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(AP) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is leaving the door open to taking up a nomination to the Supreme Court if a seat becomes vacant in …
Read More »China tells US to stop criticism, says relations suffering
(AP) – China’s foreign minister has told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the United States should stop what he called groundless attacks on his …
Read More »20 dead in crash of limo headed to a birthday celebration
(AP) — A limousine carrying four sisters, other relatives and friends to a birthday celebration blew through a stop sign and slammed into a parked SUV outside …
Read More »China accuses ex-Interpol chief of bribery, other crimes
(AP) – Chinese authorities say they are investigating the former president of Interpol for bribery and other crimes and indicate that political transgressions may have also landed …
Read More »Senate confirms Kavanaugh to high court
(AP) The Senate has confirmed Brett Kavanaugh as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, putting a second nominee from President Donald Trump on the highest court …
Read More »(AUDIO) State Rep. Sara Walsh
Sara Walsh is running for re-election in November as state representative. The Republican is facing Democrat Michela Skelton again, after beating her in a special election in …
Read More »(AUDIO) Sen. Roy Blunt on Judge Kavanaugh vote
Missouri Republican Senator Roy Blunt joined Wake Up Columbia on Friday morning, before the initial vote in the confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh:
Read More »US unemployment rate falls to 49-year low of 3.7 percent
(AP) – The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in September, the lowest level since December 1969, as the longest streak of hiring on record has …
Read More »Police: Knife-wielding man tasered, arrested
A man is in custody after police say he caused some trouble outside a gas station near Providence and I-70 in Columbia. Officers say the suspect was …
Read More »Nichols gets five life sentences for Moberly crime spree
He will never be a free man again. A judge in Randolph County on Thursday sentenced Jeffery Nichols to five consecutive life sentences and more. Nichols and …
Read More »Demaret homicide victim was wanted for parole violation
No luck yet finding the man who killed someone just east of Columbia this week. Louis Green, 23, was shot in the back on Demaret Drive on …
Read More »Nobel Peace Prize honors the fight against sexual violence
(AP) — The Nobel Peace Prize on Friday was awarded to a Congolese doctor and an Iraqi woman who was held captive by the Islamic State group …
Read More »Lincoln holds inauguration ceremonies for new president
Friday is inauguration day for Lincoln University’s new president. Jerald Jones Woolfolk says she has a good group of cheerleaders out there to help with the school’s …
Read More »(AUDIO) Attorney General Josh Hawley
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is running for U.S. Senate. The Republican is challenging incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill in November. The Wake Up Columbia interview from Thursday …
Read More »Musk takes swipe at SEC on heels of fraud settlement
(AP) — Elon Musk is taunting the government regulators who threatened to oust him as CEO of electric carmaker Tesla just days after he settled a case alleging he …
Read More »28 year prison sentence for ‘Suge’ Knight
(AP) — Marion “Suge” Knight was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for mowing down and killing a Compton businessman in a case that completed the …
Read More »Key senators undecided as Senate poised to vote on Kavanaugh
(AP) – The Senate is taking a crucial vote Friday to advance Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Key GOP senators remain undecided amid allegations of …
Read More »Settlement in DeBrodie civil lawsuit
(AP) A settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit filed after a developmentally disabled Missouri man’s body was found encased in concrete after he went …
Read More »Kavanaugh nomination clears key Senate hurdle
(AP) The Senate has pushed Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court past a key procedural hurdle. The chamber voted 51-49 to move forward with President Donald …
Read More »Mizzou professor spreads the credit after Nobel win
He’s the guy with his name on the award. But Mizzou professor George Smith tells 93.9 The Eagle he has a lot of people to thank for …
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