Boone County is set to roll out new health rules in response to a spike in coronavirus cases. The new order is coming Friday morning, and will take effect immediately. Columbia Public Schools is now on track for online-only learning, since the rate of ...
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Missouri Task Force 1 starts work after Laura
Missouri Task Force 1 did some recon work in southern Texas on Thursday, after some of Laura’s worst hit the Gulf of Mexico. Boone County-based emergency responders scouted damage in Jasper and Newton County, Texas. Other task force members prepped for...
Read More »Trump lashes Biden, defies pandemic on White House stage
(AP) — President Donald Trump blasted Joe Biden as a hapless career politician who will endanger Americans’ safety as he accepted his party’s renomination on the South Lawn of the White House. While the coronavirus kills 1,000 Americans each day, Trump...
Read More »Looser motorcycle helmet restrictions start Friday in Missouri
Some motorcycle riders have been waiting a long time for this. Starting Friday, many of them can now ride without a helmet in Missouri. The measure was vetoed three times in recent decades, before Governor Parson finally signed it into law last month. ...
Read More »Basye proposes change to unlawful transfer of weapons law
State representative Chuck Basye wants a potential change to Missouri law on the transfer of weapons. The Rocheport Republican added an amendment to a violent crime bill making it ok to give a gun to a minor without the permission of the minor’s parent...
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