Mid-Missouri News

Columbia state Sen. Caleb Rowden announced on Thursday night he’s running for re-election in 2020. The Missouri Senate majority leader joined Wake Up Columbia on Thursday morning:

Friday marks day one of the Special Olympics Missouri 2019 State Outdoor Games in Jefferson City. More than 1,100 athletes are competing in different events throughout the …

(AP) — White House officials took extraordinary steps to “lock down” information about President Donald Trump’s summertime phone call with the president of Ukraine, even moving the …

(AP) The acting director of national intelligence says a whistleblower “did the right thing” by coming forward to report concerns over the White House’s handling of a …

(Missourinet) Several groups are trying to halt next week’s scheduled execution of Missouri inmate Russell Bucklew. He’s serving a death sentence for the 1996 murder of Michael …

(AP) – The Missouri Gaming Commission has received 84 complaints about possibly illegal slot machines and other gaming devices that are spreading across the state. The St. …

It is already the tenth apparent homicide in Columbia this year. Police say 23-year-old James Hickem was shot and killed in the middle of town at about …

Columbia’s mayor and police chief held a press conference on gun violence hours before the deadly shooting near McBaine Avenue and Duncan Street on Wednesday night. Police …

(AP) — Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire is set to speak publicly for the first time about a secret whistleblower complaint involving President Donald Trump as House …

(AP) – A rough transcript released by the White House shows President Donald Trump pressing the leader of Ukraine to “look into” Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. …

A suspect is in custody after a manhunt in Callaway County. On Wednesday morning, a stolen vehicle was spotted on State Road NN just south of Fulton. …

(AP) – A Missouri tax break for trading-in multiple vehicles will continue now Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill preserving it. Parson signed the bill Wednesday. …

(AP) – Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France’s role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of …

(AP) — E-cigarette maker Juul is shutting down broadcast, print and digital advertising and ending lobbying efforts in Washington as safety concerns over vaping intensify. The company …

(AP) – The gap between the haves and have-nots in the United States grew last year. The U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday that an index that measures …

A wanted former choir director for Hickman High School and First Christian Church was arrested on Wednesday in Lakewood, Colorado. Matthew Felts was wanted on arrest warrants …

A man is hit by a car on Highway 63 near Ashland and is dead. The Highway Patrol says 37-year-old Jeremy Hall of Illinois was walking along …

You may actually see some signs of life at the old shoe factory next to the MSP prison. Holly and Nathan Stitt just bought the 100 year …

Westbound Highway 54 traffic is going down to one lane for a while, starting Wednesday. MoDot crews are adding rock fill material between the two Route 54 …

Boone Hospital Center plans to go independent when its management deal with BJC Healthcare expires at the end of 2020. Board of trustees interim chair Jerry Kennett …