Testing sites for coronavirus at both SSM St Marys and Boone Hospital will close after Friday because of decreased demand. Lower coronavirus case trends continue in mid-Missouri. Boone County had just 14 new positives yesterday (wed). Active cases stayed below 100. Hospitalizations went down. Cole County reported only three new …

(MissouriNet) — The Missouri Senate spent about eight hours Tuesday working on a proposed gas tax increase that would also offer a rebate. Two Conservative Caucus members, Senators Bill Eigel and Andrew Koenig blocked a vote on the bill, eventually leading to the proposal getting pulled from debate. Senate President …

A small Boone County district deals with two threats in less than a week. Sturgeon school officials cleared students and staff out of the building for kindergarteners through eighth graders yesterday (tue). They went back in after law enforcement gave the all clear. K-thru-8 students had to evacuate last Friday …

You could have plenty of candidates to choose from when it’s time to replace Senator Roy Blunt in 2022. Blunt announced this week that he won’t seek another term. Political pundit and former Representative Carl Bearden thinks several politicians including Congressman nn Wagner may end up on your ballot … …

Parts of mid-Missouri are under a wind advisory today (wed). The National Weather Service says 45-mile-an-hour gusts could knock down tree limbs and cause power outages. Authorities have warned about high fire risk lately, too. Boone County’s fire protection district just worked 35 fires in a three-day stretch. Forecasters say …

A Jefferson City man faces charges after threatening another person with a hatchet. Nekoma Hendrix is accused of waving the hatchet around in front of a Jefferson City business Sunday morning. Investigators say it started as a shouting match.

Your Congressman says he’s tired of the ‘armed camp’ that the nation’s Capitol has become … Blaine Luetkemeyer says the latest stimulus bill is a waste of money that includes millions in pork projects for the ‘blue states’. He also expects the Democrats will re-float the failed minimum wage hike …

He’s accused of killing his wife and putting her body in a Columbia dumpster. Keith Comfort has another hearing this (tue) morning. Investigators say he walked into a Wisconsin police station in 2019 and admitted he killed Megan Schultz in 2006. Her remains were found the next month in a …

A Jefferson City woman is facing charges of assault and property damage after she allegedly hit a victim and a parked car with her car Sunday. Police went to the 800 block of East Elm and arrested the suspect after seeing the attack on video. Two other suspects were arrested …

Murder charges are filed against a Camden County man in connection with a drug related death. Timothy Evans is charged in the drug overdose death of 63 – year old Dennis Born last month. Court records say the pair had been using meth and Fentanyl when Born died. Another man, …