Do you think the threat of an impeachment of Donald Trump will bring more liberal voters to the polls next fall? One former Missouri lawmaker thinks the …
Read More »Kansas City bans gay conversion therapy
(AP) – Conversion therapy for LGBTQ young people will not be allowed in Kansas City. The city council on Thursday approved an ordinance banning the therapy, which …
Read More »Mizzou plans to demolish Pickard Hall
The University of Missouri plans to demolish a building that has been on campus for 127 years. The school said Thursday that Pickard Hall on Francis Quadrangle …
Read More »(AUDIO) Conservation agent predicts big deer harvest
Missouri Department of Conservation agent Tom Strother expects a big deer harvest. The main firearms deer season starts Saturday. Strother joined Wake Up Columbia with a preview …
Read More »Gunman steals from Forum Blvd. gas station
A man with a gun takes some cash from a Columbia gas station. Police say the armed robbery happened at about 2:50 a.m. Thursday at the Break …
Read More »Suspects arrested on drug charges again at same Columbia house
Deputies say five people returned to the scene of the crime, and committed the same crime. Herbert Hoehne, Ashlee Hollomon, Elizabeth Kilfoil, William Kistner, and Anthony Meyer …
Read More »Battle lines harden as Trump impeachment inquiry goes public
(AP) — With historic impeachment hearings underway, Democrats and Republicans are hardening their arguments over the actions of President Donald Trump as they set out to win …
Read More »Columbia man pleads guilty to marijuana trafficking
A Columbia man has pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Blake Johnson, 24, was accused of receiving high-grade marijuana from Augustus Roberts …
Read More »Man arrested after Jefferson City chase, standoff
A Jefferson City man is arrested after a chase and standoff with police. Officers say the man was wanted on warrants when police tried to pull him …
Read More »Bed bugs discovered at Harry S. Truman State Office Building
Some state employees were allowed to work from home on Wednesday after bed bugs were found. ABC 17 reports that two office suites of the Harry S. …
Read More »Court rejects Trump’s appeal in fight over financial records
(AP) — A federal appeals court will not take up President Donald Trump’s appeal of a ruling that his accounting firm must turn over financial records to …
Read More »MoDot notes improved communication as winter approaches
MoDot has already gone through a statewide winter weather drill, on Nov. 7. Engineer Jason Shafer says that means getting staffers ready to drive a dump truck. …
Read More »Venice ‘on its knees’ after second-worst flood ever recorded
(AP) — The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as officials …
Read More »Hong Kong police say protesters out of control, deny curfew
(AP) — Hong Kong police warned protesters on Thursday that they were moving “one step closer to terrorism” by sinking the city into chaos, as riot squads …
Read More »Coast Guard ignored duck boat safety proposals
(A.P.) The National Transportation Safety Board says the Coast Guard has repeatedly ignored safety recommendations that could have made tourist duck boats safer and potentially prevented the …
Read More »Public impeachment inquiry hearings start Wednesday in U.S. House
Public impeachment inquiry hearings start Wednesday in the U.S. House. Mizzou political science professor Justin Dyer says the founding fathers kept the potential process open to interpretation. …
Read More »New Deputy City Manager Announced
A new Deputy City Manager has been announced for the city of Columbia. City Manager John Glascock made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon. De’Carlon Seewood will take …
Read More »Man expected to plead guilty to arson at Planned Parenthood
A Columbia man is expected to plead guilty to setting a fire at Columbia’s Planned Parenthood clinic back in February. ABC 17 reported that Federal Public Defender …
Read More »Shildt wins NL Manager of the Year days after mom’s death
(AP) — Mike Shildt began his life in baseball at his mom’s side, tagging along with her to work at a Double-A ballpark and picking up odd …
Read More »Car flips, lands in front of JC fire station
Talk about your quick response times. Jefferson City firefighters pulled two victims from a car that went off Highway 179 and flipped into the front yard of …
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