(AP) A former state lawmaker is the first candidate to announce a run for the U.S. House seat that will become open with Rep. Vicky Hartzler’s decision to run for the U.S. Senate. The Kansas City Star reports that former Republican state Sen. Ed Emery ...

(AP) U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are set to meet for their highly anticipated summit in the Swiss city of Geneva. It’s a moment of high-stakes diplomacy that comes as both leaders agree that U.S.-Russian relations a...

Mid-Missouri continues to see low coronavirus case increases. Boone County had 10 new positives on Tuesday. Active cases went up a little, to 59. Hospitalizations stayed the same, at 30. Hospitals in Boone are still operating at “yellow” st...

Nickie Davis, the executive director of The District in downtown Columbia, joined CEO Roundtable to discuss what many downtown businesses are facing now:

(AP) The trial of a man accused of killing a central Missouri woman and her daughter in 2016 has been delayed after a mistrial was declared during jury selection. The trial of 59-year-old Steven Endsley was scheduled to begin Monday. A 94-member jury p...

Will Jay Nixon run for U.S. Senate? He ran for the job twice before, losing to both Jack Danforth and Kit Bond back in the 1980’s and 90’s. But former Missouri House Speaker Pro Tem Carl Bearden thinks the GOP might force the former Democratic Governor...

(AP) A federal judge in Louisiana has ordered an end to the Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water. The judge ruled Tuesday in a lawsuit by Louisiana’s attorney general and officials in 12 othe...

Police are investigating an armed burglary in south Columbia. Authorities say a man broke into a home on Brookside Lane between Route K and Old Plank Road just after 4 a.m. Monday. The people in the home told police the man demanded money and property ...

The Columbia Public Schools board approves more elementary school boundary changes. The plan approved Monday night says more than 700 elementary students will switch schools over the next three years. Rock Bridge Elementary, Cedar Ridge Elementary and ...

Authorities caught a man from Charleston, Missouri trying to steal a car in north Columbia. ABC 17 reports deputies spotted Justin Hart in the stolen Toyota at around 5 p.m. Monday. He refused to pull over and a chase followed. The car eventually crash...