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Month: February 2013

Officials Work on Sales Tax

Boone County officials discussed details of the 911 Center sales tax at a meeting on Thursday.Officials discussed the finances as well as the new Joint Communications building. The plans for the building estimate it to be around 21,000 square feet.”We’re also looking to hire 20 full time employees to fill 4 positions,” Boone County Sheriff

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Security Plans Open to Public

Right now with the right paperwork, anyone has access to school security plans. But the governor wants to keep them a secret. Since 2001 security plans for schools, courthouses, hospitals, and power plants have not been open to the public. But those protections expired at the beginning of the year.It was up to the general

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1/5: Saturday Snow Chance

A weak, quick-moving weather system will bring more clouds and a chance for snow and rain showers on Saturday. The system will lift northward from Texas and bring the potential for up to a dusting on grassy surfaces. Snow will mainly be possible during the morning and then move eastward for the afternoon. Clouds will

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Bank ‘Cyber-attack’ Concerns

PNC Financial said Thursday they are fighting back on their cyber security– after experiencing high volume of traffic on their website this week that is interrupting online banking for customers. Some customers have sounded off on the bank’s Facebook page, saying that this is “unacceptable,” and others said they “can’t do anything.” Security experts say

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Glasgow Teachers Get Training

Sandy Hook Elementary was the second-deadliest school shooting in the U.S. history. And since the massacre, Glasgow High School has been on lockdown, according to Superintendent Mike Reynolds.At first security protocol meant “I am going to lock and close my door, turn the light off, and move to a safe area of the room and

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Driver Shot on U.S. 63

A 31-year-old Columbia man says he doesn’t know why a car drove by him on U.S. 63 around 2 a.m. Saturday and fired several shots at him.The man, whose identity police have not released, suffered one non-life threatening gunshot wound and was treated and released from a hospital overnight.He said he was driving south on

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Record Turnout at Gun Show

The Boone County Gun Show saw a record turnout with around 1,000 people at the Boone County Fairgrounds on Friday.”We’ve seen record numbers for the last two weeks,” gun show manager Dennis Pearson said, “Everything is up 40-60% and vendors are telling me they’re seeing a 120% increase in sales.”Pearson attributes the jump in sales

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Martin Selected as GOP Chairman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republicans have selected a new party leader, casting out chairman David Cole.The Republican State Committee voted 34-32 to elect Ed Martin as the new state party chairman Saturday. Martin, of St. Louis, led Republicans’ coordinated campaign efforts this fall and lost a bid for attorney general in November. He also

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Linn Man Picked Up for Pot

A Linn man was arrested Friday night for having a large amount of marijuana, cash and vehicles likely bought using drug money.Sheriffs deputies searched Allen Burnett’s Highway 89 Spur home Friday and found $1400 worth of pot, almost as much cash, a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado, a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban, and a 2001 Honda ATV.Burnett has

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1/6: A Mild Work Week

Winds will shift to the south Sunday night sending mild weather into Mid-Missouri for the work week. Temperatures will stay above average through Friday with nights in the upper 20s to mid 30s and days in the 40s to low 50s. A storm system moving in from the southwest will bring rain to the region

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Buck-wild

The Missouri Tigers needed every last one of Phil Pressey’s career-high 26 points — especially in the second half when he scored 19 of those points — to help No. 12 Missouri sneak by Bucknell 66-64 on Saturday.Pressey, however, missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 10.3 seconds remaining, setting off a frenzied final

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Four Nabbed in Home Invasion

Four Jefferson City men were arrested the same day after allegedly breaking into an apartment near Holts Summit and pointing a firearm at the man who lives there. According to a press release from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to a home invasion around 4:00 P.M. Friday, to the Evergreen Apartment complex on

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NHL, Union Reach Deal

NEW YORK (AP) — It looks like there will be a hockey season after all – shortened for sure, but perhaps back in business in a week or so.The NHL and the players’ association reached a tentative agreement early Sunday to end a nearly four-month-old lockout that threatened to wipe out what was left of

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