Mid-Missouri News

Judy Baker is back on the campaign trail. The former state representative from Columbia announced Thursday she’s running for Missouri Senate in 2020. The Democrat wants to …

(AP) – A wrongful-death lawsuit claims that a St. Louis police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian …

(AP) – Missouri Department of Conservation officials say the state’s elk herd is on track to be large enough in 2020 for the first hunt in more …

The Highway Patrol is honoring the Nordmans on Friday in New Florence. Julie Nordman and the late Randy Nordman are receiving the Honorary Trooper Certificate. Authorities say …

A home and two cars are shot up in north Columbia. Police say it happened at about 3:00 a.m. Thursday on Dove Drive near North Providence Road …

(AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals scored 10 runs for the biggest opening inning in postseason history and dealt the Atlanta Braves another playoff heartbreak with a …

The Jefferson City woman accused of contributing to the death of a four-year-old is out of jail. Quatavia Givens posted her $5,000 bond on Wednesday. A judge …

(AP) — Turkish ground forces pressed their advance against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria on Thursday, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said, launching airstrikes and unleashing artillery shelling on …

(AP) A suspect in a weekend Kansas bar shooting that left four dead and five wounded was given probation last year for trafficking contraband while imprisoned for …

Mid-Missouri Republican Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler says she disagrees with Pres. Trump’s decision to pull American troops out of northern Syria, ahead of a Turkish invasion. Hartzler joined …

(AP) — Americans are following impeachment proceedings closely and are slightly more likely to approve than disapprove of the inquiry itself. But the public is more closely …

(AP) — Millions of Californians played a waiting game with the winds Thursday as Pacific Gas & Electric watched the weather before deciding whether to restore power …

The director of a Jefferson City kids’ wrestling club is accused of stealing from the group. Ryan McKee allegedly took $34,000 from the Jays Kids Wrestling Club …

Deputies find 20 guns taken in two Cole County break-ins over the last couple weeks. Two suspects are in jail. Investigators say no one was home at …

(AP) — Two years after Matt Lauer was abruptly fired by NBC News for sexual misconduct, more questions are emerging about the former “Today” show host’s behavior …

A Centralia police officer is facing federal charges that he wanted to rape a 14-year-old girl. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Clint Baer used a social networking site …

(AP) – The White House and Democrats in the House of Representatives are headed toward a battle royal over what exactly the Constitution means when it says …

Turkey is ready to invade northern Syria, after President Trump backed U.S. forces out of the region. “Disappointing in one way, from the standpoint the Kurds are …

(AP) – A state appeals court has sided with Missouri prison guards who alleged they were shorted on their pay in a lawsuit that could cost taxpayers …

(Missourinet) The U.S. Transportation Secretary traveled to St. Louis on Tuesday to unveil a new initiative aimed at addressing disparities in transportation infrastructure in rural America. Transportation …