Local first responders say they are taking steps to improve coordination, after two people died and three were hurt in an east Columbia shooting. A statement released Monday said on-scene communication between police officers and medics was not always …

One person is dead after a pickup crashes into a fast food place in Sedalia. Police say a truck went through a dining room wall of the Wendy’s on Limit Avenue at 6 p.m. Monday and got several feet inside the building. An older woman died from her injur…

Springfield is the latest Missouri community requiring people to wear masks to slow the spread of COVID-19. The News-Leader reports the city council passed the measure by an 8-0 vote on Monday night. That came after five hours of testimony in city hall…

A third person has died from COVID-19 in Boone County. Officials said Monday it involved someone in his or her late 40’s. Boone County reported nine more coronavirus cases Monday, much smaller than the record set this weekend. Cole County only reported…

A man is accused of making a terrorist threat at a Jefferson City hospital. Police say the suspect wanted to get into a secure area of the emergency room to see family at St. Mary’s Hospital on Mission Drive on Sunday afternoon. As he left the lobby, w…