COVID-19 is hitting Boone County hospitals hard again. Health officials say they are operating at “yellow” status, meaning resources are strained and some surgeries are being delayed. Margaret Day with MU Health Care says University Hospital had 57 COV...

Mid-Missouri counties are still seeing higher coronavirus case increases. Boone County had 172 new positives Tuesday, which is the highest one-day increase since mid-December. Active cases went up, to 707. Hospitalizations rose, to 91, and are still pu...

(AP) Ian Happ and Javier Baez triggered a six-run rally in the ninth inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6. Chicago entered the ninth trailing 6-1. Baez drove in a pair of runs off closer Alex Reyes before Happ put Chicago in fro...

(AP) The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to rehear a case over Missouri abortion restrictions. The court last week decided to take up the case on its own motion. At issue is a 2019 state law that would ban abortions as early as the eighth week ...

(AP) The Missouri treasurer is suing the Missouri secretary of state over a proposed constitutional amendment. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick on Monday sued fellow Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft. Fitzpatrick...

(AP) Four civil lawsuits alleging sexual and physical assault by the owners of a southwest Missouri reform school have been settled. An attorney for four former Circle of Hope Girls Ranch students told The Kansas City Star that the settlement amounts a...

(AP) The head of the World Health Organization says the Tokyo Olympics should not be judged by the tally of COVID-19 cases that arise because zero risk is impossible. WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells the International Olympic Commi...

(AP) At least 12 people died in severe flooding in a Chinese provincial capital that trapped people in subways and schools and washed away vehicles. The city of Zhejiang had 8 inches of rain fall in one hour Tuesday afternoon. The torrent of rain turne...

(AP) Giannis Antetokounmpo capped one of the greatest NBA Finals ever with 50 points as the Milwaukee Bucks won their first championship in 50 years. Antetokounmpo added 14 rebounds and five blocked shots as the Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 105-98 to wi...

Two people are now facing charges in a deadly shooting near the Lake of the Ozarks. ABC 17 reports prosecutors charged Daniel Kurtzeborn with illegal gun possession last week. Investigators say he was exchanging gunfire during the shooting late Thursda...