The University of Missouri has launched an online dashboard showing how many students have COVID-19. The school said Monday there are currently 159 active cases of coronavirus …
Read More »Columbia Public Schools: No official word yet on learning format
Columbia Public Schools on Monday did not make an official decision on the learning mode it will use to start the year. Officials said if school started …
Read More »COVID-19 Update (Aug. 25)
Boone County new coronavirus positives rose again Tuesday, with 70 new cases. Another 31 were released from isolation, so active cases also increased, to 424. COVID-19 hospitalizations …
Read More »St. Louis couple, in RNC speech, defend show of weapons
(AP) — A white St. Louis couple criminally charged for waving guns during a Black Lives Matter protest outside their home made the case in their opening …
Read More »Missouri governor candidates split on requiring masks
(AP) — Democrat Nicole Galloway says she’ll require face masks statewide if elected Missouri governor. That’s part of a plan she released Monday to handle the coronavirus …
Read More »Kenosha protesters, police clash again after Black man shot
(AP) — Anger over the shooting of a Black man by police spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night Monday. Police again fired tear …
Read More »Sterk “pretty dang optimistic” about Mizzou football this fall
Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk says he is “pretty dang optimistic” we will see Tiger football this fall. Sterk said Monday if the Mizzou campus at least …
Read More »Police find human remains in central Columbia
Police find human remains in central Columbia. Officers said they found them on Austin Avenue near Business Loop 70 at around 9:50 a.m. Saturday. The remains were …
Read More »Laura, now a hurricane, takes aim at U.S. Gulf Coast
(AP) — Laura has become a hurricane shortly after moving over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It’s expected to continue intensifying on a path …
Read More »Pompeo in Sudan, top US official to visit since uprising
(AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Sudan, the most senior U.S. official to visit the African country since last year’s ouster of …
Read More »Mizzou starts classes Monday
Tens of thousands of Mizzou students are back on campus for the start of classes Monday. Some of those classes will be a mix of in-person and …
Read More »COVID-19 Update (Aug. 24)
Boone County health officials confirmed a sixth COVID-19 death on Monday. The patient was older than 80 years old. Boone recorded its four highest days of active …
Read More »House returns to special session on violent crime
The Missouri House was scheduled to return to work on Monday (Aug. 24) after a couple weeks off. Leaders decide to split a crime bill into smaller …
Read More »McCloskeys to speak during RNC on Monday
The St. Louis couple that got national attention after pointing guns from their home at protesters will speak during the Republican National Convention on Monday night. Mark …
Read More »Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19
(AP) — President Donald Trump says the federal government has granted emergency authorization for treating COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma. While Trump is calling the move “a …
Read More »Storm Marco closes in on Louisiana as Laura buffets Cuba
(AP) — Tropical Storm Marco is approaching Louisiana for an expected landfall around midday Monday. Tropical Storm Laura, meanwhile, is forecast to move along Cuba’s southern coast …
Read More »Protest erupts after Wisconsin police shoot man from behind
(AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has vowed to take further action in response to the police shooting of a Black man in the southeastern Wisconsin city of …
Read More »Top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway to leave White House
(AP) — One of President Donald Trump’s most influential and longest-serving advisers, Kellyanne Conway, says she will be leaving the White House at the end of the …
Read More »(AUDIO) Fayette house, former jail that drew national attention is sold
The Fayette house that got national attention because of its jail cells is off the market. Jeff Radel with House of Brokers told Wake Up Columbia a …
Read More »COVID-19 Update: Daily virus record falls in Boone County
Boone County breaks its daily record for the second straight day with 81 new coronavirus cases on Friday. More than half the new cases are in the …
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