(AP) — The House is poised to vote on a 9/11-style commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The vote on Wednesday is the first step toward creating an independent, bipartisan panel that would investigate the siege. But the bill...
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Court: Medical marijuana license applications not secret
(AP) — A state appeals court says Missouri cannot keep medical marijuana license applications secret. The Western District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday on a lawsuit filed by a California-based company that was denied a license in Missouri. The compan...
Read More »Local COVID-19 Update: Boone County adds 25 more deaths
Boone County reports 25 more people died as a result of COVID-19. Health officials said Wednesday those deaths were added after data reconciliation, and all happened between November 2020 and April 2021. Boone now has 116 total deaths from the illness....
Read More »Prosecutor finds deputies justified in shooting of Black man
(AP) — A North Carolina prosecutor says sheriff’s deputies were justified in their fatal shooting of a Black man in April. District Attorney Andrew Womble said Andrew Brown Jr. struck a deputy with his car and nearly ran him over while ignoring command...
Read More »University curators approve tuition hike, new indoor football facility
The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved a couple of big proposals Wednesday afternoon. Curators decided to raise tuition starting in the fall. Students on the Columbia campus will pay 5% more, while the other three UM System campuses will...
Read More »(AUDIO) Pitzer on possible Columbia City Council changes
Columbia’s city council wards may be changing soon, with the release of new census data. Councilman Matt Pitzer joined Wake Up Columbia to talk about that on Tuesday:
Read More »Columbia pedestrian hit by car on Highway 63
A Columbia pedestrian is badly hurt after getting hit by a car on Highway 63. Police say the accident happened at the Conley Rd. overpass between the I-70 connector and the Broadway exit at about 6 p.m. Monday. Steven Ledbetter apparently walked into t...
Read More »Proposal would put Missouri gas tax hike to public vote
(AP) — A conservative advocacy group’s Missouri chapter is seeking to put what’s expected to be the state’s first gas tax hike in years to a public vote. The secretary of state said Monday that Americans for Prosperity-Missouri’s director filed t...
Read More »Biden raises cease-fire, civilian toll in call to Netanyahu
(AP) President Joe Biden expressed support for a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers in a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but he stopped short of demanding an immediate stop to the eight days of Israeli airstri...
Read More »Hackers take control of Mexico school Facebook page
Someone hacked the Mexico school district’s Facebook page. School officials tell ABC 17 that hackers used a phishing scam through a staffer’s personal account to get access to the page. Then they removed administrative privileges for district workers, ...
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