Month: August 2018

The Business Loop Community Improvement District is on the tail end of its third year in existence, and Executive Director Carrie Gartner said she’s pleased with its progress. The financial numbers in the CID’s 2018 Annual Report echo Gartner’s sentiments, showing modest growth in assessed property values and sales tax revenue over last year’s report.

Mayor Brian Treece is considering moving the city’s internal auditor position away from the city manager. The move would bring the position under the purview of the Columbia City Council, under Treece’s plan, and report directly to them on issues concerning the state of the city’s finances and operations. That would involve moving the $90,000

The Housing Authority of Jefferson City announced Monday that a public hearing will be held on Sept. 5 to give a landowner the opportunity to prove that she should retain ownership of two properties. However, the owner has a history of allowing weather, animals and squatters to take advantage of her unattended properties. The homes

The 5-year-old’s father waited for him on Mulberry Road. However, the boy was dropped off on Mexico Gravel Road. The parents of a Blue Ridge Elementary School student say he was dropped off at the wrong stop Monday, though they do not blame school officials for the mix-up. The boy knocked on a random door

A Columbia man has been charged with a misdemeanor after he was accused of exposing himself and recording videos of Columbia Public Library patrons. Police were sent to the library Saturday afternoon on a report that James Tharp, 61, was acting suspiciously and possibly taking video of other people in the library, Columbia Police Department

It’s still unclear when a final deal could be reached between University of Missouri Health and SSM Health. MU Health CEO Jonathan Curtright provided a brief update on the negotiations at the Board of Curators’ Health Affairs meeting Tuesday, telling reporters they are about to embark on the “due diligence” phase. “The next process we

Heavy smoke from wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and in British Columbia, combined with rising pollen counts, will bring the threat for increased allergies heading into Wednesday. At least twice this year, the smoke has already affected mid-Missouri. Both times, there was haze in the sky, thanks to smoke that traveled into the Midwest through

A state appeals court ruled Tuesday that a group suing Grain Belt Express and the Monroe County Commission did not file its lawsuit alleging Sunshine Law violations in time. The Missouri Landowners Alliance and Marilyn O’Bannon filed a lawsuit on July 28, 2014, to overturn permission the Monroe County Commission granted to Grain Belt Express

TONIGHT: Partly cloudy skies will hang around with winds remaining out of the north up to 10 mph. Temperatures will cool through the night and touch 60 by morning. WEDNESDAY: Although skies will be mostly sunny, it may be a bit hazy due to smoke from wildfires out west carried in with northwesterly winds aloft.

UPDATED 10:15 a.m.: The Boone County Sheriff’s Department has released the name of a man arrested early Tuesday after a vehicle chase. Sheriff’s Det. Tom O’Sullivan said in a news release that the chase started at 12:52 a.m. when a deputy on patrol near South Providence and Green Meadows roads tried to stop a vehicle

Missouri University of Science and Technology has started a nationwide search for a new chancellor. The top position at the university in Rolla has been under interim leadership since May 15, 2017, when Christopher Maples was named interim chancellor. Former chancellor Cheryl Schrader accepted a job as Wright State University’s first female president in March

Police brought the bomb squad after suspicious items were found at the Best Western Plus hotel in east Columbia, but found nothing dangerous. Hotel management called authorities after housekeepers reported finding suspicious items in a room, a Columbia Police Department officer at the scene said. The bomb squad was sent to the hotel on Clark

Two men were charged Tuesday in connection with a shooting that happened Monday afternoon on Eastland Circle. The two suspects have been identified as Chad Baker, 30, and Alec McCabe, 27. Prosecutors charged Baker with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. McCabe was charged with fist-degree assault. McCabe told police he went with Baker to

Missourians will soon be able to access data on government finances through a new website called ShowMeCheckbook.mo.gov. “Prior to the launch of the new website, state financial data was often difficult to find and analyze,” according to a press release from State Treasurer Eric Schmitt’s office. “As a result, Missouri received a D+ grade for

UPDATE 7:35 a.m.: Columbia police released more details about the stabbing on E Ash Street early Tuesday morning. The victim was in his home when he got into an altercation with a stranger, according to police. The man was stabbed in the arm. His injuries are considered to be non-life threatening. Police said the victim

TUESDAY: Overcast skies will gradually clear out from west to east as we head through the day, with a slow warming trend to follow Highs will only top out in the upper 70s and lower 80s today, with a cool northwesterly breeze up to 20 mph ushering in fall-like temps. The big win comes in

It’s been 25 years since the Great Flood of 1993 devastated the Midwest along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, causing $15 billion in damage. A 1996 report from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources highlighted the devastation Missouri and eight other states faced from April to October of 1993: “Man-made structures can be repaired or

TUESDAY: Overcast skies will start the day with some drizzle possible through early morning. Skies will stay mostly cloudy and temperatures will be mild, only reaching near 80. It will also be a bit breezy with northwesterly winds at 10-15 gusting to 22 mph at times. Clouds will break up late in the day with

A 16-year-old boy suffered minor injuries in a crash Monday, the Mexico Department of Public Safety said. Police were sent to the 900 block of Curtis Street at 7:24 p.m. and determined that an eastbound 2005 Chevrolet Silverado had gone off the road and struck a power pole, the department said in a news release.

Columbia police responded to the 4400 block of Maxwell Lane around 9:30 p.m. Monday for a reported robbery. According to officers, a delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint by a man wearing dark clothing, a hat and a dark bandanna covering his face. Police said the delivery driver was not injured and the investigation is