A few newcomers will move into top Columbia political seats, after Tuesday’s municipal election. Katherine Sasser and Jeanne Snodgrass were elected to the school board. Luke Neal finished third, incumbent Teresa Maledy came in fourth, and Aron Saylor was fifth. Andrea Waner won the Ward 2 city council race, with 1,069 votes. Jim Meyer (782 …
Columbia man sentenced for trying to buy chemical weapon
A Columbia man gets a 12-year sentence for trying to buy online a chemical weapon that could kill 300 people. A federal judge sentenced Jason Siesser, 46, on Tuesday. Siesser pleaded guilty in August 2020 to trying to order the deadly poison in 2018. He was arrested after a raid at his place on Southhampton. …
Biden makes all adults eligible for a vaccine on April 19
(AP) — President Joe Biden has announced that he’s bumping up his deadline by two weeks for states to make all adults eligible for coronavirus vaccines. With states gradually expanding eligibility beyond such priority groups as seniors and essential, front-line workers, the president said Tuesday that every adult in the U.S. will now be eligible …
A chance to ‘rise’: St. Louis elects 1st Black female mayor
(AP) — St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones, who has been outspoken in her criticism of the criminal justice system’s “arrest and incarcerate” model, will take over leadership of a city in the midst of yet another wave of violent crime after winning election as mayor on Tuesday. Jones defeated Alderwoman Cara Spencer in the general …
Local COVID-19 Update: new virus strain found in MO
Coronavirus case increases stayed low in mid-Missouri. Boone County had 20 new cases on Tuesday. Active cases did go up again, to 69. Hospitalizations remain low, at 16. Cole County reported two new cases. More from The Associated Press: Missouri’s health department has confirmed the first case of a new virus variant in the state. …
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