Boone County reports its hospitals are no longer dealing with strained resources after a drop in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. There are currently 76 patients in the hospital …

A 16-year-old is shot in central Columbia. Police say the shooting happened on Sexton Road near Garth Avenue at about 1 a.m. Friday. We do not know …

Mid-Missouri is hosting a few mass coronavirus vaccination clinics on Friday. They are meant for people in Phase 1A and the first two tiers of Phase 1B …

(AP) — An attempt to block pay raises for Missouri statewide elected officials has failed. The state House on Thursday came short of getting the two-thirds majority …

No matter what job you have, you’re essential to Sara Walsh. The Ashland Republican state representative introduced a bill protecting all Missouri workers from any kind of …

(AP) Johnson & Johnson says its vaccine appears to protect against COVID-19 with just one shot. It’s not as strong as some two-shot rivals but still potentially …

(AP) — It’s not just you. What’s going on with GameStop’s stock doesn’t make sense to a lot of people. The struggling video game retailer’s stock has …

(AP) — Democrats in Congress and the White House have rejected a Republican pitch to split President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan into smaller chunks, with lawmakers …

Construction on “Lakeside Ashland” starts in a couple months. Ashland Mayor Richard Sullivan says it is a 37-acre, family-friendly project near Route H and Log Providence Road. …

(AP) — A Missouri man who was accused of taking part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested Thursday. FBI agents and Springfield police took …

A car chase in mid-Missouri ends with a fiery crash. Investigators say a Boone County deputy spotted an SUV displaying a stolen license plate near Interstate 70 …

(AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration confirmed Thursday that thousands more nursing home residents died of COVID-19 than the state’s official tallies had previously acknowledged. …

(AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who earned an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in …

One of the two men accused in a fatal downtown Columbia shooting pleads guilty to a lesser charge. Kesan McNeal, 24, admitted to hindering the prosecution of …

(AP) — Stuck in the grip of a viral pandemic, the U.S. economy grew at a 4% annual rate in the final three months of 2020 and …

Gov. Mike Parson highlighted Missouri’s recovery efforts from the coronavirus pandemic during his State of the State address Wednesday. Parson pointed out the roles played by healthcare …

(AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson plans to divert thousands of unused doses of the coronavirus vaccine from CVS and Walgreens pharmacies to other state-enrolled vaccinators to …

A U.S. appeals court rules in favor of local state representative Cheri Toalson Reisch in a lawsuit over her social media. A district judge ruled against the …

Boone County health officials say they will start vaccinating some people in Phase 1B, Tier 2, if they’ve signed up for the waiting list. That tier includes …

(AP) — President Joe Biden says “we can’t wait any longer″ to address the climate crisis, and that’s driving his ambitious effort to stave off the worst …