing along a local river. Authorities say the two women were on a float trip Sunday on the Lamine …
Read More »Key Democrats spurn push to defund police amid Trump attacks
(AP) — President Donald Trump and his allies have seized on calls to “defund the police” as a dangerous example of Democratic overreach as he fights for momentum amid …
Read More »(AUDIO) Biggest crowd yet for downtown Columbia demonstrations
Mid-Missouri sees its largest protest yet over the death of George Floyd. More than 1,000 people braved the heat on Sunday to march against racism in downtown …
Read More »(AUDIO) Boone County Fair canceled due to COVID-19 concerns
The Boone County Fair will not happen this year. The fair board announced the cancellation of the July event Friday afternoon. President Jeff Cook says he was …
Read More »Missouri appeals court upholds Medicaid ballot initiative
(AP) — A Missouri appeals court has upheld the legality of a ballot initiative proposing to expand Medicaid health care coverage. The ruling Monday by a three-judge …
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