Columbia needs a new state representative, days after the general election. Kip Kendrick said on Monday he is leaving the Missouri House to be chief of staff for fellow Democrat Greg Razer. Razer just got elected to the state Senate. Kendrick ran unopp...
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2nd coronavirus vaccine shows early success in U.S. tests
(AP) There’s more promising news on the COVID-19 vaccine front as Moderna says its shot provides strong protection against the coronavirus. Monday’s announcement comes a week after a competitor, Pfizer, revealed its own vaccine to be simila...
Read More »Missouri native part of historic SpaceX flight
A Missouri man is part of space travel history. Mike Hopkins was one of four astronauts who left Earth on Sunday night, bound for the International Space Station. Hopkins was born in Lebanon (LEB-uh-nin), Missouri, and grew up on a farm outside Richlan...
Read More »Four shot at Fulton gathering
Four people are shot at a Fulton gathering place. Police say the shootings happened at about 1:40 a.m. Sunday at the Fulton Event Center on North Business 54. Several cars there were apparently shot up too. The shooting victims have non-life threatenin...
Read More »Boone County reports two more COVID-19 deaths
Two more Boone County residents have died from COVID-19, health officials confirmed Thursday. Both patients were older than 80. That’s now 23 total deaths from the illness in Boone County. Boone County reported 212 new coronavirus cases Thursday....
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