Katherine Sasser is one of the newcomers joining the Columbia Public Schools board, after her election win on Tuesday. She joined Wake Up Columbia on Wednesday:

A 135-year prison sentence is handed down for a New Bloomfield man. Prosecutors say Jarrad Vandergrift, 39, sexually abused a young girl multiple times between 2009 and 2018. The victim told a school counselor in 2019. A jury found Vandergrift guilty o...

(AP) — In President Joe Biden’s first notable gun control measures, he has announced executive actions aimed at addressing what the White House calls a “gun violence public health epidemic.” In his actions announced Thursday, Biden is tight...

(AP) — A source briefed on a mass killing in South Carolina says the gunman who killed five people including a prominent doctor was former NFL player Phillip Adams. The source tells AP that Adams shot himself to death early Thursday with a .45-caliber ...

Most local roads had re-opened by Thursday morning after issues with flooding and crashes during Wednesday’s storms. Some of those storms hit a severe level in the afternoon, with heavy rain, strong winds, and a little hail. Columbia Regional Airport r...

Local health officials say they have recorded the first known case of the U.K. variant of the coronavirus in Boone County. Experts say it is apparently more contagious than earlier strains. It is now the most common strain in the United States. Boone C...

(AP) — The Senate has confirmed the appointment of a former state Republican party chairman to the University of Missouri governing board. The GOP-led Senate voted 19-13 to confirm Todd Graves as a curator Wednesday. The vote followed a multi-day effor...

A few newcomers will move into top Columbia political seats, after Tuesday’s municipal election. Katherine Sasser and Jeanne Snodgrass were elected to the school board. Luke Neal finished third, incumbent Teresa Maledy came in fourth, and Aron Sa...

A Columbia man gets a 12-year sentence for trying to buy online a chemical weapon that could kill 300 people. A federal judge sentenced Jason Siesser, 46, on Tuesday. Siesser pleaded guilty in August 2020 to trying to order the deadly poison in 2018. H...

(AP) — President Joe Biden has announced that he’s bumping up his deadline by two weeks for states to make all adults eligible for coronavirus vaccines. With states gradually expanding eligibility beyond such priority groups as seniors and essent...