(AP) A former U.S. attorney will be the special prosecutor in the case of a St. Louis couple who waved guns at racial injustice protesters last summer. Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer on Wednesday named Richard Callahan to prosecute the case against Mark an...
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Tiger Woods suffers leg injuries after California car crash
(AP) Golf star Tiger Woods suffered leg injuries Tuesday in a vehicle rollover in suburban Los Angeles and was undergoing surgery, authorities and his manager said. Woods was alone in the vehicle and had to be extricated from it, the Los Angeles County...
Read More »Tiger Woods seriously injured in California car crash
(AP) Authorities say golf star Tiger Woods was seriously injured when his SUV crashed into a median and rolled over several times on a steep road in suburban Los Angeles. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center’s chief medical officer says Woods shattered tibia and...
Read More »State rep McGaugh supports local election ballot reform
A state representative and former Carroll County Clerk is backing a bill designed to make your April election ballot a little shorter. Peggy McGaugh (R-Carrollton) says the bill would move bond issues and tax questions to the November ballot. “Th...
Read More »Local COVID-19 Update (Feb. 22)
Boone County’s active coronavirus case count drops to its lowest point since last July. There were 13 new cases Monday, along with 35 between Saturday and Sunday combined. Active cases fell to 150. Hospitalizations remain low, at 38. Cole County ...
Read More »Gov. Parson warns against price gouging from natural gas companies
Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday the state is on the lookout for natural gas companies that are jacking up prices during this cold weather spell. “We will not tolerate any effort to price gouge or take advantage of customers at a time when there is...
Read More »Gov. Parson warns against price gouging from natural gas companies
Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday the state is on the lookout for natural gas companies that are jacking up prices during this cold weather spell. “We will not tolerate any effort to price gouge or take advantage of customers at a time when there is...
Read More »Talk radio icon, Missouri native Rush Limbaugh dies at 70
Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. Rush’s wife Kathryn made the announcement of his death this morning at the opening of his radio show Wednesday. Limbaugh announced he had stage IV lung cancer i...
Read More »Local COVID-19 Update (Feb. 16)
Boone County reported its 74th death from COVID-19 Tuesday, a patient between 10 and 19 years old. Health officials say it’s the first time someone younger than 40 has died from the illness in Boone. There were 30 new coronavirus cases confirmed ...
Read More »Columbia Police investigating after one taken to hospital
Police are investigating after finding a victim with life-threatening injuries in a west Columbia home. Officers say they found the victim at around 7:15 a.m. Monday in a home on Orchard Court. That person was taken to the hospital. Authorities are sti...
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