The Governor’s Mansion Christmas trees were scheduled to arrive on Monday morning. This year’s tree that will go on the Mansion lawn is a 40-foot Norway spruce donated by Doris Baker of Desloge, Missouri. The annual tree lighting is on Friday at 6 p.m....
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Man arrested after robbery outside Waffle House
A man accused of an armed robbery at a Columbia Waffle House is arrested. The victim told police he went to look for his wife in the parking lot of the breakfast spot on Vandiver Drive near Interstate 70 at about 1 a.m. Saturday. He got into an argumen...
Read More »All three Reality House escapees captured
All three of those inmates that escaped from a north Columbia halfway house are now back in custody. Jamale Marteen and Lawrence Johnson were both caught in Columbia over the extended holiday weekend. Marteen was arrested on Omaha Court on Nov. 26. Joh...
Read More »Appeals court rejects Trump challenge of Pennsylvania race
(AP) — A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to challenge the election results in a case expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court if Trump appeals. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals echoed a str...
Read More »Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge over slain scientist
(AP) — Iran’s supreme leader is calling for “definitive punishment” of those behind killing of a scientist linked to Tehran’s disbanded military nuclear program. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comment Saturday in a statement carried on ...
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