Watch for lane closures on Highway 50 just west of Jefferson City this week. MoDot says the work starts Monday both directions from Truman Boulevard in Jefferson City to Henwick Lane in Saint Martins. Expect delays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday throu...

Police evacuate a Columbia Regional Airport terminal. Authorities got word a scanner spotted a suspicious item in a piece of luggage on Saturday afternoon. They checked the item, and decided it was not a threat. The owner of the item was questioned, bu...

Jefferson City police are asking if anyone has more information on a deadly weekend crash. A pickup went off Highway 54 near the tri-level at about 3 a.m. Saturday. It hit a guardrail and the concrete center divider. The truck’s driver, 59-year-old Bra...

(AP) — A person with knowledge of the deal says the Los Angeles Dodgers are signing veteran first baseman Albert Pujols to a major league deal. Pujols left the Los Angeles Angels earlier this month after nearly 10 seasons with the Dodgers’ Orange Count...

The Columbia City Council approved a new agreement with Veterans United on Monday night. VU has used part of the old Boone County fairgrounds for company events since 2016. The city took over the property last year. VU will pay $10,000 more a year in r...

(AP) — Republicans have vaulted Rep. Elise Stefanik into the ranks of House leadership. The upstate New York Republican was elected to the party’s No. 3 post on Friday. She’s an ardent defender of former President Donald Trump. The party ho...

Parents of kids with special needs will probably be able to record meetings with school officials soon. State lawmakers passed that bill on Thursday. Governor Parson just needs to sign the measure into law. Columbia parent and advocate Robyn Schelp say...

State lawmakers passed a wide-ranging justice and law enforcement reform bill on Thursday. See all the changes that are covered here. For example, it says police chokeholds can only be used in self-defense. Someone can now get protection orders for lon...

Mizzou will keep its coronavirus restrictions in place, during another round of in-person graduation ceremonies starting Friday. That’s despite new CDC guidance released Thursday saying fully-vaccinated people can mostly ditch masks indoors. Boone Coun...

Rep. Reisch explains on Wake Up Columbia why she voted against the gas tax increase that was sent to Gov. Parson’s desk this week: