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Five people are taken into custody after a possible robbery and shots fired in Jefferson City. Police say the victim went to buy some drugs on East Elm Street on Saturday evening. People in a gray pickup took his cell phone instead, and followed the victim home to Riverside Drive. …

A man is dead, and one suspect is in custody so far, after a weekend shooting in downtown Columbia. Police say Joseph Hecht was shot early Saturday near Eighth and Locust streets. The 38-year-old Sturgeon man died yesterday (sun). Kesan McNeal was arrested yesterday (sun) on a second degree murder …

Officials in Jefferson City are looking for firms willing to invest in a new river port. Gov. Parson signed over 116 acres of land last week for the project downstream from the capital. Mayor Carrie Tergin says on The Mike Ferguson Show lots of agriculture products move through mid-Missouri. “We …

Missouri sets a coronavirus case record for the third day in a row. More than 16-hundred new positives were confirmed yesterday (thur), breaking Wednesday’s record by more than 300. Officials say it’s not just a data entry backlog or more testing.the percentage of people testing positive is also rising. Another …

Time could be running out for some of the 300 – military veterans on the Central Missouri Honor Flight’s waiting list. Steve Paulsell says their national organization ordered all the flights to Washington grounded through the end of the year …       Pausell adds that many of the veterans fall into …

(MissouriNet) — The city council in Springfield is considering a resolution that asks Governor Mike Parson to issue a statewide face mask order. The governor says that he’s opposed to that, adding that he’s not anti-mask, but is anti-mandates:   “I don’t think it’s the state’s place to mandate for …

Missouri sets a daily coronavirus case record two days in a row. Another 13-hundred positives were confirmed yesterday (wed), breaking Tuesday’s record by nearly 200. Officials pointed to a data entry backlog this month as one reason for the high number. Another 16 Missourians have died from COVID-19. Cole County …

It has to be lonely to be in a veterans’ home during this pandemic. New Missouri’s Veterans Commission Director Paul Kirchhoff knows those vets miss their loved ones …     Access to the veterans was stopped back in March when the first case of coronavirus showed up in a state – …

(MissouriNet) — Governor Parson has gained national attention for saying kids will get the coronavirus when they go to school but they will get over it. The governor said he did not do a good job of explaining his point – that COVID-19 will likely be in Missouri’s schools and …

A woman accused in the death of a little Jefferson City boy sees her court date delayed again. Quatavia Givens faces murder charges in the abuse death of 4 – year old Darnell Gray back in 2018. At the time, Givens claimed the boy disappeared, prompting a massive manhunt. His …