Mid-Missouri News

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 …

Police investigate central Columbia gunshots. Someone shot a gun several times, maybe from a car, at about 4 a.m. Sunday on North Sixth Street near Providence Road …

(AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday bypassed the nation’s lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and replace an expired unemployment benefit with …

(AP) — Lebanon’s health minister says the government has resigned over last week’s devastating blast at the Beirut port. The minister, Hamad Hassan, spoke with reporters at …

Jefferson City leaders break ground on the Bicentennial Bridge on Monday morning. The $3.75 million pedestrian and biking bridge links the Missouri Capitol grounds to Adrian’s Island. …

Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey says, while violent crime has been down for most of the summer, car thefts are up. He joined CEO Roundtable on Saturday:

(AP) — With confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. hitting 5 million Sunday, by far the highest of any country, the failure of the most powerful nation …

Two mid-Missourians are badly hurt in separate weekend crashes Saturday afternoon. The Highway Patrol says Ashley Bealmear suffered a medical emergency while driving an SUV on Highway …