Mid-Missouri News

The Boone County Commission voted Tuesday to spend $825,000 on new voting machines. You will probably first see them during the March 2020 presidential primary. Clerk Brianna …

The last permanent Columbia city manager, Mike Matthes, resigned while facing criticism about how he was putting in a new community policing plan. The next city manager, …

(AP) – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed an executive order establishing a taskforce on a potential Affordable Care Act waiver. Parson signed the executive order Wednesday. …

(AP) – A Japanese fire official says nearly 30 people are confirmed or presumed dead in a suspected arson at an animation production studio in Kyoto. A …

(AP) – U.S. overdose deaths finally stopped climbing last year. And they apparently fell a little – the first such decline in nearly three decades. The Centers …

(AP) – The White House is slamming the Democrat-controlled House’s vote to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to …

(AP) — Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced Wednesday to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, expressing no remorse over …

Boone County authorities confirm a woman has died in a crash near Harrisburg. The accident happened Wednesday at about 7:30 a.m. just northeast of Harrisburg on Route …

Kelvin Joe has been arrested again. Boone County authorities picked him up on Tuesday on a Columbia warrant on charges of trespassing and driving with a revoked …

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning from Wednesday through Saturday. NWS meteorologist Jon Carney says a broad area of high pressure is cutting …

Mizzou defensive lineman Tre Williams has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of disturbing the peace. He got two years of probation for the misdemeanor. Williams has …

(AP) – John Paul Stevens, who served on the Supreme Court for nearly 35 years and became its leading liberal, has died. He was 99. Stevens’ influence …

(Missourinet) Missouri’s governor announced Tuesday that Bayer will be relocating its North American Crop Science Division to the St. Louis suburb of Creve Coeur, bringing hundreds of …

(Missourinet) The Missouri Supreme Court upheld Tuesday a lower court’s decision in the death sentence of 51-year-old Craig Wood. In 2017, Wood was convicted of first-degree murder …

(AP) – Last year’s criminal case involving Missouri’s former governor is under the scrutiny of a second special prosecutor, this time to investigate allegations from St. Louis’ …

The Columbia City Council has decided on John Glascock as the next permanent city manager. Councilman Matt Pitzer walked us through the interview process, and what comes …

(AP) – Police say a semitrailer’s computer data says it was going above the speed limit when it slammed into a line of vehicles on an Indianapolis …

A source confirms to 93.9 The Eagle that University of Missouri athletics will appeal its NCAA punishments to a committee during a hearing this week. CBS Sports …

Boone County Fair Board President Jeff Cook joined Wake Up Columbia to preview this year’s event, which starts Tuesday in Sturgeon. Get more info here. Listen to …

Jefferson City’s council members set some ordinances for medical marijuana dispensaries. Monday night, they approved adding another zoning district where the businesses could operate. They also clarified …