Several Republican Missouri politicians have voiced their unhappiness with how the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan was handled. Senator Roy Blunt said in a statement Monday President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops when he did ...

Columbia’s city council unanimously voted down a parking plan for a new downtown hotel. The Cherry Street Hotel wanted to reserve close to 100 parking spots in the Tenth and Cherry Street parking garage. But council members Monday all voted ‘no’ on the...

(AP) U.S. health experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot. The goal is to ensure lasting protection against the coronavirus as the d...

You won’t see mandatory masks for kids in the Blair Oaks schools, at least for now. Superintendent Dr. Jim Jones says they may have to re-evaluate that decision after they’re in session for a couple of weeks. “After ten days of school, we will be...

Mid-Missouri’s coronavirus case counts continue a higher trend. Boone County reported 152 new positives over the last three days. Active cases dropped slightly, to 620. Hospitalizations went up, to 135. Hospitals in Boone are still operating at “...

A man is facing several gun charges after allegedly threatening people in Jefferson City. Police say two victims reported the suspect making threats with a gun in an area of Miller Street near Highway 50 Sunday night. They say the gun was fired several...

(AP) President Joe Biden is calling the violent chaos at Kabul’s airport “gut-wrenching,” but he’s standing by America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. Biden spoke from the White House on Monday in his first in-person remarks since the ...

(AP) A 22-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in a shooting death outside a Springfield convenience store. Garrett Austin Eagle, of Springfield, was charged Monday after the shooting Friday afternoon outside the Conoco Village Mart....

(AP) Rescuers have recovered more bodies from the sites of severe flooding that devastated parts of northern Turkey, bringing the death toll to 77. Torrential rains battered the country’s northwestern Black Sea provinces on Aug. 11, causing floods that...

(AP) Tropical Storm Grace has been drenching Haiti just two days after a powerful earthquake struck the impoverished Caribbean nation. The depression regained storm status overnight after on Monday adding to the misery of the thousands of people who lo...