Month: January 2020

COLUMBIA – If you’ve lived in Missouri long enough, you’ve seen one of Sabra Meyer’s sculptures. “I think I’ve done 10 of the busts in the dome of the capitol,” Meyer said. That goes double if you’re a Chiefs fan. Meyer has commissioned numerous busts of Chiefs players and personnel. […]

COLUMBIA—Vandra McTide has been homeless several times throughout her life, but thanks to Project Homeless Connect, she is now able to get some relief. “I have been out here by myself,” McTide said. ”When you don’t have resources, and the ways you need, you need some kind of help.” McTide is one […]

MORGAN COUNTY – Cassandra Wedeking, 39, and Carl Mort, 41, from Overland Park, Kansas, have been charged with rape and possession stemming from an alleged incident in Lake of the Ozarks. The events allegedly took place on July 6, 2019, on Wedeking’s boat. A probable cause statement details that the […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri has awarded licenses for the state’s burgeoning medical marijuana industry, but it’s a safe bet that some of those licenses will be sold before dispensaries open later this year. Over the past several weeks, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has awarded licenses […]

For more on this story This article is part of an occasional series on Missouri River flooding being done in collaboration with KBIA and the Columbia Missourian. For more on this story, tune into KOMU Thursday at 10 p.m. and to KBIA for Morning Edition on Friday morning. RHINELAND — […]