(AP) – Generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans would be delivered in a sweeping overhaul of the tax laws, under a new agreement crafted by Republicans in Congress. Middle- and low-income families would receive smaller tax ...

Police say someone was hanging out around the house…with a shotgun. Officers say they got word of some shots fired at about 10:00 p.m. Wednesday on Carpenter Drive near Paris and Vandiver in north Columbia. They heard more gunshots when they got there....

(AP) – Roy Moore has now lost more statewide races than he’s won in Alabama, including a Senate contest that seemed within reach. So will the Republican former judge now abandon politics and ride off into the sunset? Probably not. Instead, ...

(AP) – A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky facing sexual assault allegations has committed suicide. Bullitt County Sheriff Donnie Tinnell says Rep. Dan Johnson shot himself Wednesday on a bridge in Mount Washington, Kentucky. Tinnell confirmed the ...

MU officials are asking people to avoid the area of the Hearnes Center. According to a message from the university’s emergency alert system, authorities are investigating a bomb threat at the Hearnes Center Shuttle Bus Stop. Police evacuated the ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The endowment of the University of Missouri’s flagship campus in Columbia has topped $1 billion for the first time even as the campus struggles to recover from race-related protests and enrollment drops. Chancellor Alex...

A one-time top Cole County Juvenile Officer files suit against his former boss and the Cole County Commission. Kurt Valentine claims he resigned in September after he says his superiors at the Prenger Family Center didn’t investigate his claims that ot...

Columbia’s airport expansion plans are almost ready for takeoff. The city announced Wednesday morning that it has gotten federal approval to move a hangar and build a new terminal in its spot. A city spokesperson says the airport will save nearly ten m...

(AP) Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to fill Sen. Al Franken’s seat until the November election. Dayton’s announcement Wednesday had been widely expected. Smith served as Dayton’s trusted chief of staff fo...

WASHINGTON (AP) – House and Senate GOP leaders have forged an agreement on a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s tax laws. That paves the way for final votes next week to slash taxes for businesses and give most people tax cuts starting next ...