Columbia police are looking for a missing 78-year old woman. Authorities issued a silver advisory Thursday for Marion Dallmeyer. They say she was last seen by her son Thursday afternoon at around 1 p.m. walking toward Rangeline Street. Dallmeyer could ...
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Kim earns 5th straight win on birthday, Cards beat Cubs 3-2
(AP) Kwang Hyun-Kim earned his fifth straight win on his 33rd birthday and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2. Nolan Arenado and Dylan Carlson homered as the Cardinals moved a game over .500 at 49-48. Kim allowed two runs on two hits wit...
Read More »CrimeStoppers board president on fielding anonymous tips
There can be lots of fear involved in reporting crime information to law enforcement officers. But John Fields, the Board of Directors President for CrimeStoppers in Columbia, says anyone who calls their number to give tips can remain completely anonym...
Read More »Missouri would get $500M under opioid settlement
(AP) Missouri could get as much as $500 million to help victims of the opioid epidemic as part of a tentative settlement with the three biggest U.S. drug distribution companies and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson. Republican Attorney General Eric S...
Read More »Local COVID-19 Update (July 23)
Coronavirus case increases are continuing a higher trend in mid-Missouri. Boone County had 89 new positives Thursday. Active cases went up, to 761, which is the highest that number has been since late January. Hospitalizations went up, to 85. Hospitals...
Read More »As Tokyo Games open, can Olympic flame burn away the funk?
(AP) The Tokyo Games are arriving at last, after a yearlong delay. They’re a multinational showcase of the finest athletes of a world fragmented by disease. They’re also steeped in the political and medical baggage of the relentless pandemi...
Read More »‘We’re back on the road!’ Rolling Stones relaunch US tour
(AP) Rolling Stones fans in the United States will finally be getting, yes, some satisfaction: The band announced it was relaunching its “No Filter” tour, derailed by the pandemic, this fall. Shows will begin in St. Louis on Sept. 26, followed by resch...
Read More »Pelosi says ‘deadly serious’ Jan. 6 probe to go without GOP
(AP) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection “will do the job it set out to do” whether Republicans participate or not. Pelosi calls the probe “deadly serious.” House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy sai...
Read More »Two injured after reported Jefferson City shooting
Jefferson City police make an arrest after a shooting that left two people injured. Officers said Thursday they caught a 23-year old suspect who was on pre-trial release from a 2019 arrest. They have not released that person’s name yet. Investigators s...
Read More »Police: Fulton man injures officer, case worker with car, arrested after chase
A man is accused of leading cops on a chase from Fulton to Columbia. Police say Charles McMasters was with a case worker when officers responded to an area of Westminster Avenue at around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. McMasters allegedly got into the case worke...
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