Boone County authorities say two people abandoned a corpse. They arrested Jamie Lee Chick, 36, of Columbia and Blake Williford, 30, of Centralia on Saturday. Investigators say …

The Columbia City Council votes Monday night on authorizing construction of the Flat Branch Park expansion downtown. It includes a new Gateway Plaza on the southeast corner …

The Boone County Fire Protection District has a $6 million bond issue on next month’s ballot. You won’t pay more in taxes if it passes, just extend …

(AP) — The Biden administration is turning to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help managing and caring for record numbers of unaccompanied immigrant children who are …

(AP) A powerful late winter snowstorm intensified over the central Rocky Mountains with heavy snow and wind leading to airport and road closures, power outages and avalanche …

(AP) — Female performers including Beyoncé and Taylor Swift had a record-making night at the 2021 Grammy Awards, a jam-packed but socially distanced show highlighted by live …

(AP) — A Columbia man who shot and killed an 18-year-old woman as she sat in a car has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Javion …

Columbia police are investigating a couple late night crimes. A man with a gun robbed a victim on Stadium Boulevard near Broadway at about 11:10 p.m. Thursday …

The new Columbia Sports Fieldhouse is hosting a mass coronavirus vaccination clinic on Friday. Health care workers will be administering 2,300 shots, by appointment only. The National …

(AP) — One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden pledged in his first prime-time address to make all …

A Callaway County man is found not guilty of a 2019 murder. ABC 17 reports a jury yesterday on Thursday afternoon decided not to convict Michael Hatfield. …

Sec. of State Jay Ashcroft said on Wednesday he will not run for Roy Blunt’s U.S. Senate seat in 2022. He joined Wake Up Columbia on Thursday:

Branson Republican Rep. Brian Seitz is facing an ethics complaint from a fellow state lawmaker over his use of the term “Chinese Virus” to describe COVID-19. He …

(AP) — Bills to revamp Missouri’s tax structure are advancing in the Republican-led Legislature. Lawmakers passed several bills Thursday to collect online sales taxes and raise the …

(AP) — A proposal to make it harder to amend the Missouri Constitution has passed the Republican-led House. Lawmakers voted 111-46 Thursday in favor of requiring a …

(AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s grip on power appears increasingly threatened as a majority of state legislators called for his resignation and police said they …

(AP) — A judge has granted prosecutors’ request to add a third-degree murder charge against the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death. Judge Peter …

Roy Blunt announced this week he is not seeking re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2022. He explained the reasons behind that decision, and what he might …

Lower coronavirus case trends continue in mid-Missouri. Boone County had just 19 new positives on Thursday. Active cases went up, to 107. Hospitalizations went down to 19. …

(AP) — The owners of a former reform school in southwest Missouri are facing more than 100 charges alleging they abused girls at the facility. Boyd and …