Columbia Police release more information on suspect that caused standoff
Columbia police were negotiating with a man holed up in an apartment building on College Avenue on Wednesday afternoon.
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More Missouri COVID-19 cases coming from small cities
Missouri’s top health official said Wednesday that more of the state’s new COVID-19 cases are being identified outside of urban centers, while the rate at which young people are testing positive is flattening.
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Route WW closed east of Columbia after crash
Route WW was closed east of Columbia after a crash Wednesday afternoon.
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Audit: Clerk in town of 500 misappropriated $300,000
A state audit released Wednesday accuses the former clerk of a tiny town in remote northeast Missouri of spending more than $300,000 in taxpayer money on concerts, vacations and other personal needs.
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Missouri COVID-19 rate moves to 4th highest in the nation in new White House report
Missouri’s rate for 100 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 state residents was the fourth highest in the country, according to a new red zone report from the White House.
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Columbia Dairy Queen cited for most violations in first half of September
So far in the month of September, the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services posted inspection reports for 26 establishments in the county.
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Wayne Sells sends letter to CPS on possible renaming of Rock Bridge High School football field
The Rock Bridge High School football field could see a name change after recent social media posts made by the man the field was named for were critical of national anthem protests.
Continue Reading WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Columbia city council member responds to new Boone County health order
Updates on COVID-19 news across Mid-Missouri.
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Police respond to early morning shooting in south Columbia
Officers said no people were hurt and no property was damaged from the shooting.
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Beautiful weather setting in across mid-Missouri
WEDNESDAY: Another quiet day looks to be in store. We’re tracking a disturbance that will bring a few more clouds but the sprinkles look to stay to our southeast. Highs look to top out in the low 80’s under another hazy sky. A frontal boundary will sneak through later today, but only looks to be
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Hurricane Sally makes landfall in Gulf Shores
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) Hurricane Sally made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm just before 5 a.m. Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center said Sally is bringing torrential rain over a coastal storm surge that will cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead. The
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Local highlights and scores: Sept. 15, 2020
Here are the local scores from Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL Hickman (5) Battle (7) FINAL St. Francis Borgia (0) Tolton (3) FINAL Blair Oaks (1) Helias (2) FINAL Jefferson City (0) Rock Bridge (10) FINAL Moberly (1) Fulton (5) FINAL HS BOYS SOCCER
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MMA’s Corzine wins Week 3 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week
Missouri Military Academy standout Noah Corzine is our Week 3 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winner! You can watch the play from Friday night’s game against Tolton in the video player above. Up next – MMA will host Mark Twain on Friday at 7 p.m. We will announce our Week 4 SZFF play
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University of Missouri expels two students and suspends others for ‘threatening the safety of MU campus’
The University of Missouri said in an email sent out Tuesday afternoon two students have been expelled and three others were suspended for violating the university’s COVID-19 policies.
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Jefferson City asking for almost $1.5 million in CARES Act funding from Cole County
According to 31 applications retrieved from the city through a sunshine request, $1,476,710 is being requested to help the city handle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Cole County was given just about $9 million dollars to distribute to cities, communities, businesses and organizations impacted by the crisis.
Continue ReadingBlack Lives Matter mural on Kansas City street vandalized
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — One of six Black Lives Matter street murals in Kansas City has been vandalized. Now, the artists behind the mural are hoping the vandalism can be incorporated into it as part of the art. The vandalism to the mural at the intersection of Northwest Briarcliff Parkway and North Mulberry Drive
Continue ReadingPolice: Decomposing body found in vacant home ruled homicide
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say the discovery of a decomposing body in a vacant Kansas City home marks the city’s latest homicide investigation. Officers called to the home Monday afternoon found the body of a person in a state of advanced decomposition. Police spokesman Sgt. Jake Becchina said in a news release that
Continue ReadingVeteran dies after fight at eastern Missouri bar
WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Two men are charged with second-degree murder after an Air Force veteran died from injuries from a bar fight in eastern Missouri. Chaise Dunlap of Old Monroe was injured early Saturday in Wentzville. His mother told the newspaper on Monday that her 27-year-old son died of severe head trauma and had
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Man arrested after allegedly assaulting Maries County sheriff’s deputy
Maries County Sheriff’s Department is reporting a naked man assaulted a deputy during a morning call.
Continue ReadingMan gets 48 years in prison for killing Missouri couple
TUNAS, Mo. (AP) — A southwestern Missouri man has been sentenced to 48 years in prison for killing a couple in 2018. KYTV-TV reports that 24-year-old Billy Medley of Macks Creek was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty to killing Joseph and Brandy Allen in September 2018. Investigators say the Allens were shot when they tried
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