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.
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Columbia College will also create a new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Center
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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 was closed east of Columbia after a crash Wednesday afternoon.
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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’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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Officers said no people were hurt and no property was damaged from the shooting.
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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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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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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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Check back for local updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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 Reading A committee of the University of Missouri Board of Curators recommended Tuesday that the full board approve a $700,000 contract for an audit.
Continue ReadingKANSAS 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 ReadingKANSAS 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 ReadingWENTZVILLE, 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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Maries County Sheriff’s Department is reporting a naked man assaulted a deputy during a morning call.
Continue ReadingTUNAS, 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
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A 15-year-old girl shot to death in St. Louis has become the city’s 194th homicide victim in 2020, matching the total for all of 2019 with 3 1/2 months still to go in the year. Police responded to a call around 6 p.m. Monday in the Riverview neighborhood in far northern
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri-Columbia Journalism School faculty members are criticizing the university system’s president for actions and comments that they say could discourage dissent. The Columbia Missourian reports that 15 faculty members signed a letter Monday to Mun Choi. It comes after he faced a backlash last week for blocking students on
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