Both Boone and Cole counties reported a COVID-19 death Tuesday. Health officials in Boone said Tuesday the patient was older than 80. Boone has 120 total deaths from the illness, and Cole has 127. There were 85 new coronavirus cases in Boone Tuesday. A...

Another name is officially in the mix for Roy Blunt’s U.S. Senate seat. Republican congressman Billy Long announced his bid for the 2022 race Tuesday. Long currently represents the state’s 7th District, which covers mostly southwest Missouri. Long join...

A Columbia man accused of firing gunshots late last year is behind bars. Tyrese Craft was in court Tuesday. He is charged with first degree assault and armed criminal action following a December shooting near Stadium Boulevard and West Broadway. Invest...

(AP) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new moratorium on evictions that would last until Oct. 3. The Biden administration is trying to quell intensifying criticism that it was allowing vulnerable renters to lose their homes du...

(AP) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has made good on his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators as they marched past the couple’s home last year. The Republican governor announced Tuesday that he pa...

(AP) Freddie Freeman and the Atlanta Braves hammered Jon Lester in his first start for the St. Louis Cardinals, scoring five runs in the first inning and cruising to a 6-1 victory. The 37-year-old Lester (3-6), acquired from Washington last week, allow...

(AP) A judge has put St. Louis County’s new mask requirement on hold for at least two weeks. Circuit Judge Ellen “Nellie” Ribaudo on Tuesday sided with Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt in issuing a temporary restraining order of a mask mand...

Columbia’s city council will hear arguments from citizens next Monday over whether a mask mandate should be reinstated for the city amid rising coronavirus cases. City councilman Matt Pitzer joined Wake Up Columbia on Tuesday to discuss it.

(AP) An investigation into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has found that he sexually harassed multiple current and former state government employees. State Attorney General Letitia James announced the findings Tuesday. The investigation, conducted by two o...

Columbia’s health director is proposing a new mask requirement for city buildings. Stephanie Browning told the city council Monday night she believes everyone should be wearing a mask indoors, regardless of vaccination status. But she did not say that ...