(AP) The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a tour helicopter with seven people aboard in Hawaii. A news release says the owner of the tour helicopter contacted the Coast Guard around 45 minutes after it was due back from a tour of Kauai’s Nā Pali Coast on Thursday evening. …

We had the second-warmest Christmas on record. It hit 69 degrees on Wednesday at Columbia Regional Airport, 30 degrees above normal. That ties the high on Dec. 25, 1971. The Christmas record is 74 degrees, set back in 1889. The forecast called for more clouds and temperatures about ten degrees …

(AP) — Putting a repeal of voter-approved changes to Missouri’s legislative redistricting process on the ballot in 2020 remains a top priority for Republican legislative leaders. The Kansas City Star reports that GOP lawmakers argue that voters were forced to swallow changes to the redistricting process that aid Democrats in …

(AP) U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, said she was disturbed to hear Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell say there would be “total coordination” between the White House and the Senate over the upcoming presidential impeachment trial. In an interview Tuesday with KTUU, Murkowski said she remains undecided …

(Missourinet) The new Missouri House education committee chairman is focused on educational choice, and says the committee’s aim is to ensure that every young person in Missouri has access to a quality education. State Rep. Chuck Basye, R-Rocheport, speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on February 20, …

The search continues for the two men who robbed a delivery driver at a Columbia apartment complex. Police say the suspects told the victim they had a gun on Tuesday afternoon at Campus View Apartments off Providence just south of Mizzou Arena. One of them punched the victim during the …

A fire does $30,000 worth of damage at a Jefferson City Housing Authority building. Crews learned about smoke and fire coming from a fourth floor apartment on Jackson Street at about 11 p.m. Sunday. One person evacuating the building was hurt. Investigators say it looks like an electrical issue is …

(Missourinet) U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, is sticking up for President Donald Trump, who was the target of an editorial in a prominent evangelical magazine. Last week’s Christianity Today opinion column calls for Trump’s removal from office. It says none of the president’s positives can balance the “moral and political danger we face under …

(AP) Patrick Mahomes threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score, and the AFC West champion Kansas City Chiefs beat the Chicago Bears 26-3 to stay in contention for a first-round playoff bye. Kansas City earned its fifth straight win and remained a game behind New England for the …

Authorities say they think they’ve found the remains of a missing Mexico man. Family members had not seen Matthew Beauchamp since September 2018. Searchers found remains they believe to be him on Saturday in a rural area west of Mokane. No word yet on how Beauchamp died. It is an …