A victim has non-life threatening injuries after a Cole County shooting. The sheriff’s department says it responded to the shooting and a possible home invasion at about 6 a.m. Sunday on Deer Run Road south of Jefferson City near Brazito. A man was arrested in connection with the shooting in Miller County. We do not …
Officials identify Nashville bombing suspect
(AP) — With federal officials having identified the man believed to be behind Nashville’s Christmas Day bombing, authorities now turn to the monumental task of piecing together the motive behind the explosion that severely damaged dozens of downtown buildings and injured three people. While officials on Sunday named Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, as the man …
After record COVID-19 hospitalizations on Christmas, virus cases drop
(AP) — Missouri reported 1,451 new virus cases and three deaths Sunday as the average number of cases reported each day continued to decline. The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases declined to 2,415 on Sunday. That is significantly lower than the peak rolling average of 4,723 that was set on Nov. 20, and …
Boone County house damaged by fire
Boone County authorities investigate a Saturday night fire. Crews said they saw heavy flames shooting through the roof of a house on North Route O west of Columbia when they got to the fire. No one was hurt, but the fire caused a lot of damage to the house.
House bill would change state HIV laws
You will probably see a bipartisan push in Jefferson City to change state laws tied to HIV. Republican state Rep. Phil Christofanelli says those measures were written in the 1980’s, when there was a lot of panic about that virus. For example, it is illegal to spit on someone if you are HIV positive, even …