Columbia News Archives

The Kansas City Chief Ambassadors are in Columbia for a two day charity stint. The group is at the Hy-Vee on West Broadway for a tailgating party on Friday.

Darwin Hindman, mayor of Columbia, Mo., will visit Columbia, Md., Nov. 4 as part of an initiative designed to promote a walking and bike-friendly community.

Police arrested a man near Columbia Square Townhomes on West Worley Street after a foot chase Tuesday.

Columbia attorney Sarah Read has confirmed that she is running for the Fourth Ward City Council seat that Jerry Wade will leave vacant as he runs for mayor.

COLUMBIA - Opening arguments began at 2 p.m. today in the trial of a man charged with the second-degree murder of hospital security guard Monte Ruby in August 2008.

G.I. Jobs magazine has named Columbia College a top school for educating former military members.

Boone County's new fire chief will take his position on Wednesday. Interim Fire Chief Scott Olsen was selected to become the new fire chief.

Three months after fatally shooting Jeremy Bohannon, William Clinch called home from the Boone County Jail to talk to Joey Bohannon, his nephew and the victim's 4-year-old son.

Pregnant women will have to wait for the swine flu vaccine shot due to a Missouri law.

Wheelchair users and walkers are now covered under a Columbia law that prohibits motorists from intentionally intimidating or harassing cyclists.

Don Zike prepares to pull a Cadillac Escalade onto the bed of his tow truck after the Columbia Police Department and the Columbia Fire Department ordered it cleared from the scene of a crash involving a tractor-trailer, pickup truck and this SUV on Paris Road by the off-ramp from U.S. 63 on Monday.

Photography assistant Cathey Clark, right, gives a treat to Pierre, dressed as PePe Le Pew, while Pierre's owner Rachel Wilkinson, far left, tries to get him to pose for a portrait on Sunday, Oct.

Columbia College defeated Williams Baptist 9-0 Friday. Columbia's Lloyd Jacobs, Ross Matthews and Dylan Barduzzi were top scorers.

KRCG AP Video By Mark Slavit Authorities transferred Johnny Wright, 65, from the Gwinnett County jail in Georgia to the Boone County Jail here in Mid-Missouri. ... Suspect in 1976 Doisy killing brought back to Missouri Columbia Missourian Man accused of 1976 murder returned to Missouri Atlanta Journal Constitution Ga.

An unnamed Columbia man ended up in the hospital Wednesday morning after being stabbed in a bar fight.

Police said they think a drug deal gone wrong led to the slaying of a 26-year-old Columbia woman Thursday night.

Columbia City Council voted to make streets safer for cyclists. GetAbout Columbia proposed a change in the traffic flow to make city streets safe for cyclists.

Columbia city leaders are pondering a new tax that would allow the city to cash in on transactions that are currently exempt from local sales taxes.

A woman has been found dead in a Columbia parking lot and police investigating the case as a homicide.

Three of Columbia's oldest and best-known buildings have been in the news lately.

Two more suspected Cut Throat gang members pleaded guilty to a series of gun and drug charges Wednesday in federal court .

A 73-year-old Columbia man died in a car crash Monday evening. John T. Dodd was heading southbound on Wagon Trail Road when he lost control of his vehicle and hit a concrete bridge head on, according to a press release from the Boone County Sheriff's Department.

Enjoy an evening of spooky stories or have some fall fun at events in Missouri state parks and historic sites.

A grease fire damaged a Columbia home Monday afternoon. Columbia firefighters responded to a 911 call from a rental property near the intersection of Sylvan and Clark lanes.

One person has been shot in Cole County during an early morning robbery at 5409 Business Highway 50 in Apache Flats at 5:45 a.m. Mother convicted of second-degree murder in court today By Newsdesk KRCG Monday, October 05, 2009 at 5:09 AM KeyondaA Lumpkin was convicted by jury in September.

The Jewish campus center at MU has prepared for members of the Westboro Baptist Church to protest in Columbia on Friday.

It happened just after 11 p.m. FridayA night in the 6000 block of Wagon Trail Road near Prathersville.

This Sept. 9. 2009 photo shows Collin Hamman, right, and Ryan O'Sullivan studying outside their dorm on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Mo.

Students on the campus at University of California, Los Angeles , May 28, 2009. COLUMBIA, Mo.

A Columbia Police officer had to draw his gun at a liquor store. An officer in plain clothes was conducting alcohol sale compliance checks on Monday night Sept.

This just in from the Columbia Daily Tribune : In an apparent nod to situational irony, 30-year-old David W. Riley left a convenience store in Columbia Monday night and tried to rob another man of his wallet.

The Columbia police SWAT team forcefully entered an apartment early today after one of four suspects in shootings had been in a standoff.

A rash of church burglaries has kept Columbia police busy. Three houses of worship were broken into: The Alive in Christ Lutheran Church, on Southampton Drive, Congregation Beth Shalom on West Green Meadows and the Columbia Chinese Christian Church on Rock Quarry Road-there, only some change was reported missing.