(AP) — The risk for flooding along the Missouri River appears lower than normal headed into the year because the ground remains dry across most of the region and snowpack levels are generally below average. Officials with the Corps of Engineers and Nat...
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Stay or go? After Trump-fueled riot, aides debate early exit
(AP) — A steady stream of Trump administration officials are beating an early path to the exits as a protest against the deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol this week even as others wrestling with the stay-or-go question conclude that they owe it to the p...
Read More »US registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus
(AP) The U.S. registered more COVID-19 deaths in a single day than ever before — nearly 3,900 — on the very day the mob attack on the Capitol laid bare some of the same, deep political divisions that have hampered the battle against the pandemic. The v...
Read More »Rep. Lovasco backs early vaccinations for state government workers
What happens if we see a surge of coronavirus cases among state government employees during the legislative session that started on Wednesday? O’Fallon Republican Rep. Tony Lovasco says those workers should be moved up the vaccination list. “I do...
Read More »Russell named interim president at Columbia College
The person temporarily in charge at Columbia College will stick around a while longer. David Russell has gone from acting president to interim president, the school’s board of trustees announced Thursday. The promotion comes with a 12-month contract, w...
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