Zimmer Radio was just named the winner of a national service award. The National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation chose Zimmer Radio out of four finalists for the Service to Community Award for Radio in the ownership group category. Zi...

(AP) Gov. Mike Parson is expected to sign into law the state’s first gas tax increase in decades. Parson is scheduled to sign the legislation Tuesday. The law will gradually raise the state’s 17-cent-a-gallon gas tax to 29.5 cents over five years...

Mid-Missouri’s daily coronavirus case numbers are still fairly high. Boone County reported 111 new positives Monday, which is the highest increase since late January. Active cases went up, to 398. Hospitalizations also rose, to 84. Hospitals in Boone a...

(AP) Iraqi medical officials say the death toll from a catastrophic hospital blaze in a southern city has risen to 64. Two health officials said on Tuesday that more than 100 people were also injured in the fire that torched the coronavirus ward of al-...

(AP) U.S. regulators added a new warning to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine about links to a rare and potentially dangerous neurological reaction. The announcement Monday said it’s not entirely clear the shot caused the problem. The gove...

(AP) Democrats in the Texas Legislature have bolted for Washington, D.C., to try to stop Republicans from enacting new voting restrictions. They say they’re ready to remain there for weeks in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws. Pri...

Construction on a new Missouri River bridge on I-70 near Rocheport is set to begin this fall. MoDOT project manager Brandi Baldwin joined Wake Up Columbia on Monday:

Police are investigating gunshots in northeast Columbia. Officers say someone fired shots on Rice Road north of Clark Lane at around 10 p.m. Sunday. They found bullet holes on the sides of several cars in the area. No one was hurt. Investigators say th...

Rising coronavirus case numbers in Boone County are forcing changes at Columbia Public Schools. Officials said summer school students under 12 years old will have to wear a mask indoors and on school buses starting Monday. Students 12 and older are not...

The man who was shot in the head in downtown Moberly last week has died. Police said Monday Mitchell Nickerson, 49, of Moberly passed away at the hospital. Prosecutors charged Jerry Fitzwater, 79, with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and un...