Month: October 2013

Columbia police have made an arrest in a shooting that happened on Quail Drive late Monday. Around 11 p.m., callers reported hearing gunfire around the 2600 block of Quail Drive. Officers found shell casings and say no one was hurt and no property damaged. Police arrested Matthew Johnson in connection with the shooting. He was

A restaurant in downtown Columbia is staying open after inspectors discovered roaches last week. The Chinese Wok was cleared on Monday after fixing the issues. The business at the corner of Fifth Street and Broadway was cited for six critical and six non-critical violations, after a customer said he found a roach on his table.

The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Gov. Jay Nixon in a budget battle with State Auditor Tom Schweich. The court ruled Tuesday that Schweich did not have legal standing to challenge about $170 million of spending cuts announced by Nixon in June 2011. The cuts to education and other services were based

Missouri’s new federally-run health insurance marketplace features at least two major players – Coventry and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. A representative for Aetna, which now owns Coventry, told ABC 17 News Monday the company would offer plans in the state marketplace. That may be good news for people with doctors at Boone Hospital.