(AP) — The process of administering the COVID-19 vaccine to residents and staff at long-term care facilities in Missouri has begun. Residents at the Cottages of Lake St. Louis Retirement Center were among the first in the state to receive the vaccine Monday morning. CVS and Walgreen’s employees will administer …

There was a big drop in active coronavirus cases over the holiday weekend in Boone County, to 686. Hospitalizations dropped too, to 129, but are still straining resources. Boone County added 93 new positives on Monday, and one COVID-19 death. The patient was older than 80. That is now 53 …

(AP) — The House has voted overwhelmingly to increase COVID-19 relief checks to $2,000, meeting President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger payments. The vote Monday evening sends the bill to the GOP-controlled Senate, where the outcome is uncertain when senators meet Tuesday. Democrats led passage, 275-134, their majority favoring additional …

A Kansas City woman dies in a Highway 50 crash. The Highway Patrol says Kelly Sullivan’s car went off the highway at 6:45 p.m. Sunday near the Taos overpass and Lisletown Rd. east of Jefferson City. The car hit a rock bluff and flipped, ejecting Sullivan. She was 56 years …

A victim has non-life threatening injuries after a Cole County shooting. The sheriff’s department says it responded to the shooting and a possible home invasion at about 6 a.m. Sunday on Deer Run Road south of Jefferson City near Brazito. A man was arrested in connection with the shooting in …

(AP) — President Donald Trump has signed into law a $900 billion pandemic relief package, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal. At stake was long-sought cash for businesses and individuals and funding to avoid a federal government shutdown. The massive bill includes $1.4 trillion …

Mizzou football will not play in the Music City Bowl in Nashville against Iowa on Dec. 30, due to a spike in COVID-19 cases within the Tiger program. The team made the announcement on Sunday. Mizzou had been near the SEC’s recommended minimum of 53 available scholarship players the last …

(AP) — Kansas City clinched the top seed in the AFC and the only playoff bye when Patrick Mahomes threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Demarcus Robinson with just under two minutes for a 17-14 win over Atlanta on Sunday. The Chiefs had to watch as Pro Bowl kicker Younghoe …

(AP) — With federal officials having identified the man believed to be behind Nashville’s Christmas Day bombing, authorities now turn to the monumental task of piecing together the motive behind the explosion that severely damaged dozens of downtown buildings and injured three people. While officials on Sunday named Anthony Quinn …

(AP) — Incumbent Republican Gov. Mike Parson has won another four years in office, turning back a challenge from Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway on Tuesday.