Fifth graders at Blair Oaks Middle School in Wardsville are now online and not at school. That comes as nearly half of the 75 student class is on quarantine. Several students in three grades recently tested positive for the virus. In – person learning for Blair Oaks fifth graders should …

Active cases went up in Cole County yesterday (thur) but went down in Callaway. Boone County reports a 14th person has died from COVID-19. Health officials said yesterday (thur) the patient was in his or her late 70’s. There were 83 new coronavirus cases confirmed yesterday (thur), and active cases …

Jefferson City’s two middle schools are back to online learning because of staffing challenges caused by the virus. But the Cole County Health Department’s Chezney Schulte says it doesn’t mean that lots of teachers have tested positive …      Schulte adds numbers showing that Cole County has had a higher percentage …

Authorities investigate an overnight shooting at a Jefferson City gas station. Jefferson City police have identified the suspect as 25-year old Xavies Parks. He is considered armed and dangerous. Police say a young man got shot a couple times at about 3 a.m. Wednesday at the Break Time on Ellis …

 (AP) — A St. Louis couple celebrated in some circles and vilified in others for waving guns at protesters near their home have pleaded not guilty to two felony charges. Mark and Patricia McCloskey appeared during a brief hearing Wednesday. The McCloskeys, who are both attorneys in their early 60s, …

(MissouriNet) — You’ll be voting next month on Amendment Three in Missouri, which would make a key change in what voters approved in 2018. The “Clean Missouri” measure that passed in 2018 required a nonpartisan demographer to draw state legislative districts. Cosby GOP State Senator Dan Hegeman (pronounced HEG-a-men), the …

An overnight shooting at a Jefferson City gas station. Police say a young man got shot a couple times at about 3 a.m. (wed) at the Break Time on Ellis Boulevard near Highway 54. We don’t know how he’s doing right now. No info on the shooter yet. Investigators say …

The medical director at Capital Region Medical Center says he’s keeping close tabs on the positive COVID-19 cases in Cole and the surrounding counties …       Dr. Randy Haight says, while patients from a 50 – mile radius end up being treated at Capital Region, most of the Boone County patients …

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s state fire marshal is encouraging people to avoid outside burning amid a statewide drought that has gripped the state for several weeks. Fire Marshal Tim Bean said in a news release Tuesday that under the current dry conditions, even a small outdoor fire can …

Callaway County reports its fifth death from COVID-19. Health officials confirmed that yesterday (tue). Active coronavirus cases are up in Callaway since Friday. Boone County had 63 new positives yesterday (tue), and active cases rose a little. Hospitalizations went down slightly, and remain below capacity. Cole County active cases have …