Dimetrious Woods has opened several businesses in mid-Missouri since getting released from prison and granted clemency from a drug trafficking conviction last year. He joined Wake Up Columbia on Friday.
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Ventilator shortage as Missouri virus hospitalizations spike
(AP) The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients jumped by nearly 27% over the Fourth of July weekend in a hard-hit area of Missouri where immunization rates are low, leading to a temporary ventilator shortfall and a public call for help from respirat...
Read More »Kim pitches Cardinals past Giants, St. Louis gets to Gausman
(AP) Kwang Hyun Kim pitched seven scoreless innings, Matt Carpenter hit a two-run triple in the seventh for the first runs of the game and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped San Francisco’s three-game winning streak by beating the Giants 5-3. Kim allowed ...
Read More »Building collapse lawsuits seek to get answers, assign blame
(AP) The legal fallout from the deadly building collapse in Surfside, Florida, is already underway. It includes at least five lawsuits and a planned grand jury investigation. The litigation comes even as rescuers remain at the site hoping to find survi...
Read More »Rockabilly performer Sanford Clark dead at 85 from COVID-19
(AP) Rockabilly and country performer Sanford Clark, who had a Top 10 hit with “The Fool” in 1956, has died in Missouri from COVID-19 at age 85. Clark’s publicist and fellow performer, Johnny Vallis, said Monday that Clark died Sunday at Mercy Ho...
Read More »Tropical Storm Elsa gaining strength, lashing Florida Keys
(AP) The National Hurricane Center says weather conditions in southern Florida have begun to deteriorate as Tropical Storm Elsa moves toward the Florida Keys. Elsa’s top winds have strengthened to 60 mph, and a hurricane watch is in effect Tuesday for ...
Read More »Bridge repairs near Jefferson City to cause overnight delays
Overnight work on the Missouri River bridge in Jefferson City begins Tuesday. MoDOT says crews are doing deck repairs and overlay work on the Highway 54 bridge most nights from now through November. The Main Street and McCarty Street ramps to eastbound...
Read More »Driver arrested after crash with truck, electric pole
A driver is arrested after crashing into a truck and an electric pole in central Columbia. ABC 17 reports the driver was traveling north on West Boulevard near Ash Street Thursday night. The car crashed into a truck going through the intersection, then...
Read More »MoDOT awards new I-70 Rocheport Bridge contract to Lunda Team
The state has picked the contractor for the new I-70 Missouri River bridge near Rocheport. MoDOT announced Thursday the Lunda Team will carry out the project. The current bridge was built in 1960 and is rated in poor condition. Construction of the new ...
Read More »Missouri AG asks Supreme Court to hear abortion restrictions
(AP) Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider an appeal of a ruling striking down new abortion restrictions. Schmitt said he filed a request Thursday for the nation’s highest court to hear arguments on a...
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