Mid-Missouri News

(AP) — The wave of layoffs that has engulfed the U.S. economy since the coronavirus struck caused 5.2 million more people to seek unemployment benefits last week. …

(AP) — President Donald Trump said he’s prepared to announce new guidelines allowing some states to quickly ease up on social distancing even as business leaders told him they …

Police say human remains were found in northwest Columbia Tuesday night. A release says someone called the police after spotting the remains around 6:30 p.m. on I-70 …

It only took a few hours for the city of Columbia to be overwhelmed by applications for a program meant to help small businesses. The program was …

Councilman Michael Trapp is now on his third location for a homeless camp in Columbia. The city also issued requests for proposals for sanctioned homeless encampment services, …

Missouri lawmakers will return to the state Capitol on Apr. 27. They plan to practice social distancing and other measures to try to stay safe during the …

(AP) The commissioners of the major college football conferences have told Vice President Mike Pence college sports cannot return from the coronavirus shutdown until campuses have re-opened. …

(AP) China is denying allegations that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated in a laboratory near the city of Wuhan where contagious samples were being stored. Foreign …

Missouri reported more than 200 new cases and 14 more deaths from COVID-19 Wednesday. The statewide count of coronavirus cases is at 4,895, with 147 total deaths. …

(AP) — U.S. retail sales plummeted 8.7% in March, an unprecedented decline, as the viral outbreak forces an almost complete lock down of commerce nationwide. The deterioration …

Statewide confirmed cases of the coronavirus rose by nearly 300 Tuesday. The total reported by the state is now at 4,686. The state saw 19 more deaths, …

Some of those trillions in federal relief dollars are starting to make their way to Missouri. The state labor department said on Tuesday it has started giving …

University of Missouri leaders will be taking less pay as the schools are squeezed for cash during COVID-19. A release says UM System President Mun Choi and …

(AP) — President Donald Trump said he was cutting off U.S. payments to the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the organization of failing to do …

Afraid to go to the doctor for normal appointments during the pandemic? Wake Up Columbia got advice on that from MU Health Care Dr. Michael LeFevre on …

(AP) — Missouri is permitting the curbside sale of mixed drinks amid the coronavirus outbreak. The Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control announced Tuesday that it …

(AP) — Former President Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden on Tuesday, giving the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the party’s biggest fundraiser and one of its most …

(Missourinet) An attorney for a convicted St. Louis murderer who’s served 25 years in prison tells the Missouri Supreme Court that evidence shows that the inmate did …

(AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled against expanding a ban on life sentences for juveniles to older teenagers. Judges in a unanimous decision Tuesday ruled …

There’s a reason the Columbia Public Schools board of education voted not to pay bus drivers without a route right now because of COVID-19. ABC 17 reports …