Mid-Missouri News

(AP) President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female communications team at his White House, a first for the presidency. Leading the team will be campaign communications director …

Two Jefferson City-area high school football teams are on to the state championships, and they get to play them in town. Blair Oaks knocked off Cardinal Ritter …

Matt McCormick with the Columbia Chamber of Commerce talks about how local businesses are trying to adapt and survive during the pandemic on CEO Roundtable, which airs …

The Governor’s Mansion Christmas trees were scheduled to arrive on Monday morning. This year’s tree that will go on the Mansion lawn is a 40-foot Norway spruce …

(AP) — A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to challenge the election results in a case expected to reach the …

(AP) — Iran’s supreme leader is calling for “definitive punishment” of those behind killing of a scientist linked to Tehran’s disbanded military nuclear program. Supreme Leader Ayatollah …

Fulton’s city council is the latest local government to pass a mask mandate. That 6-2 vote came on Tuesday night. The mask order takes effect on Dec. …

Boone County reported two more COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday. Health officials said one individual was in the 75-79 age range, and the other was older than 80. …

(AP) Governors and mayors are ratcheting up mask mandates and imposing restrictions on small indoor gatherings that have been blamed for accelerating the spread of the coronavirus. …

Boone County’s health department has issued a county-wide mask mandate, which went into effect Wednesday, Nov. 25. The Boone County Commission voted 2-1 in favor of issuing …

A California, Mo. man is dead and two others are hurt after a semi-truck crash that closed Highway 50 for several hours Tuesday. The Highway Patrol says …

(AP) — Declaring “America is back,” President-elect Joe Biden introduced his national security team, his first substantive offering of how he’ll shift from Trump-era “America First” policies …

(AP) — Global shares mostly edged back on Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 30,000 points for the first time as investors cheered news …

Authorities in Callaway County are looking for a man that ran away from a stolen car. Deputies say the suspect got away at around 4:45 a.m. Tuesday …

(AP) Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally taking responsibility for its part in an opioid epidemic that has contributed to hundreds of thousands …

(AP) — The Duchess of Sussex has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July. Meghan described the experience in an opinion piece in the New York …

A teenager is in custody as Columbia police investigate several burglaries over the weekend. Police said Monday they are looking into 10 different burglaries across town. A …

(AP) The General Services Administration has ascertained that President-elect Joe Biden is the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election. President Donald Trump, who had refused to …

Mizzou’s football game with Arkansas scheduled for Saturday has been postponed, and the Tigers will instead host Vanderbilt that day. The postponement announced Monday is due to …

The Boone County Commission is strongly considering a mask mandate. Presiding Commissioner Dan Atwill says he is looking at a 30-day mandate starting soon after Thanksgiving. “There’s …