The University of Missouri announced more punishments Friday for students not following university COVID-19 policies. A release says five students have been suspended for the rest of the academic year, through May 2021. Another 14 students have been pl...

Mizzou chancellor and system president Mun Choi says he’s pleased with the recent downward trend of coronavirus cases on campus. During the board of curators meeting Thursday, Choi said 100 percent of classrooms have followed rules about social distanc...

Columbia police are investigating after an armed robbery at the Passions Adult Boutique store in central Columbia. Officers say someone ran into the store on Business Loop 70 just after midnight Thursday. He pointed a handgun and demanded money, then r...

Gov. Mike Parson and his wife, Teresa, both tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. An official release says the First Lady started feeling minor symptoms and was given a rapid test, which came back positive. She and the governor were then given PCR...

Police are looking for several suspects after a robbery in central Columbia. Officers say they found a 55-year old victim with several head wounds on Seventh Street near Columbia College at around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. The victim said he was walking hom...

(AP) A $20,000 acrylic case now protects Thomas Jefferson’s original headstone on the University of Missouri campus, a response to vandalism concerns amid an ongoing dispute about whether the university should honor the third president who also was a s...

A Jefferson City lawmaker says it may soon be time to take up the issue of virus-fueled lawsuits. Rep. Rudy Veit says the legislature may discuss this during next year’s session. “Hospitals, nursing homes and a lot of people are going to ne...

A cross-town Columbia football game gets canceled due to coronavirus concerns. Battle High School announced Thursday its game against Hickman won’t happen Friday after someone in the football program tested positive for COVID-19. Please see attached st...

Columbia and Boone County’s health department is relaxing its latest COVID-19 health order regarding bars and restaurants. The department said Wednesday it is changing the time those bars and restaurants must close, from 10 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Those bus...

Columbia police arrest a wanted man after a standoff. Tori Rose, 31, allegedly drove away from the cops on Wednesday afternoon on College Avenue near Mizzou between Paris and Walnut. He then barricaded himself in an apartment. Officers used tear gas to...