Kurt Schaefer, director of the Department of Natural Resources and a former state Senate Appropriations Committee chairman, will become Commissioner of Administration.

The plan aims to maintain current infrastructure while furthering its protections of public health and the environment.

Charter school administrators say the funding boost will allow them to ‘do a little more’ for students.

Residents can now drop off glass for recycling at no cost in a new Ripple Glass bin at the Columbia landfill on Peabody Road.

Participants from around the country and even world spend long hours bringing the fair to life.

After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.

The highly regarded FEWS NET network stopped posting data on Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen -- then says it will start posting again in September. What's the reason for this back-and-forth?

Kalshi says Santos did not cooperate with its investigation into bets he placed on his own attendance at the State of the Union. The company also fined the disgraced congressman more than $71,000.

Mizzou Arts After Hours is coming to Lowry Mall on Wednesday, September 16th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, and it's free and open to the public. Join Cathleen A. Fleck, PhD, MU School of Visual Studies, as she walks us through an eclectic evening packed with cardboard chair displays, alumni art exhibitions, live music, slam poetry, telescope viewing, and more! August 31, 2026

Join AC as she sits down with Ruth O'Neill, director of Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen, and Linda Reed Brown, treasurer for the Columbia Crop Hunger Walk, to talk about this 31-year community tradition fighting local hunger. From a September 20th walk at Stephens Lake Park to food donations and online giving, there are plenty of ways to get involved and make a difference right here in Columbia! August 28, 2026

Attorney General Catherine Hanaway defended her support for withholding a gerrymandered congressional map and Amendment 6 from the ballot.

The building on 104 W. Main Street, along with 106, 108, 110, 112 and 114 W. Main Street, was already scheduled for demolition in four to six months, according to the release.

Forty-nine Lincoln University students and one residential director were relocated from Anthony Hall due to mold being identified in a vacant apartment within the residence hall, according to Lincoln University Marketing and University Relations.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has reported more than 2,000 cases so far of the parasite-borne illness that causes explosive diarrhea as of Sunday.