Columbia’s youngest students could be back in the classroom next month. The CPS Board of Education on Thursday morning spoke with administrators about how a return to some in-person learning would look. Superintendent Peter Stiepleman said the plan is …

The Columbia Public Schools board decided on Thursday morning not to officially change the name of Rock Bridge High School’s football field yet. The plan for now is to remove Wayne Sells’ name from the field’s scoreboard, while the school board conside…

(AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid rose slightly last week to 870,000, a historically high figure that shows that the viral pandemic is still squeezing restaurants, airlines, hotels and many other businesses six months after it f…

A man with a knife is arrested near the Mizzou campus. University police put out an alert that Nicholas Walters was at College Avenue and Anthony Street at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday. They arrested him about a half hour later near the Stephens College ca…

(AP) — Anger, frustration and sadness over the decision not to charge Kentucky police officers for Breonna Taylor’s death poured into America’s streets as protesters lashed out at a criminal justice system they say is stacked against Black people. Viol…