Mid-Missouri News

A Columbia man’s trial was scheduled to start Monday on arson charges. Mehrdad Fotoohighiam, 64, is allegedly responsible for a fire at a home on Rock Quarry …

A Callaway County woman is flown to the hospital after a motorcycle wreck. The Highway Patrol says Nancy Ballard’s bike went off Route D a few miles …

(AP) – Most economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics expect that a recession is in the near future, it’s just a matter of when. …

Is it worth the millions of dollars it will cost to restore the old Missouri State Penitentiary? The May tornado in Jefferson City did a lot of …

You can’t convince Joy Sweeney that medical marijuana is a good thing for Missouri. Jefferson City’s director of the Council for Drug Free Youth says it gives …

A jet ski accident causes serious injuries on the Lake of the Ozarks. Troopers say Tyler Herrmann was trying to drive the Sea Doo through some large …

(AP) – Two men with handguns in their waistbands alarmed shoppers when they entered a Kansas City-area Walmart on Sunday, but police say they were just buying …

(AP) — Hong Kong streets were turned into rivers of umbrellas on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of people marched through heavy rain down a major road …

A state representative wants another shot at getting some state-owned land for a Jefferson City river port. “You can improve the navigation on the river so much …

The MLS Commissioner is heading to St. Louis on Tuesday for a press conference. Earlier this year Representative Justin Hill renewed efforts to try and bring a …

Columbia police are asking for your help after a dead baby is found near a north-side business. Investigators got a call at about 11:40 a.m. Thursday after …

Columbia Public Schools saw another bump in enrollment during the first day of classes. The district says it looks like there were 19,288 kids enrolled on Thursday. …

UPDATE: Rep. Tlaib says on her Twitter feed that she will not go to Israel.   EARLIER STORY: (AP) – Israel’s interior minister says he has received …

There’s a scam alert for Mexico businesses. The school district says someone posing as “Sports Media” is sending invoices for sponsorship of the high school’s winter sports …

The State Historical Society of Missouri has a new home in downtown Columbia. The grand opening was Saturday. Bob Priddy joined Wake Up Columbia on Thursday to …

(AP) – President Donald Trump says that in the wake of two mass shootings in Ohio and Texas this month that he wants to focus on mental …

Your state and U.S. lawmakers might take a serious look at putting red flag gun confiscation laws on the books. Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson says “if …

A stolen ATV turns up in southern Callaway County. Deputies say it was reported stolen on Aug. 10 from near Route NN. They found it on Oak …

(Missourinet) The governors of Missouri and Kansas have signed a historic agreement that officially ends the economic “border war” between the two states. Missouri Governor Mike Parson …

(AP) – Former NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. was hospitalized and released after his plane crashed in eastern Tennessee Thursday afternoon. Earnhardt was with wife Amy, 15-month-old …