Authorities say a crash near Centralia left a passenger dead and a driver seriously hurt. Troopers the crash happened on Highway 22 just east of Centralia at around 4:10 p.m. Tuesday. Investigators say a dump truck blew out a tire, causing it to veer o...

Columbia’s city council did not get enough approval to install a new mask mandate in town. One of the members who voted against the mandate, councilman Matt Pitzer, joined Wake Up Columbia on Tuesday.

Boone County reported its 127th COVID-19 death Tuesday. Health officials said the patient between 35 and 39 years old, and died on June 12 There were 90 new coronavirus cases reported in the county Tuesday. Active cases went down, to 703. Hospitalizati...

Mizzou officially has its next athletic director. The University of Missouri board of curators officially approved the contract for Desiree Reed-Francois on Tuesday. She will become Mizzou’s first full-time female athletic director. Reed-Francois was s...

(AP) A Missouri judge says Gov. Mike Parson can no longer deny Medicaid health care to thousands more newly eligible adults. Cole County Judge Jon Beetem issued the order Tuesday. Missouri voters in 2020 approved the constitutional amendment making mor...

(AP) J.A. Happ combined with a trio of relievers on a one-hitter, Tommy Edman and Paul DeJong homered early and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the skidding Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1. Happ retired the first nine batters, then gave up rookie Hoy Park’s first ...

(AP) More than 375,000 Missourians have entered the state’s COVID-19 vaccine lottery program, but vaccinations continue to lag, especially in rural areas of the state. State officials say the first of five drawings will be Friday. All told, 800 adults ...

(AP) Democrats have pushed a $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs through the Senate. The chamber’s party-line approval of the budget resolution advances President Joe Biden’s expansive vision f...

(AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he will resign over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily briefings and leadership during the darkest days of COVID-19. The three-...

Missouri turns 200 years old Tuesday. A formal ceremony will kick off a full slate of Statehood Day events in Jefferson City at 9 a.m. Gov. Mike Parson and Sen. Roy Blunt are among those scheduled to speak at the ceremony. That will be followed by a U-...