Columbia’s public works director is retiring. Officials announced Thursday that Dave Nichols will end his 16-year career with the city of Columbia. His last day will be Oct. 14. Nichols has served as public works director since 2015. City manager John ...

A GOP candidate for Vicky Hartzler’s congressional seat is calling out one of his potential challengers. Cass County commissioner Ryan Johnson says Columbia state senator Caleb Rowden shouldn’t continue to serve on the committee that will redraw Missou...

Mizzou received a record amount of giving for the Tiger Scholarship Fund in 2020-21. The athletic department announced Wednesday it received $55.5 million in donations over the last academic year. That broke the previous record of $50.4 million, which ...

Boone County will have plenty of walk-in vaccine clinics to close out the week. Vaccinators will be at Bear Creek Family Townhomes in Columbia from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday. There will also be clinics at several Show-Me State Games locations on Saturday an...

(AP) Missouri students as soon as next year could have access to scholarships for private school through a new tax credit program. Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday signed the tax credit program into law. Under the voucher-style program, private donors wou...

(AP) The U.S. government is starting to deposit child tax credit money into the accounts of more than 35 million families. President Joe Biden has expanded the credit for one year as part of coronavirus relief. The result is that most families will now...

(AP) A man from the St. Louis area has been charged with participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wednesday that 31-year-old Joshua David Dressel of Festus is the fifth person from the St. Louis region ...

(AP) An attorney of Britney Spears’ choosing has been appointed to represent the pop star in her conservatorship after a hearing in which the singer tearfully spoke about the case’s impact on her life. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penn...

(AP) More than 20 people have died and dozens of people are missing in Germany and neighboring Belgium after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping away cars and causing buildings to collapse. Authorities in the wester...

A woman gets an 18-year prison sentence for her role in a deadly Centralia hit-and-run. A judge handed down the sentence to Amy Rievley on Monday. The Glasgow woman pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident in the ...