Mid-Missouri News

(AP) Joe Biden has chosen California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate. It’s a move that fulfills the wish of Democrats clamoring to see a woman …

(AP) — Missouri’s top health official insists a statewide mandate for masks and social distancing doesn’t make sense, even though the federal government has designated the state …

(AP) The Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences won’t play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19. The decisions take two of college football’s five power conferences …

Columbia police chief Geoff Jones held a virtual town hall last weekend to hear people’s concerns about law enforcement. He joined Wake Up Columbia to talk about …

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Columbia arson and murder suspect still has to pay $2.75 million to his victim. The Daily Tribune reports the …

A Fulton trespassing suspect is arrested after a chase. Police say Jason Martin had already been warned to stay off the property on Pioneer Drive when he …

The Columbia Public Schools board votes to delay the start of the year two weeks, until Sept. 8. The district plans to decide on Aug. 24 whether …

A Jefferson City man is rushed to a hospital after a Highway 50 wreck. Police say Steven Cook flipped his SUV, possibly while speeding, at about 2 …

Boone County added 33 coronavirus cases on Tuesday. That’s above the rolling 14-day average. Active cases rose a little, after 28 people were released from isolation. Hospitalizations …

(AP) Gov. Mike Parson is proposing that the state’s attorney general’s office be allowed to intervene in some St. Louis homicide cases to combat a growing murder …

Severe storms in mid-Missouri brought high winds, heavy rain, and flooding on Monday. Sanborn Field on the University of Missouri campus reported 2.26″ of rain on Monday. …

Watch for an overnight lane closure on Interstate 70 in Columbia. MoDot says it needs to replace a barrier wall at the Stadium Boulevard overpass. A Kansas …

A motorcycle rider has life-threatening injuries after a crash on I-70 in east Columbia. Police say Russell Coonley’s bike crashed into the back of a pickup late …

(AP) — The confirmed number of coronavirus cases in the world has reached 20 million. That’s according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. Health officials …

(AP) — Authorities say a uniformed Secret Service officer shot and wounded a man during a confrontation near the White House that led to President Donald Trump …

(AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says that a coronavirus vaccine developed in his country has been cleared for use and one of his daughters has already …

(AP) — Seattle’s police chief says she will retire. The move was reported Monday, the same day the City Council approved reducing the department through layoffs and …

The Missouri House this week takes up a violent crime bill in special session. The measure passed by the Missouri Senate last week allows for minors as …

The Cardinals’ entire three-game series against the Pirates is postponed, as is the doubleheader against the Tigers scheduled for Thursday, while the Redbirds deal with a growing …

Boone County saw a drop in active coronavirus cases Monday. There were 21 new cases reported, with another 45 patients released from isolation. That decreased the active …