(AP) — Top officials of two firms developing COVID-19 vaccines say pharmaceutical companies are working together to see how much information they can release to the public …
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Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses
(AP) — President Donald Trump is declining to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election. Trump told reporters Wednesday …
Read More »All federal agents from Operation Legend leave Kansas City
(AP) — Officials say federal agents assigned to Operation Legend in Kansas City have left the city. More than 200 federal agents were sent to Kansas City …
Read More »CPS board talks in-person learning, Rock Bridge field Thursday
(For updated stories on the return-to-learn plan and the Sells Field controversy click here and here.) We could see Columbia Public Schools students return to some in-person …
Read More »18-year-old arrested after Columbia police chase
A Columbia car chase ends with an arrest. Police say Damaceo Washington, 18, drove away from a traffic stop in a reportedly stolen car on Clark Lane …
Read More »Active coronavirus cases continue drop in Boone County
Active coronavirus cases continue a steady drop in Boone County. There were 53 new positives on Wednesday, but more than that, 60, were released from isolation. Mizzou …
Read More »Overnight I-70 lane closures again at Callaway County bridge
More overnight lane closures are coming on I-70 because of a Callaway County bridge project. Watch for the delays both directions Wednesday through Friday from 7 p.m. …
Read More »Drinkwitz: 7 players out due to COVID-19 for football opener
Mizzou football will not have quite as many players out as once thought for the season opener this weekend against Alabama. Coach Eli Drinkwitz said on Tuesday …
Read More »Senate GOP plans vote on Trump’s court pick before election
(AP) — Senate Republicans are charging ahead with plans to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick to quickly fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the …
Read More »Thousands expected to honor Ginsburg at Supreme Court
(AP) — Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects at the Supreme Court to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the women’s rights champion, leader …
Read More »Boone County shooting suspect, out on bond, arrested again
A man charged in a Boone County shooting this spring is back in jail. Keon Jordan was due in court Wednesday afternoon for his arraignment on a …
Read More »Pitzer: trash changes put off needed reforms
Changes are coming to Columbia trash pickup, but you won’t see roll carts. Workers will start out making $22 an hour, a $5 raise. The city has …
Read More »Columbia council delays return of Bird scooters
You’re not seeing many of those electric scooters buzzing around Mizzou’s campus this year. The Columbia City Council this week voted to table the return of Bird …
Read More »Historic home owner offers alternative for JC Confederate monument
Will the “Rebel Rock” end up at the old Dulle House? There is a push to remove the Jefferson City Confederate marker that commemorates General Sterling Price’s …
Read More »House easily passes stopgap funding bill, averting shutdown
(AP) — Democrats and Republicans in a bitterly divided U.S. House have voted to take a government shutdown off the table this fall, giving a big, bipartisan …
Read More »‘Unfathomable’: US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
(AP) The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has topped 200,000, by far the highest in the world. The country hit the once-unimaginable threshold six weeks before …
Read More »Court papers: Woman wrote ‘give up’ in ricin note to Trump
(AP) — A woman accused of mailing a package containing ricin to the White House included a threatening letter in which she told President Donald Trump to …
Read More »Browning addresses health order enforcement
Boone County’s health director says she wants to see more progress on local coronavirus numbers before relaxing business restrictions more. Stephanie Browning told the city council on …
Read More »Boone County active virus cases drop again; CPS tracker hits key threshold
Active coronavirus cases fell again in Boone County on Tuesday. There were 68 new positives reported, following a monthly-low of 16 new cases Monday. Another 82 were …
Read More »Room 38 owner says violations feel like “targeting”
Room 38 is one of the downtown Columbia bars that now has a suspended operating license. Health department officials say customers were close together at the bar …
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