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Statewide confirmed coronavirus cases moved past nine thousand yesterday (wed). Another 186 cases reported in the last 24 hours puts the total just above 91-hundred. Missouri confirmed another 19 deaths from COVID-19, for a total of 396. No new positives in Boone or Callaway counties yesterday (wed), and almost all …

The COVID – 19 crisis in Missouri hasn’t just been tough on first responders. It’s also been difficult for the group that calls itself the ‘Last Responders’. Don Otto with the Missouri Funeral Directors Association says they bumped heads over Kansas City’s initial order to shut down all funeral homes …

(MissouriNet) — That check you’re receiving from the federal government is subject to state taxation. The 12-Hundred dollars per individual is subject to state taxation. State Senator Tony Luetkemeyer of Parkville says he inquired with state revenue officials about how much of a chunk could be taken out. . . …

A smaller increase in confirmed coronavirus cases in Missouri yesterday (tue). Another 162 positives were counted, now more than 89-hundred total. State officials reported 19 more deaths yesterday (tue), but that includes some from earlier in the month that had not been counted yet. There have been 377 total confirmed …

Jefferson City highway traffic was delayed about three hours after strong winds yesterday knocked over a semi. Police say the tractor trailer rolled yesterday (tue) at about noon on eastbound Highway 54 near the Highway 94 ramp north of the Missouri River Bridge. The semi blocked all three lanes of …

(MissouriNet) — Several young people are being credited for saving three peoples lives and preventing more damage following a fatal boat explosion Saturday at the Lake of the Ozarks. When the boat exploded Saturday afternoon it was still tied to the dock at Bridgeport Marina. The Missouri Highway Patrol says …

Columbia police are restarting the search for a missing mother. The state conservation department says the De Bourgmont Access on the Lamine River in Cooper County near Highway 41 is temporarily closed, starting today (tue). Searchers are building a levee there as they look for Mengqi Ji. She’s been missing …

(MissouriNet) — The Missouri Senate has passed a 34.9 billion dollar state operating budget plan. Some House and Senate members begin budget negotiations Wednesday. Senate Majority Floor Leader Caleb Rowden SAYS the proposal restores proposed cuts to Missouri’s colleges and universities and a future $200 million research institute in Columbia …

The biggest jump yet in daily confirmed coronavirus cases in Missouri. The state reported 368 new positives yesterday (mon). Governor Parson says many of those come after large-scale testing at meat-processing plants. The state reported six more deaths from COVID-19 yesterday (mon). That makes 368 deaths, and more than 87-hundred …

KMIZ–Ameren and Three Rivers Electric Cooperative had restored power to all customers in Mid-Missouri as of 10 p.m. Monday. Three Rivers Electric Cooperative says it had more than 700 members without power in several Mid-Missouri counties. The utility said crews were working on 10 separate outages in Gasconade, Osage, Maries …