(AP) Multiple people who have spoken with Donald Trump and his team in recent weeks say they sense a shift, with the former president increasingly acting and talking as though he plans to mount another White House bid. Trump will deliver a speech in No...
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Conservation department tracking mid-Missouri black bear encounters
There are about 800 bears in Missouri, and at least of couple of them have been wandering around mid-Missouri. Bears were spotted near Centertown and on Jefferson City’s east side over the last week. “Right now is actually a pretty hard time for ...
Read More »Local COVID-19 Update (June 3)
Coronavirus case increases stay low in mid-Missouri. There were six new cases in Boone County on Wednesday. Active cases (38) stayed the same, but hospitalizations (33) rose again. Cole County reported five new positives.
Read More »Biden, GOP Senator talk as time drags on infrastructure deal
(AP) President Joe Biden met for nearly an hour Wednesday with the top Republican negotiator on infrastructure, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito. Time is running out to strike a bipartisan deal, but they have agreed to reconnect Friday. The president is propo...
Read More »Three teenagers arrested after chase in central Columbia
Authorities catch three teens and are looking for a fourth suspect after a chase in central Columbia. Deputies told ABC 17 they followed a stolen Ford Fusion at around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. They slowed the car with spike strips, and it eventually crashe...
Read More »Police investigate reported gunshots in central Columbia
Officers are looking for the person or people who fired gunshots in central Columbia. Police said they got to Douglass Park near Providence Road at around 7 p.m. Tuesday. A house was damaged by a bullet, but no one was hurt. There is no information on ...
Read More »Boone County walk-in clinics continue
Walk-ins are welcome at some more COVID-19 vaccine clinics this week. Mari’s convenience store at Prathersville Road and Rangeline will give out the Johnson-and-Johnson shot from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday. Derby Ridge Elementary will hold another walk-i...
Read More »Cards beat Dodgers 3-2, Flaherty to 10-day IL
(AP) Edmundo Sosa hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning, Tyler O’Neill made a running catch for the final out and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2. O’Neill led off the ninth with a single off Blake Treinen. O’Neill st...
Read More »Missouri court strikes down public labor union restrictions
(AP) The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down a 2018 state law that imposed new requirements on some public sector labor unions. In a 5-2 ruling Tuesday, the Supreme Court said the law violated the constitution’s equal protection rights by exem...
Read More »Fewer 2020 traffic stops in Missouri, but disparity remains
(AP) Traffic stops — along with arrests resulting from those stops — declined sharply in Missouri last year due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Black motorists were still far more likely to be pulled over and arrested. That’s accordin...
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