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Month: April 2018

UPDATE: ‘Improperly discarded smoking materials’ causes fire outside hotel in east Columbia

UPDATE 4/30: Columbia firefighters said “improperly discarded smoking materials” caused mulch to catch fire outside the Best Western Plus Hotel Sunday afternoon. Firefighters said they were called to the hotel just before 1 p.m. Sunday for reports of an outside fire. Crews arrived to the hotel just five minutes after being dispatched and found an

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Two-car crash at College Avenue, Rollins Street slows morning traffic

Columbia fire crews responded to a vehicle collision near Rollins Street and College Ave. Monday morning. It happened just after 8 a.m. in the central campus intersection. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/BCJC911/status/990939442394357762″,”author_name”:”Joint Communications”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/BCJC911″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;BOONE CO JOINT COM: Motor Vehicle Collision Northbound lanes of College Ave at Rollins Rd. Use caution, avoid area if possible.&#lt;/p&#gt;— Joint Communications (@BCJC911)

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Stormy and Warm(y) week ahead!

TONIGHT: Temperatures will slowly drop through the 60s this evening, and overnight lows will bottom out around 50 degrees. We’ll see a slight increase in clouds as a warm front slowly slides through the area. We’ll also see winds increase out of the south through the early morning hours. MONDAY: After a mild morning, temperatures

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Boone County deputies expect to collect hundreds of pounds of medication during drug takeback event

UPDATE: Major Tom Reddin with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said 826 pounds of medication was collected during the two-day event. In October, the department collected 972 pounds. ORIGINAL: In honor of National Drug Take Back Day, the Boone County Sheriff’s Department will hold a drug takeback event on Saturday. The department is partnering up

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