(AP) — Global stock markets have risen after the chief U.S. central banker expressed optimism the the American economy might start to recover this year from the coronavirus pandemic. London and Frankfurt opened higher, while Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Ko...
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CPS board candidate Horn making first run for public office
A former U.S. Border Patrol agent is one of the candidates for Columbia Public Schools board. Chris Horn spent 2014 in south Texas between stints at Shelter Insurance. He has worked at Shelter for 13 years overall. “You can’t judge anybody ...
Read More »Key bills passed by Missouri legislature this year
(Missourinet) Another Missouri legislative session is in the books and it was like no other. Two things that stick out – lawmakers participated in the second regular session of the 100th General Assembly and they did their work while a global pandemic ...
Read More »Convicted Missouri killer receives stay of execution
(Missourinet) A federal judge has issued a stay of execution in the case of a convicted southwest Missouri killer, who was scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening at the maximum-security prison in Bonne Terre. 64-year-old Walter Barton was convicted o...
Read More »‘American Idol’ recap: Just Sam crowned the winner in star-studded finale
ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- The day has finally come -- Who is the next American Idol? America voted and the winner is... Just Sam! Ryan Seacrest held the reigns as the host of the first-ever remote finale for the series along wi...
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