Ashland News

For one Columbia family, the Fourth of July represents a chance to remember veterans and cherish the time they have together.

Columbia rolls out its annual Fourth of July celebration Saturday night with live music and fireworks at Memorial Stadium.

Shari Giddens and her fiance Ken Halteman reopened the 54 Diner on Highway 54 in Osage Beach after it closed for about a year and a half.

An Ashland model home that was damaged in a fire earlier this month burned to the ground early Tuesday morning in what is suspected to have been an arson.

A Fire destroyed a 3-story model home in Ashland on Tuesday morning. A It was the second fire at that home within the past two weeks.

There's a good chance to see some of the biggest fish ever dragged into a boat Sunday according to members of the Wilton Boat Club, which is hosting its first all night catfish tournament this weekend on the Missouri River.

An early morning garage fire damaged a model home and destroyed a car inside. Southern Boone County Fire officials got two calls from neighbors just after 3 A.M. alerting them to flames coming from the unoccupied home.

Jessica Adams and Daniel Woods announce their engagement. The parents of the couple are Ray and Sharon Adams of Ashland and Ronald Dee and Deanna Woods of Columbia.

On this Memorial Day, 35 more mid-Missouri World War II veterans are gearing up for the third Honor Flight.

With little hope left that the legislature will fund it, the Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce has turned back to the state transportation commission for a commitment to the Lafayette St.

Ashland's police chief says it's been 15 years since the town had an armed robbery.

A The blue jackets are back. A More than 7,500 agricultural students are in Columbia for the 81st annual FFA convention.

Wayne and Marie Crump take a turn on the dance floor during the Older American Klub dance on March 20 at the Stephens Lake Activity Center in Columbia.

The accident happened near the Columbia Regional Airport. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a woman died in a car accident while driving in southern Boone County.

An Ashland woman died Tuesday night after her car ran off an area road and overturned.

Double-check before you head to the polls next Tuesday, or you might find yourself in the wrong place.

A second defendant has pleaded guilty in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Columbia man last summer.

A flash flood warning was posted for Boone County until 7:45 p.m. Tuesday. The National Weather Service issued the warning at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday after fielding reports from law enforcement about flood waters over Brown School Road near Highway 763 on Columbia's north side.

Jessica Erin Sprouse and Zachary Caleb Walker were married June 7, 2008, at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, Mo.

Nevada's infrastructure committee is proposing that the city rebuild five streets in 2009 at an estimated cost of $521,118, which is above the $500,000 that is usually budgeted from the city's 1/2-cent transportation sales tax for new street construction.