(AP) Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill to require online retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases made by Missouri residents. Parson signed the bill Wednesday. Missouri is the last state with a sales tax to approve such a requirement. Buyers are ...
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Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88
(AP) Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern U.S. military was unraveled by the long and costly Iraq war, died Tuesday. He was 88. In a state...
Read More »Trump Organization CFO surrenders ahead of expected charges
(AP) Multiple news outlets say Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg surrendered to authorities ahead of expected charges against him and former President Donald Trump’s company. Weisselberg was seen walking into the the courthouse in lower Manhatta...
Read More »Local COVID-19 Update (July 1)
Mid-Missouri is still seeing higher coronavirus case increases. Boone County reported 35 new positives Wednesday. Active cases rose again, to 240. Hospitalizations went up a little, to 47. Cole County reported 34 new cases on Wednesday, the highest one...
Read More »Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned
(AP) Bill Cosby has been freed from prison after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction. It is a stunning reversal of fortune for the comedian once known as “America’s Dad.” The state Supreme Court said Wednesday th...
Read More »NCAA clears way for athlete compensation as state laws loom
(AP) The NCAA has cleared the way for athletes to profit off their fame and celebrity. The move comes just as legislation is set to become law in a dozen states that would allow for that kind of compensation. The NCAA wants to have federal laws or its ...
Read More »Kim ends skid, helps with 2-run double, Cards sweep D-backs
(AP) Kwang Hyun Kim won for the first time in 11 starts, pitching five solid innings and helping himself with a two-run double as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 for a three-game sweep. Kim had lost five straight decisions. He...
Read More »Missouri execution date set for Ernest Johnson
(AP) The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set an October execution date for Ernest Lee Johnson, who was convicted of killing three people at a central Missouri convenience store 27 years ago. The order set the execution for 6 p.m. Oct. 5 at the state ...
Read More »Authorities catch convicted murderer on parole accused of resisting arrest
A convicted murderer out on parole that escaped cops this weekend has been found. The Callaway County Sheriff’s office said Tuesday that Stephen Thorp was arrested. He was wanted in Randolph County for resisting arrest. Authorities say he ran away from...
Read More »(AUDIO) State Rep. Chuck Basye on FRA renewal talks
Missouri House committees held hearings Tuesday to iron out language for the renewal of the FRA, which provides crucial Medicaid funding for the state. Rocheport state representative Chuck Basye, who sits on one of those committees, joined Wake Up Colu...
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