A man leads Columbia police on a short chase after a reported carjacking. Officers arrested Kenneth Edwards of Grandview, Mo. He is accused of forcing a woman out of her car and driving away near Rangeline and Business Loop 70 just after noon on Friday...
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Woman injured after boat crash involving jet ski on Lake of the Ozarks
A woman from Chicago is seriously hurt after a jet ski and boat crash on the Lake of the Ozarks. The patrol says the jet ski and boat didn’t slow down for each other and collided on the lake late Saturday afternoon. Ahdonnashay Babajas, the jet ski dri...
Read More »Bader’s infield single lifts Cardinals past Giants, 2-1
(AP) Harrison Bader put St. Louis ahead with a checked-swing single off the glove of Giants first basemen LaMonte Wade Jr. in the seventh inning, and the Cardinals went on to a 2-1 victory over San Francisco. Alex Reyes got the final three outs for St....
Read More »Dangerous conditions complicate wildfire fight in western US
(AP) Erratic winds and dry lightning are among the dangers for crews battling the nation’s largest wildfire. The Bootleg Fire is racing through parched Oregon forests just north of the California state line. It’s already burned an area about the ...
Read More »Fundraising for crowded Missouri US Senate race begins
(AP) Missouri candidates for U.S. Senate are raking in money to fuel what likely will be an expensive race for retiring Sen. Roy Blunt’s seat. Campaign finance reports were due Thursday. Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt s...
Read More »Missouri preparing to put vehicle charging stations in parks
(AP) Missouri is preparing to install electric vehicle charging stations at some of its state parks. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a budget measure approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Mike Parson provided $1 million to the state D...
Read More »Multiple people shot in series of attacks in Tucson, Arizona
(AP) Police in Arizona say a series of attacks Sunday afternoon have ended with five people shot, including one fatality, and two or three children missing. Tucson police Chief Chris Magnus told news outlets that a 35-year-old man is accused of opening...
Read More »Germany defends preparation for floods, considers lessons
(AP) German officials are defending their preparations for flooding in the face of the raging torrents last week that caught many people by surprise and left over 190 people dead in Western Europe. But they concede that they will need to learn lessons ...
Read More »(AUDIO) Gov. Mike Parson on bill signings, federal vaccine outreach
Gov. Mike Parson just wrapped up his final week of bill signings following the 2021 legislative session. The Missouri governor joined Wake Up Columbia on Friday.
Read More »Three men charged over 2018 fatal Missouri tourist boat accident
(AP) A local prosecutor has filed a total of 63 felony criminal charges against three employees over a July 2018 tourist boat accident on a Missouri lake that killed 17 people. The charges were filed Friday in Stone County against Ride the Ducks Branso...
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