Mid-Missouri News

A Missouri man is part of space travel history. Mike Hopkins was one of four astronauts who left Earth on Sunday night, bound for the International Space …

Four people are shot at a Fulton gathering place. Police say the shootings happened at about 1:40 a.m. Sunday at the Fulton Event Center on North Business …

(AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s scientific advisers plan to meet with vaccine makers in coming days even as a stalled presidential transition keeps them out of the loop on …

Watch for lane closures this week on Highway 63. MoDot says one northbound lane will be closed in south Columbia from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. between …

An Auxvasse man is dead after a Highway 54 crash just north of his hometown. Troopers say Dennis Davis’s SUV went off the highway near County Road …

Strong storms on Saturday night did major damage to a Lake of the Ozarks area shopping center. Authorities posted pictures of the damage at King’s Plaza near …

(AP) — A fast-strengthening Hurricane Iota is just shy of Category 5 strength as it heads for the same part of Central America battered by a similarly …

Asking for three more weeks of sacrifice, Boone County officials announced an extension of their public health order Friday in an effort to curb the spread of …

Students at the University of Missouri will learn remotely following Thanksgiving break. MU Chancellor and system president Mun Choi said Thursday the change is due to the …

Jefferson City police arrest a man who crashed his car after a chase. Officers say Charles Davis Jr., 36, refused to pull over at around 4 p.m. …

Cole County reports another person has died from COVID-19. Health officials confirmed the county’s 24th death Thursday. Active coronavirus cases rose in Cole, to 555, after 200 …

Firearms deer season starts on Nov. 14 in Missouri. Wake Up Columbia got a preview with local conservation agent Adam Doerhoff on Thursday:

(AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has announced new guidance aimed at keeping more kids, teachers and staff in school, even those who have been exposed to …

A Missouri native is set to be on the second crewed SpaceX flight. Mike Hopkins will lift off from Florida on Saturday, weather permitting. The NASA astronaut …

As winners of a coin flip, Mizzou will host the Braggin’ Rights game this year. Mizzou and Illinois usually play their annual basketball game in St. Louis. …

(AP) Police say a man who claimed he was headed to Missouri to kill former U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was arrested in Utah. According to court documents, …

(AP) A coalition of federal and state officials say they have no evidence that votes were compromised or altered in last week’s presidential election, rejecting unsubstantiated claims …

The Jefferson City School District is the latest one switching many of its students to virtual learning because of coronavirus concerns. The second-biggest district in mid-Missouri says …

(AP) Texas on Wednesday became the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and California closed in on that mark as a surge of …

Are the “mask police” on their way to Cole County? Presiding Commissioner Sam Bushman says officials are not ready to issue any mandatory mask rulings. “We’re working …