(AP) — Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, says he will resign because a chronic illness has resurfaced. Concerns about Abe’s health began this summer and grew …

High school football kicks off Friday night in Missouri. Many districts are putting a lot of restrictions on how many fans can watch because of coronavirus concerns. …

A Columbia city councilman wants a property tax hike to help people in need. Ian Thomas calls it an Economic Dignity and Survival proposal: a 41-cent property …

(AP) The restart is about to restart. Basketball will be played again inside the NBA’s bubble at Walt Disney World on Friday, albeit of the practice variety. …

(AP) — Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old from Illinois in the fatal shooting of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the wounding of a third. Kenosha County …

A central Columbia shooting victim has died from his injuries, and the suspected shooter is still on the run. Police say Corey Jordan was shot at about …

Missouri Task Force 1 will ride out the worst of Hurricane Laura at the US Armed Forces Center in Houston. #MOTF1 will be departing College Station, TX …

Missouri reports 9,251 unemployment claims in the week ending Aug. 22. That’s down from the week before, and the second-lowest total since the pandemic hit the economy …

Leaders in Boone County will be on hand Friday to roll out new health rules to limit the spread of COVID-19. The orders will go into effect …

(AP) — Vice President Mike Pence forcefully defended law enforcement but made no mention of the Black Americans killed by police this year as he addressed Republican …

Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz says there is a real problem in the United States when it comes to police shootings. “The atrocities that have occurred on …

(AP) — Making their strongest statement yet in the fight against racial injustice, players from six NBA teams decided not to play postseason games on Wednesday in …

(AP) — A white, 17-year-old police admirer has been arrested after the killing of two people during a third night of protests in Kenosha over the police …

Glasgow’s former city administrator and police chief was scheduled to learn his criminal punishment on Thursday. Kevin Atwood pleaded guilty in June to misdemeanor receiving stolen property. …

Missouri Task Force One arrived at its staging area in College Station, Texas, early Wednesday, as the Gulf braces for Hurricane Laura. The Boone County-based emergency response …

Boone County reported its seventh death due to COVID-19 Wednesday. The patient was between 60 and 64 years old. The county also reported Wednesday a record daily …

(AP) — First lady Melania Trump portrayed her husband as an authentic, uncompromising leader in a Rose Garden address as President Donald Trump turned to family, farmers …

(AP) — Two people were killed and another was wounded as shots were fired late Tuesday in Kenosha during the third night of unrest in Wisconsin following …

(AP) — Missouri’s labor department says it will start handing out an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits as soon as this week. The money comes …

It does not look like we will see a bill lowering the age when teens can be charged as adults for some violent crimes in Missouri. That …