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Darrion Cockrell was a gang member who hated school growing up. He was just named 2021 Missouri Teacher of the Year. Cockrell joined Wake Up Columbia on Tuesday:

(AP) — Congress has easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package. It promises to deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Lawmakers ...

A Boonville man dies in a head-on crash. The Highway Patrol says a pickup crossed the center line of Highway 5 just west of Boonville near Smith Street at about 9 p.m. Monday. It hit Ryan Scott’s pickup head-on. The 29-year-old died. The driver of the ...

(AP) No. 17 Iowa says it’s pausing football activities because of a COVID-19 outbreak but still hopes to play in next week’s Music City Bowl. Athletic director Gary Barta said in a statement Monday that the Hawkeyes will put all football ac...

(AP) — The chief executive of BioNTech says the German pharmaceutical company is confident that its coronavirus vaccine works against the UK variant, but further studies are needed to be completely sure. Ugur Sahin said Tuesday that “we don’t know at t...