(KMIZ) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol said one man was taken to the hospital after a possible hostage situation in Eldon led to a trooper-involved shooting early Wednesday morning. Troopers, Eldon police and Miller County deputies responded to a residence in the 200 block of N. Leeds Avenue around …

There are now 5941 COVID – 19 cases in Missouri with 189 deaths. Cole County has 45, now 96 in Boone, 21 in Callaway. Moniteau County has jumped to 49, with many of those centering around workers at Burgers Smokehouse and their families. Osage County has 5, while there are …

Keep your 6 – foot distancing. Now look to the person on your left and on your right. One of the three of you may have had the coronavirus and didn’t even know it …      x350422    Capitol Region Medical Center’s Dr. Skip McKnelly is an infectious disease specialist. …

(KMIZ) — A big crowd at the Capitol. According to the group’s Facebook page, Reopen Missouri wants Missourians to get back to work. The group’s plans include asking “everyone over 70 and anyone with serious underlying health conditions to hunker down more than they have been.” The protesters also hope …

(MissouriNet) — Missouri is the first state in the nation to sue China alleging a coverup about the extent of the coronavirus. State Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s lawsuit contends that China’s government did little to contain the spread of the virus, suppressed information and denied the contagious nature of the …

(MissouriNet) –Missouri’s governor has ordered flags to fly at half-staff today (Wednesday) at fire stations STATEWIDE to honor a Kansas City Fire Department EMT, who is the state’s first known COVID-19 line-of-duty death of a first responder. The funeral for Kansas City Fire EMT Billy Birmingham is today. Governor Mike …

(Cole County H-D) — As of 8:00 am today, there have been a total of 45 cases of COVID-19 in Cole County. Nine are active cases, and 35 are recovered cases.  Cole County Health Department staff has been able to complete contact investigations on each case. The majority of the …

Embers from a grill apparently started a deck on fire, heavily damaging a Jefferson City home. Firefighters were called out around 12:30 this morning to a home in the 1000 Block of Las Brisas Court. They found heavy fire on the first floor and at the back of the home. …

5807 cases now in Missouri 177 – deaths. Cole County has 45 cases, 94 in Boone, 25 in Moniteau, 20 in Callaway and 4 in Osage. Camden County has 33.

KMIZ–A spokesman for Reopen Missouri said the organization expects hundreds, if not thousands of people to attend a rally outside the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday. The organizers are calling on Gov. Mike Parson and state lawmakers to remove the statewide stay-at-home order amid the spread of COVID-19. The order is …