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Columbia Police are continuing their search for the suspect or suspects accused of shooting a motorist late Wednesday morning on Old Highway 63, near Westlake hardware. Our news partner KMIZ reports the victim is in critical condition. Columbia Police say they do not believe there is a threat to the …

The hunt for a weapon on a Jefferson City school bus turns out to be a false alarm. School officials were tipped off that a high school student may have had a weapon on a bus. A search didn’t turn up any weapons, but a student will be disciplined after …

A Holts Summit man faces charges after a police chase. 30 – year old Joshua Temmen is charged with tampering with a vehicle and resisting arrest. He was wanted in connection with thefts in the Tebbetts and Wainwright areas. A deputy tried to pull Temmen over north of New Bloomfield …

(AP) — Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday said they are delaying coming back to the state Capitol for work on a proposed income tax cut. Instead of returning to work next Tuesday — as GOP Gov. Mike Parson called for — leaders in the Republican-led Legislature said they’ll come back Sept. …

Top Missouri House and Senate Republicans say today’s meeting with Governor Mike Parson in Jefferson City about the upcoming special session was extremely productive. They’re trying to negotiate a package involving a tax cut and farm tax credit extensions that can receive strong support in both chambers. “Missouri Times” publisher …

The Missouri Tigers battled Ole Miss under the lights at Faurot Field in Columbia in 2019 (file photo courtesy of Mizzou football spokesman Ryan Koslen) Mizzou’s athletic director is encouraging Tiger football fans to download the Mizzou Tigers app before you arrive on-campus for tomorrow (Thursday) night’s season opener at …

The voter-approved $6.2 million addition/renovation at Columbia’s Rock Bridge elementary school has been completed (August 2022 photo courtesy of CPS’ Michelle Baumstark) You’re invited to attend this (Wednesday) afternoon’s dedication of the $6.2 million Rock Bridge elementary school building addition in Columbia. The ceremony and ribbon cutting will begin at …

The Columbia/Boone County Health Department on West Worley (2021 file photo is courtesy of the health department’s Sara Humm) Columbia health officials have announced the first monkeypox case in Boone County. Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) says a Boone County resident has tested positive, and that PHHS …

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev speaks at Westminster College in mid-Missouri’s Fulton on May 6, 1992 (file photo courtesy of the National Churchill Museum website) The former Soviet leader who helped bring the Cold War to an end has died at the age of 91. The BBC reports Mikhail Gorbachev died …

Ap – The Missouri Supreme Court reprimanded St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner for mistakes made in the 2018 prosecution of then-Gov. Eric Greitens, but agreed with an advisory counsel’s decision that suspension of her law license or disbarment were not merited. The brief ruling from the state High Court …