Columbia News

After a tornado in Moore, Okla. destroyed two elementary schools, Columbia Public Schools released details about its severe weather plans.

The mother of a Columbia man shot and killed over the weekend said authorities could have done more to save her son's life.

According to a police news release, 25-year-old Brandon Coleman was shot multiple times and taken to University Hospital, where he later died.

St. Thomas More Newman Center & Parish in Columbia, MO is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Director of Development.

Megan Cunningham went to the 7400 block of Svena Drive in Columbia and stabbed her ex-boyfriend, according to the Boone County Sheriff's Department.

John Thyfault, University of Missouri, an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, found that the popular cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin reduced the positive benefits of exercise for... COLUMBIA, Mo.

Low-income families and individuals are getting a break from the heat in Boone County.

Among the biggest losers in the B.C. election campaign are the pollsters who for months have been predicting an NDP majority.

When H&M hired a "plus-size" model to show off the range of sizes for its beachwear, the ad campaign caused much discussion.

In Missouri, one person is killed in a traffic crash every 11.1 hours. By the end of March, 115 people lost their lives on roadways in the Show-Me state this year.

Both the fire and police departments hosted a small news conference Tuesday morning to discuss an upcoming job fair for the Columbia community.

Melissa Gilstrap is a senior at MU, majoring in journalism and English. She is also a student communications assistant in the MU Office of Undergraduate Studies and she was formerly a Missourian reporter in the fall of 2011.

As owner of Pendulum Bob's Clock Shop at 1400 Forum Blvd., King examines clocks handcrafted as early as the 1830s and brings their broken parts back to life.

The nine-member commission was created after Boone County voters approved a quarter-cent sales tax in November to pay for mental health services for people age 19 and younger.

The leaders of six Boone County congregations gathered at the St. Thomas More Newman Center on Monday night to express frustration with the Republican-controlled state legislature for refusing to extend Medicaid coverage.

Nine new plaintiffs have joined a lawsuit against the owner of a Columbia apartment complex that caught fire on April 9, and 16 more residents have received a temporary restraining order against the company.

The Columbia Water and Light Department proposed budgeting $5.3 million from its enterprise reserve funds and 2008 revenue bonds in the 2014 Capital Improvement Plan draft, which takes effect Oct.

Engleking's mother, Peggy Engleking, said he was last seen heading downtown on Stadium Boulevard on a red Trek bicycle around 4 p.m. on May 6. He planned to go downtown during the nice weather and left his phone and other belongings at home.

As part of the city's "Bike, Walk, and Wheel Week," the Department of Parks and Recreation has built a temporary "parklet" outside of Kaldi's on Ninth Street.

A Columbia teenager has been sentenced to prison for assaulting and attempting to rob a Jefferson Junior High School teacher.