Wednesday markeds the seventh day in the last eight with more than 100 new coronavirus cases reported in Boone County. There were 175 new positives. Active cases rose again, to 1,122. Hospitalizations hit another record high on Wednesday, at 149. Hospi...
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MU wins coin flip, will host Braggin’ Rights in Columbia
As winners of a coin flip, Mizzou will host the Braggin’ Rights game this year. Mizzou and Illinois usually play their annual basketball game in St. Louis. But coronavirus concerns have the schools wanting that game played on-campus this time. Th...
Read More »New coronavirus cases at all-time highs in U.S.
(AP) Texas on Wednesday became the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and California closed in on that mark as a surge of coronavirus infections engulfs the country. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said all restaurants, bars ...
Read More »Cole commissioner does not expect mask mandate
Are the “mask police” on their way to Cole County? Presiding Commissioner Sam Bushman says officials are not ready to issue any mandatory mask rulings. “We’re working on an advisory even as we speak that would be valid in Cole C...
Read More »Biden chooses longtime adviser Ron Klain as chief of staff
(AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of staff. Biden said Wednesday that Klain’s “deep, varied experience and capacity to work with people all across the political spect...
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