(AP) George Floyd was fondly remembered Tuesday as “Big Floyd” — a father and brother, athlete and neighborhood mentor, and now a catalyst for change — at a funeral for the black man whose death has sparked a global reckoning over police brutality and ...
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Record-setting rainfall hits mid-Missouri Tuesday
Record rain hit mid-Missouri on Tuesday. Columbia Regional Airport picked up 2.75″, beating the old record of nearly double the old record of 1.65″ on June 9, 2004. Several low-lying roads flooded because of the historic rain. The post Reco...
Read More »JCPD lieutenant says most officers follow the law
Jefferson City police Lt. David Williams, who is black, says most officers are not violent bullies. Video showed a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for several minutes as Floyd died a couple weeks ago. “I know some...
Read More »Comfort murder trial delayed
A man accused of killing his wife in 2006 and putting her body in a Columbia dumpster will not go on trial next week. The defense lawyer for Keith Comfort got a continuance on Tuesday. Investigators say Comfort walked into a Wisconsin police station la...
Read More »Is messy primary a November harbinger?
(AP) — The long-standing wrangle over voting rights and election security came to a head in Georgia, where a messy primary and partisan finger-pointing offered an unsettling preview of a November contest when battleground states could face potentially ...
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