Mid-Missouri News

Thursday is the first official day on the job for Columbia Public Schools’ new superintendent. Dr. Harold Yearwood takes over for the retiring Peter Stiepleman (STEEPLE-man). The …

(AP) Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill to renew a critical Medicaid funding tax. The House voted Wednesday to send the bill to Gov. Mike Parson. Parson …

A Randolph County deputy won’t be charged in a fatal shooting in a small town north of Moberly. ABC 17 reports prosecutors say the deputy was justified …

(AP) Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill to require online retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases made by Missouri residents. Parson signed the bill Wednesday. …

(AP) Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern U.S. military was unraveled by …

(AP) Multiple news outlets say Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg surrendered to authorities ahead of expected charges against him and former President Donald Trump’s company. Weisselberg was …

Mid-Missouri is still seeing higher coronavirus case increases. Boone County reported 35 new positives Wednesday. Active cases rose again, to 240. Hospitalizations went up a little, to …

(AP) Bill Cosby has been freed from prison after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction. It is a stunning reversal of fortune for the comedian …

(AP) The NCAA has cleared the way for athletes to profit off their fame and celebrity. The move comes just as legislation is set to become law …

(AP) Kwang Hyun Kim won for the first time in 11 starts, pitching five solid innings and helping himself with a two-run double as the St. Louis …

(AP) The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set an October execution date for Ernest Lee Johnson, who was convicted of killing three people at a central Missouri …

Police have arrested the man who allegedly hit another man with his car in central Columbia. Darell Rogers, 35, was booked into the Boone County Jail Wednesday. …

A convicted murderer out on parole that escaped cops this weekend has been found. The Callaway County Sheriff’s office said Tuesday that Stephen Thorp was arrested. He …

Missouri House committees held hearings Tuesday to iron out language for the renewal of the FRA, which provides crucial Medicaid funding for the state. Rocheport state representative …

The City of Fulton receives a big check from the state following a tough winter. Governor Parson presented a three-point-four million dollar loan to city leaders Tuesday. …

Mid-Missouri is still seeing higher coronavirus case increases. Boone reported 58 new positives Tuesday, the most reported in one day since early March. Active cases rose again, …

(AP) Carlos Martínez ended a seven-start winless streak, Nolan Arenado broke a fifth-inning tie with a two-run homer, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks …

(AP) Authorities have found a body in the basement of a suburban Kansas City duplex where multiple people were injured in an explosion. John Ham, spokesman for …

(AP) Missouri taxpayers who want to help fix up the state Capitol soon will be able to claim a tax break for doing so. A new law …

(AP) Weeks before a Florida condo building collapsed, the president of its board wrote that structural problems identified in a 2018 inspection had “gotten significantly worse” and …