Someone hacked the Mexico school district’s Facebook page. School officials tell ABC 17 that hackers used a phishing scam through a staffer’s personal account to get access to the page. Then they removed administrative privileges for district workers, ...
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Missouri judge rules against law stripping state union power
(AP) — A Missouri judge says a 2018 law was wrongly used to end significant union protections for state workers. Cole County Judge Jon Beetem last week ruled that state agencies unconstitutionally used the 2018 law to ignore union-negotiated contracts....
Read More »Gaetz associate pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges
(AP) — A Florida politician who emerged as a central figure in the Justice Department’s sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz has pleaded guilty to six federal charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as part of a plea deal. Longti...
Read More »Local COVID-19 Update (May 18)
Weekend coronavirus numbers stayed low in mid-Missouri. Boone County reported 21 new positives since Friday. Active cases (54) and hospitalizations (15) are relatively low too. Cole County added just one new case since Friday.
Read More »(AUDIO) Anti-human trafficking advocate on operation at Columbia hotel
Nanette Ward with the Stop Human Trafficking Coalition of Central Missouri says on Wake Up Columbia the recent trafficking bust at a local hotel is not an isolated incident:
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