(AP) — A company planning a high-voltage power line carrying wind energy across the Midwest says it plans to distribute more electricity in Missouri and Kansas. Invenergy …
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(AUDIO) MACC using hybrid learning model to start semester
Moberly Area Community College is in “hybrid mode” to start the semester on its campuses. Classes began Aug. 24. President Jeff Lashley says most students are taking …
Read More »FDA chief apologizes for overstating plasma effect on virus
(AP) — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn is apologizing for overstating the life-saving benefits of using convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients. Medical experts have …
Read More »Police investigate shooting near West Middle School
Columbia police investigate a shooting near West Middle School. Officers say they found an 18-year-old male victim and several shell casings on Clinkscales Road near West Worley …
Read More »MU releases numbers on COVID-19, enrollment
The University of Missouri has launched an online dashboard showing how many students have COVID-19. The school said Monday there are currently 159 active cases of coronavirus …
Read More »Columbia Public Schools: No official word yet on learning format
Columbia Public Schools on Monday did not make an official decision on the learning mode it will use to start the year. Officials said if school started …
Read More »COVID-19 Update (Aug. 25)
Boone County new coronavirus positives rose again Tuesday, with 70 new cases. Another 31 were released from isolation, so active cases also increased, to 424. COVID-19 hospitalizations …
Read More »St. Louis couple, in RNC speech, defend show of weapons
(AP) — A white St. Louis couple criminally charged for waving guns during a Black Lives Matter protest outside their home made the case in their opening …
Read More »Missouri governor candidates split on requiring masks
(AP) — Democrat Nicole Galloway says she’ll require face masks statewide if elected Missouri governor. That’s part of a plan she released Monday to handle the coronavirus …
Read More »Kenosha protesters, police clash again after Black man shot
(AP) — Anger over the shooting of a Black man by police spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night Monday. Police again fired tear …
Read More »Sterk “pretty dang optimistic” about Mizzou football this fall
Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk says he is “pretty dang optimistic” we will see Tiger football this fall. Sterk said Monday if the Mizzou campus at least …
Read More »Police find human remains in central Columbia
Police find human remains in central Columbia. Officers said they found them on Austin Avenue near Business Loop 70 at around 9:50 a.m. Saturday. The remains were …
Read More »Laura, now a hurricane, takes aim at U.S. Gulf Coast
(AP) — Laura has become a hurricane shortly after moving over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It’s expected to continue intensifying on a path …
Read More »Pompeo in Sudan, top US official to visit since uprising
(AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Sudan, the most senior U.S. official to visit the African country since last year’s ouster of …
Read More »Mizzou starts classes Monday
Tens of thousands of Mizzou students are back on campus for the start of classes Monday. Some of those classes will be a mix of in-person and …
Read More »COVID-19 Update (Aug. 24)
Boone County health officials confirmed a sixth COVID-19 death on Monday. The patient was older than 80 years old. Boone recorded its four highest days of active …
Read More »House returns to special session on violent crime
The Missouri House was scheduled to return to work on Monday (Aug. 24) after a couple weeks off. Leaders decide to split a crime bill into smaller …
Read More »McCloskeys to speak during RNC on Monday
The St. Louis couple that got national attention after pointing guns from their home at protesters will speak during the Republican National Convention on Monday night. Mark …
Read More »Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19
(AP) — President Donald Trump says the federal government has granted emergency authorization for treating COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma. While Trump is calling the move “a …
Read More »Storm Marco closes in on Louisiana as Laura buffets Cuba
(AP) — Tropical Storm Marco is approaching Louisiana for an expected landfall around midday Monday. Tropical Storm Laura, meanwhile, is forecast to move along Cuba’s southern coast …
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