Mid-Missouri News

(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 …

(AP) – A newspaper’s review of state records shows that Missouri taxpayers have spent $366,000 on private attorneys to defend former Gov. Eric Greitens’ use of a …

(AP) – Millions of people were poised to lose electricity throughout northern and central California after Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced Tuesday it would shut off …

Columbia has a new finance director. City Manager John Glascock announced Tuesday that Matthew Lue is taking the job, starting Nov. 4. Lue has been finance director …

Columbia police are investigating an armed home invasion robbery. It happened at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday on Apple Tree Court off South Providence Rd. near Rock Bridge …

City councilman Matt Pitzer joined Wake Up Columbia on Tuesday to talk about a new ban on conversion therapy for juveniles, and a report on pit bulls:

The Columbia City Council on Monday night voted to ban the practice of conversion therapy on juveniles. Mizzou Dr. Aaron Sapp said during the public hearing the …

Columbia mayor Brian Treece at one point wanted to ask for city councilmen Ian Thomas and Michael Trapp to consider resigning over a development controversy, according to …

(AP) – Yadier Molina pushed the St. Louis Cardinals to a deciding Game 5 of the NL Division Series, hitting a tying single in the eighth inning …

(AP) – President Donald Trump is casting his decision to abandon Kurdish fighters in Syria as fulfilling a campaign promise to withdraw from “endless war” in the …

The Special Olympics Outdoor Games is returning to Columbia next year. The organization has held the games in Springfield lately. The games were last in Columbia in …

Anthony Shegog’s new trial was scheduled to start Tuesday. Shegog is the Columbia man who was convicted of stabbing Walter Lige to death behind a home near …

A Fulton man is now looking at trespassing and meth charges. Officers say they warned Tyler Leeper not to go on an elderly woman’s property on East …

A former congressional candidate from Columbia’s child pornography case is now in federal court. A motion tied to Nate Irvin’s bond was filed on Monday in Missouri’s …

(AP) – Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will no longer air NBA preseason games set in China after Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted an image that …

Callaway County deputies track down David Atterberry. The 51-year-old had felony warrants out in Callaway and Montgomery counties for stealing, property damage, and drugs. Atterberry was arrested …

Four people are dead and five others are hurt after a shooting at a Kansas City, Kansas bar. Police say two men went into Tequila KC at …

The Columbia City Council gets its first look on Monday night at some potential big changes at the mall. The proposal is to split off the old …

Mizzou’s offensive leader is going to be ok. But the defensive leader may be done for the season. A team spokesman on Sunday night said quarterback Kelly …

(AP) – The Indianapolis Colts accomplished Sunday night what they failed to do in January. They beat the Chiefs in Kansas City. Marlon Mack ran for 132 …