The Cardinals open the season Thursday afternoon at the Reds. Jack Flaherty makes the Opening Day start for St. Louis. Luis Castillo pitches for Cincinnati. Thursday also …

Mid-Missouri counties continued to see smaller increases in coronavirus cases Thursday. Boone County had 19 new positives, which increased active cases to 50. Hospitalizations stayed the same, …

(AP) — The nation’s latest mass shooting has occurred at a Southern California office building where four people were killed, including a child, and a woman was …

You can tell by the local housing market: Ashland is growing like crazy. The Southern Boone school district has a $7.7 million bond issue on the ballot …

(AP) — President Joe Biden has outlined a huge $2.3 trillion plan to reengineer the nation’s infrastructure over the next eight years. He’s billing it as a …

A Mizzou student has life-threatening injuries after nearly drowning in a hotel pool. The Missourian reports Joseph Pedrotti was on a spring break vacation in Panama City …

(AP) Johnson & Johnson says a batch of its COVID-19 vaccine failed quality standards and can’t be used. The drug giant on Wednesday evening issued a statement …

(AP) — A former Democratic state representative from St. Louis County has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for misusing campaign money for personal expenses. A …

(AP) — The Pentagon has swept away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military and issued new rules that broaden their access …

(AP) — Missouri’s House has voted against paying for thousands more low-income adults to get Medicaid. The Republican-led House on Tuesday voted down several Democratic proposals to …

(AP) Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in kids as young as 12. The announcement Wednesday marks a step toward possibly beginning shots …

Missouri lawmakers are moving ahead with a plan to hike your gas taxes. State Rep. Rudy Veit from Cole County says that tax has not been raised …

(AP) The NFL is increasing the regular season to 17 games and reducing the preseason to three games. Team owners on Tuesday approved the 17th game as …

(AP) — President Joe Biden wants $2 trillion to reengineer America’s infrastructure and expects the nation’s corporations to pay for it. The Democratic president travels to Pittsburgh …

(AP) — The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure …

(AP) — Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a prominent conservative and a close ally of former President Donald Trump, says he is being investigated by the Justice Department …

(AP) — Gov. Mike Parson has issued 17 more pardons and commuted the sentence of one person. The governor’s office announced the move Tuesday but said it …

A local coronavirus vaccination clinic was taking walk-ins on Wednesday. Eligible mid-Missourians could get their first dose of the Pfizer shot on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to …

Fulton men go to the hospital with serious injuries after separate crashes on Monday. The Highway Patrol says tow truck driver Ryan Brewer was hit on the …

John Glascock has heard your complaints about Columbia’s new trash system. The city manager says he is doing the best he can with the system citizens voted …