WASHINGTON (AP) – Preparation for the coronavirus spreading around the world is speeding up. Federal health officials want to get virus testing up and running in every state. And the Trump administration may invoke a 70-year-old law to guarantee a range of needed supplies. Two days after the White House …

Columbia police are searching for a wanted man after an officer-involved shooting last week. The incident took place near Nebo Cemetery Road and Highway UU. Police said a car chase began between them and Keith Brodie. Spike strips were laid down so Brodie turned his vehicle around to face the …

A grand jury has indicted the Columbia man with a missing wife for first degree murder. The indictment for Joseph Elledge was announced Friday. He is accused of killing his wife, Mengqi Ji (MUNG-she Jee) Elledge back in October. Court documents say he may have strangled her the night she …

SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) – A Kansas man is charged with second-degree murder in a shooting death during the weekend in Sedalia. Daniel Fernandez, of Kansas City, Kansas, is accused of killing Robert Fox Jr. on Saturday. Sedalia police say detectives established Fox owed money to someone in Kansas City, Kansas, …

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri health officials are keeping tabs on several dozen people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus or traveled to places that put them at risk of exposure. But so far, no one in Missouri has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. …

(MissouriNet) — Missouri state troopers are expanding their investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving a boat and the Lake of the Ozarks. In January , 41-year-old Carl Mort, and 39-year-old Cassandra Wedeking, of Overland Park, were charged in Morgan County with first-degree rape, four counts of sodomy and additional …

Murder charges are now filed against a man accused of killing his Russellville classmate back in 1991 … Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson says William ‘Chris’ Niemet is facing adult murder charges in the death of Greg Jones who was found shot to death weeks after disappearing from his Lohman …

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says the U.S. is “very, very ready” for whatever the new coronavirus threat brings, even as health authorities warn Americans that more infections are coming. Shortly after a presidential news conference, the government announced a worrisome development – a new U.S. case that so …

We should get more info today (thur) on a major update in a 1991 Cole County homicide. Officials are holding a press conference this (thur) afternoon at the sheriff’s department. We learned last week authorities had arrested someone over the killing of 15-year-old Greg Jones nearly three decades ago in …

A Boonville woman is dead after a crash at the I-70 Missouri River Bridge at Rocheport yesterday (wed) morning.  Troopers say 35-year-old Chantel Winfield lost control of her car on the icy roads. Her car hit a concrete barrier and returned to the road. While it was still moving, Winfield …