Highway Patrol troopers will be out in full force on the roads and waterways looking for drunk drivers this holiday weekend. Corporal Kyle Green says travelers also need to be aware of a lingering flood risk, too. “We advise people to check their...

Coronavirus case increases continue a higher trend in mid-Missouri. Boone County reported 45 new positives Thursday. Active cases rose again, to 270, the highest that number has been since mid-February. Hospitalizations went up also, to 53. Cole County...

(AP) Flexing its new strength, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Thursday cut back on a landmark voting rights law in a decision likely to help Republican states fight challenges to voting restrictions they’ve put in place following last yea...

(AP) Elías Díaz hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Colorado Rockies a rain-delayed 5-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, spoiling Nolan Arenado’s return to Coors Field. Arenado went hitless in four at-bats in his first ...

(AP) Missouri Supreme Court Judge Paul Wilson is starting a new role as the state’s chief justice. Wilson began a two-year term Thursday as the top judge, succeeding Judge George Draper, who remains on the court. Missouri’s chief justice po...

(AP) The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months. Attorney General Merrick Garland says he is imposing a moratorium on federa...

(AP) California has scheduled a Sept. 14 recall election that could oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. The date was set by the state’s lieutenant governor after election officials certified that enough valid petition signatures had been tur...

Thursday is the first official day on the job for Columbia Public Schools’ new superintendent. Dr. Harold Yearwood takes over for the retiring Peter Stiepleman (STEEPLE-man). The district picked Yearwood in March following a national search. Yearwood u...

(AP) Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill to renew a critical Medicaid funding tax. The House voted Wednesday to send the bill to Gov. Mike Parson. Parson called lawmakers back to the Capitol last week to renew the tax on hospitals and other medical p...

A Randolph County deputy won’t be charged in a fatal shooting in a small town north of Moberly. ABC 17 reports prosecutors say the deputy was justified in shooting David Hill back in March. Investigators say the deputy responded to a home in Jacksonvil...