The Mexico, Mo. school board has placed its superintendent on administrative leave. The district said Wednesday Dr. Tammy Lupardus is on paid leave, pending a performance review. Assistant superintendent Melissa Chastain is now serving as interim super...

A conservative advocacy group is still fighting against Missouri’s gas tax increase bill. Missouri’s Americans For Prosperity chapter filed a petition to let voters decide on the higher gas tax.  Chapter director Jeremy Cady said on The Mike Ferguson S...

(AP) Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill that could let college athletes cash-in on their fame but could also result in higher tuition for students. The bill says colleges and universities can’t prevent student athletes from making money off th...

(AP) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is easing indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to safely stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and inside in most places. The new guidance is a major step toward ret...

Columbia police arrest a suspect tied to a 2017 homicide. Officers said Monday that Jeffrey McWilliams is accused of second degree murder and more. Investigators say 28-year-old Augustus Roberts was shot and killed during a drug-related home invasion o...

Gov. Mike Parson announced Missouri will stop giving out special unemployment benefits from the federal government. The governor said Tuesday those payments will end June 12. Parson said the federal assistance to help economic recovery during the pande...

Boone County reported two more COVID-19 deaths Monday. Health officials say both patients were older than 80. The county has confirmed 89 total deaths from the illness. Boone still had a low coronavirus case increase, with just 11 new positives Monday....

Police are now just calling a reported abduction in southwest Columbia a “suspicious incident.” Investigators said they got word a little before noon Monday that a man had forced a woman into an SUV at Scott Boulevard and Chapel Hill Road. But a few ho...

Columbia police are investigating after someone vandalized the James T. Scott lynching historical marker. City officials said Friday the marker was taken off its base and found damaged nearby on the MKT Trail. Police are still working to identify suspe...

A Salem man is in jail after an attempted robbery in Columbia last week. Police said Thursday they arrested James Hanks Jr. on suspicion of first degree robbery on Tuesday. Officers responded to the Walmart on Conley Road near Highway 63 last Thursday ...