Changes are coming to Columbia trash pickup, but you won’t see roll carts. Workers will start out making $22 an hour, a $5 raise. The city has …
Read More »Columbia council delays return of Bird scooters
You’re not seeing many of those electric scooters buzzing around Mizzou’s campus this year. The Columbia City Council this week voted to table the return of Bird …
Read More »Historic home owner offers alternative for JC Confederate monument
Will the “Rebel Rock” end up at the old Dulle House? There is a push to remove the Jefferson City Confederate marker that commemorates General Sterling Price’s …
Read More »House easily passes stopgap funding bill, averting shutdown
(AP) — Democrats and Republicans in a bitterly divided U.S. House have voted to take a government shutdown off the table this fall, giving a big, bipartisan …
Read More »‘Unfathomable’: US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
(AP) The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has topped 200,000, by far the highest in the world. The country hit the once-unimaginable threshold six weeks before …
Read More »Court papers: Woman wrote ‘give up’ in ricin note to Trump
(AP) — A woman accused of mailing a package containing ricin to the White House included a threatening letter in which she told President Donald Trump to …
Read More »Browning addresses health order enforcement
Boone County’s health director says she wants to see more progress on local coronavirus numbers before relaxing business restrictions more. Stephanie Browning told the city council on …
Read More »Boone County active virus cases drop again; CPS tracker hits key threshold
Active coronavirus cases fell again in Boone County on Tuesday. There were 68 new positives reported, following a monthly-low of 16 new cases Monday. Another 82 were …
Read More »Room 38 owner says violations feel like “targeting”
Room 38 is one of the downtown Columbia bars that now has a suspended operating license. Health department officials say customers were close together at the bar …
Read More »JC council delays vote on Confederate marker
The Jefferson City Council pushes back a vote to remove a Confederate marker that has stood on the city’s east side since before World War 2. The …
Read More »Columbia council approves budget, trash service changes
The Columbia City Council approved its next budget on Monday night. The budget that takes effect Oct. 1 is smaller than this fiscal year, coming in just …
Read More »Tropical Storm Beta stalls along Texas coast, brings floods
(AP) — Tropical Storm Beta has stalled out along the Texas coast, flooding streets in Houston and Galveston hours after making landfall amid an unusually busy hurricane …
Read More »Who’s a hypocrite? GOP, Dems debate past comments on court
(AP) — The “H” word — hypocrisy — is suddenly in vogue at the Capitol as lawmakers debate how quickly to fill a vacancy on the Supreme …
Read More »Parson signs two violent crime bills into law
Governor Parson officially signs two bills from the violent crime special session into law. One measure, House Bill 46 allows St. Louis cops to live outside the …
Read More »CDC changes, then retracts, web posting on how virus spreads
(AP) — The top U.S. public health agency stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how easily …
Read More »Feds threaten funds to NYC, Seattle and Portland over unrest
(AP) — The Justice Department identified New York City, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle as three cities that could have federal funding slashed under a memorandum by President …
Read More »Police investigate central Columbia robbery
Police are looking for several suspects after a robbery in central Columbia. Officers say they found a 55-year old victim with several head wounds on Seventh Street …
Read More »Two shot in Jefferson City park
Several people are hurt after a shooting in a Jefferson City park. Police say they got word about the shooting during a party in Ellis Porter Park …
Read More »Downtown Columbia bar loses operating license over health order violations
A downtown Columbia honky tonk sounds like it is ready to battle at high noon with the local health department. Officials suspended the operating permit for Nash …
Read More »COVID-19 Update: New cases decrease in Boone County
The daily count of new coronavirus cases in Boone County continued to fall over the weekend and through Monday. Health officials reported 16 new cases Monday, which …
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