KWOS Jefferson City News Authority

A car chase that starts on I-70 ends with police using spike strips in Tipton. Brittany Mikel and Cody Nelson from the Kansas City area are now in jail. Investigators say the duo drove away from the law yesterday (wed) morning on I-70 near Boonville, and on Highway 50 near …

Missouri now has 1,581 confirmed cases in the state and 19 deaths. There are now 26 – cases in Cole County. 6 – patients have recovered. In Callaway County there are 17 positive cases. 11 active cases and 6 people have recovered. Boone County remains at 66. 24 individuals have …

Several Cole County schools say they’ll stay closed through Friday May 1st. the list includes Jefferson City Public, Blair Oaks, Russellville, Eugene, Calvary Lutheran and a number of others.

CUBA, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man was charged with making a terrorist threat after he allegedly coughed toward customers and wrote COVID on a cooler at a Dollar Tree store. John Swaller, 33, of Cuba, was charged Tuesday and was being held on $25,000 bail in the Crawford …

(MissouriNet) — Governor Parson has put the brakes on 180 million dollars in spending during the current state budget year. The Missouri Department of Higher Education is getting the largest chunk of withholds – more than 81 million dollars. During a press conference, the governor says Missouri’s cashflow has taken …

Another person in Missouri dies after getting COVID-19. The state now reports 14 coronavirus deaths as of this (Tues) afternoon, and nearly 300 new confirmed positives, for a total case count of 1,327. Callaway County now reports 16 positives for COVID-19. The latest case was announced today (tue). Six patients …