(AP) Yadier Molina had an RBI double in the 10th inning that led the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, who have lost 11 straight games. The 38-year-old Molina ripped a one-out double down the left field line, just out of the reach of a diving Eduardo Escobar. The hit …
Patrol probe claims Missouri lawmaker had sex as on-duty cop
(AP) The Missouri Highway Patrol is reviewing claims that a state lawmaker had sex with a drunk 19 year old while serving as a police officer in 2015. A spokesman on Thursday said a local prosecutor asked the patrol to investigate 42-year-old Republican Rep. Chad Perkins of Bowling Greet. A local police chief also went …
(AUDIO) Columbia Regional Airport manager on recent rise in air travel
Mike Parks from Columbia Regional Airport joined Wake Up Columbia on Friday to talk about the recent rise in air travel at COU, and how the new terminal will help the local economy:
Social spending, business tax hike drive $6T Biden budget
(AP) President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal for next year would run a $1.8 trillion federal government deficit despite a raft of new tax increases on corporations and high-income people designed to pay for his ambitious spending plans. The whopping deficit projections are being driven by Biden’s costly plans for infrastructure and social spending, …
After delays, GOP poised to black bipartisan 1/6 riot probe
(AP) Senate Republicans are poised to block the creation of a special commission to study the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. That action would dash hopes for a bipartisan investigation amid a GOP push to put the violent insurrection by Donald Trump’s supporters behind them. A vote on the procedural motion was bumped …