Boone County News

A use tax on Internet and out-of-state sales might be a partial solution to the declining sales tax revenue that has the city of Columbia and Boone County governments struggling to make ends meet.

A 65-year-old Georgia man accused of killing a former University of Missouri student more than 30 years ago is a devoted father who "absolutely" didn't commit the crime, his attorney said.

A Boone County jury announced the verdict for 24-year old Damon Williams in the murder trial of Nathaniel Bentley.

A roommate of murder victim Nate Bentley testified Wednesday that he recognized the accused killer's photo on the news because of his "sunken eyes." Jordan Davis, 24, said he told police after the robbery that he didn't know any of the three intruders who came into the apartment he shared with Bentley because the three had covered their mouths and ...

Voters across mid-Missouri took to the pools today voting on school bonds, sales taxes, and in one county, an energy efficiency propositon.

Two brothers were arrested Thursday afternoon after an attack in which Columbia police say one brother, motivated by race, tried to run over three adults and four children in the Walmart parking lot at 3001 W. Broadway.

Pregnant women in Boone County have the option of getting a free H1N1 vaccine. Boone County Health Officials began offering the vaccines for free, while supplies last, Monday on a walk-in basis at their Columbia headquarters on Worley Street.

Shatenita Horton is due to give birth in the coming week. In spite of the contact she had with the public on her job as assistant vice president of business banking at Boone County National Bank, she chose not to get any flu shots.

Some parents waited as long as three hours Wednesday at the Health Department to get a free H1N1 vaccination for their small children.

Juvenile Court officials brief press on hearing dates and juvenile court process for 15-year-old accused of killing Elizabeth Olten.

According to a report from State Farm, deer-vehicle collisions rose 14 percent in the last five years.

Travis Smith prepares for shoeing the hoof of a quarter horse named Tex. Smith has worked as a farrier for the last eight years, and for him, the job is a way to tend to the animals and "provide a service that is necessary in the fact that there are hoofs with a lot of work and constant use that need care", Smith said.

A The Hallsville man accused of murdering his ex-brother-in-law at a Columbia McDonalda s finished testifying in his own defense on ThursdayA morning.

Who are the roughly 50 million Americans without health insurance, and why don't they have it? The Missourian gives voice to the stories of Boone County residents who live without the safety net of insurance.

When police searched William Clinch after he fatally shot his former brother-in-law, Jeremy Bohannon, they found a hand-written note in his pocket.

The man charged with murder for killing his former brother in law in a McDonalda s parking lot will begin his jury trial today.

A man accused of killing a former University of Missouri student 33 years ago has been arraigned on a charge of second-degree murder.

A 2007 murder case will finally come to trial Monday, but the central question that delayed it hasn't been resolved.

Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 4:45 p.m. Kids can get the vaccine in their pediatrician's office,A however,A t he Boone County Health Department plans to administer the vaccine during school.

Greene County ranked third in the number of deer taken during the urban portion of Missouri's firearms deer season.