A Jefferson City police lieutenant says the Border Patrol agent who shot and killed the Texas shooter is the real hero of the mass shooting. Lt. Dave Williams says his department regularly trains for active shooter situations … Williams adds the JCPD School Resource Officers spend a lot of time …

ABC – 17 — Two women were pulled from the Missouri River at the Noren access Wednesday, according to Jefferson City firefighters. The two were in a tandem kayak before they needed rescue, firefighters said. One person was taken by ambulance to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A man at …

ABC – 17 — The Jefferson City police arrested two people Monday afternoon after officers responded to a disturbance involving a gun on the 800 block of Stadium Blvd.  Police found two vehicles at a convenience store parking lot matching the description of those involved with the disturbance. In one …

A new emergency overnight shelter is open in Jefferson City. The shelter’s opening comes just in time for the severe wintry weather expected to hit Mid-Missouri. The Jefferson City Room at the Inn will be open at 1015 Edmonds Street in the Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri building. …

The number of people being treated for COVID-19 across Missouri continues to set records as virus cases surge across the state and strain hospital capacity. The state Department of Health and Senior Services said 3,235 people were hospitalized with the virus statewide and about 15% of the state’s hospital beds …

(AP) — Amtrak service in Missouri will be reduced to one round trip starting Monday as federal and state COVID-19 relief funding ends. The Missouri River Runner Amtrak train service will run one train leaving Kansas City in the mornings and one leaving St. Louis in the afternoon.

Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced the government will provide 500 million free rapid home-testing kits, increase support for hospitals under strain and redouble vaccination and boosting efforts.

(AP) — A person in California who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 became the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant, the White House announced Wednesday as scientists continue to study the risks posed by the new virus strain. Dr. Anthony Fauci told reporters …

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