An Ashland state lawmaker who lost her husband in August to COVID is urging you to purchase a pulse/oxygen meter. It’s a simple device that you can wear on your finger. State Rep. Sara Walsh (R-Ashland) says her husband, Steve, suffered from COVID pneu...
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UPDATE: Boone Electric could switch crews this weekend in Baton Rouge
Columbia-based Boone Electric says 75 percent of power has now been restored in hurricane-damaged Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A ten-member Boone Electric crew continues to restore power this morning in Louisiana. Boone Electric spokeswoman Meredith Hoenes ...
Read More »Jefferson City’s mayor says COVID numbers trending in right direction
Jefferson City’s mayor says the number of Cole County residents testing positive for COVID has started to decline since mid-August. Mayor Carrie Tergin presented a pandemic update to the City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting, saying the number of COV...
Read More »Detailed list of planned park projected approved by Columbia’s City Council
Columbia’s City Council has voted to support a resolution approving a list of projects expected to be funded, if voters approve a park sales tax extension in November. The city council met Tuesday night at City Hall, since Monday was Labor Day. Columbi...
Read More »Motorcyclist killed Tuesday in Jefferson City
Jefferson City authorities say a motorcyclist has been killed in Tuesday morning’s collision on Missouri Boulevard and Ohio Street. Investigators say 46-year-old James W. Baysinger died, after he was ejected from his motorcycle and suffered serious hea...
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Netflix faith-based teen musical ‘A Week Away’ spreads “hope…love and light”
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES) -- Netflix is already getting ready for summer, with the teen musical A Week Away, streaming Friday. A Week Away is a little different than most teen films -- this one is faith-based and a lot of...
Read More »Houstin Tumlin, ‘Talledega Nights’ co-star and Army veteran, dies by suicide at 28
Tumlin, left, and director Adam McKay, right in 2006/SGranitz/WireImage(ALABAMA) -- Houstin Tumlin, who as a child starred as Walker Bobby, the older brother of Texas Ranger Bobby, Will Ferrell's spoiled sons in Talledega Night...
Read More »‘Resident Alien’ star Sara Tomko says show’s creator broke their season 2 renewal news by pranking cast
James Dittiger/SYFY(NEW YORK) -- SyFy's quirky comedy Resident Alien, in which Firefly and Rogue One star Alan Tudyk plays an alien in disguise as a small-town doctor, was just renewed for a second season. However, as co-star Sara Tomko...
Read More »Jay Leno apologizes for anti-Asian jokes over the years
Shannon Finney/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- After a heart-to-heart via Zoom with the leader of Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA), Jay Leno has apologized telling jokes over the years that used Asians as punchlines. Accord...
Read More »‘Glee’ cast to reunite at GLAAD Awards in tribute to Naya Rivera
FOX Image Collection via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- The cast of Fox's former phenomenon Glee will reunite at the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in tribute to former cast mate, the late Naya Rivera. Rivera, who played Santana...
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