Boone County News

A federal audit has raised questions about how a central Missouri fire district spent more than $750,000 in homeland security grants.

After pushing back the application deadline for a seat on Columbia's influential Planning and Zoning Commission, the City Council now has 13 applicants to choose from.

A former Columbia man pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of possession of child pornography as part of an open plea with the Boone County prosecutor's office.

People like Matt Rhinehart, marketing representative of Spirit of '76 Fireworks, see fireworks as a thing of beauty.

The Family Health Center of Boone County has been chosen to receive $631,990 in federal stimulus grant money to expand its dental services in Columbia and Salisbury.

Although Gov. Jay Nixon didn't veto $31.2 million in funding for a new Ellis Fischel Cancer Center in Columbia, he has decided to withhold it for now.

The Boone County Sheriff's Department has made 19 arrests during a sobriety checkpoint.

The daughter of an area minister was killed by lightning Wednesday night north of Columbia.

Tom Wright said John Shettlesworth was the best landlord he ever had. MoreStory Boone County medical examiners investigate the scene of a fire that occurred in a trailer on Ray Lea Lane in Columbia.

A structure fire at 7101 Raylea Lane left one man dead Wednesday morning. The name of the victim has not yet been released.

Boone County health officials want people without air-conditioning to use one of 7 Cooling Centers in Columbia.

With the passing of George Parker , Columbia, Boone County, Missouri and America are markedly poorer.

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.

Photo: Ryan Ferguson NEW YORK Ryan Ferguson is not getting out of prison anytime soon.

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.

Members of the Boone County Public Defender's Office met with Boone County commissioners Tuesday morning to discuss office space needs for their cramped downtown Columbia headquarters.

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.

McBaine is getting a new bridge next year that is safer for drivers and people living in the town's flood zone.

A woman burned in a house fire Tuesday morning in northern Boone County was in serious condition Friday afternoon and is expected to remain hospitalized for at least six weeks, her stepfather said today.

Numbers don't lie, but politicians use numbers. Things are bad, and the government can only do so much to soften the blow.