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Cooper’s Landing Riverside Resort & Marina is back open for business after weeks of being closed because of flooding. Cooper’s Landing owner Richard King said he is glad to have the business open again. “It was really a good feeling when the department gave us the okay to open up,” he said. An inspector from

More than 100 million individuals who hold a Capitol One credit card or applied for one could have their personal information in the hands of scammers. Industry experts say there are immediate steps you can take to protect your personal information so hackers can’t get access. 1. Freeze your credit: Experts say this is an

Columbia based Landrum Company, the parent company of Landmark Bank, has been purchased by Simmons First National Corporation, based in Pine Bluffs, Arkansas. The announcement was made Wednesday that the companies came to an agreement and merger plan. Simmons will acquire all the outstanding capital stock of Landrum. The total cost of assets purchased is

TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy, chance of a shower or storm west of Highway 63. Lows in the upper 60s. THURSDAY: Chance of showers and storms along Highway 65. Areas east stay mainly dry and partly cloudy. Highs range from the low to mid-80s. EXTENDED: The upper level pattern stays the same through the first half of

A Columbia teenager suffered moderate injuries when he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle Tuesday night. Kayden Streu, 15, was riding on I-70 Drive S.E. east of Columbia at about 11:30 p.m. when a Ford Focus driven by Bryan Jackson, 36, of Columbia, skidded while trying to avoid Streu before striking his

A former Columbia Police Department officer was sentenced to five years of probation and 300 hours of community service after pleading guilty to drug charges in June. Gamal Castile’s attorney and prosecutors agreed to the sentencing terms, but argued over whether this offense should stay on his record. Castile was indicted last year for drug

Sewer lines at Tupelo Place and Larch Court will be redirected to a city-owned property. Interested parties will meet at city hall at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to discuss how the work will affect the neighborhood. According to a press release, the work is meant to replace failing infrastructure and hydraulics. It is also meant to

A missing person’s report had been filed for the man found near I-70 in Columbia last week, according to his family. Last week, police identified the skeletal remains found by hikers near I-70 Drive Southwest and Silvey Street as 39-year-old Glen O’Neal. O’Neal’s brother-in-law, Gregory Silvey, spoke to reporters Monday afternoon saying O’Neal’s wife had

Two Macon County women have been indicted on federal drug charges in connection with two Columbia residents’ drug overdoses, one of them fatal. The U.S. Marshals Service on Wednesday arrested Megan Lowe, 41, of Bevier and Kimberly Ann Basler, 44, of Atlanta, Missouri, according to the office of the U.S. attorney for eastern Missouri. Each

Fire officials determined a fire that prompted some Women’s and Children’s Hospital patients to be relocated on Monday morning was caused by lightning. The fire started at the west side of the top edge of the rooftop elevator mechanical room, said Columbia Assistant Fire Chief Brad Fraizer in a news release. LIVE PLAYBACK of the

A woman is accused of slamming a Yorkshire terrier on a grooming table repeatedly at a Mexico pet store. Prosecutors charged Taylor Stout in Audrain County with animal abuse. The incident happened July 8 at Downtown Pet Stop, according to court documents. Authorities say the business owner, Nancy Buck, called authorities after customers told her

Two people were charged on Monday after court documents said video surveillance footage showed them abusing a dog at a pet grooming shop in Mexico, Missouri. Taylor H. Stout and James K. Johns were charged with animal abuse. Authorities said the business owner, Nancy Buck, called authorities after customers told her their dog was sick

A Waynesville man was charged on Tuesday in Miller and Pulaski counties after he allegedly assaulted three corrections officers between April and July. Keaven E. Shaw, 27, was originally arrested in Pulaski County in October after he was accused of killing his grandmother and was charged with first-degree murder. Shaw allegedly assaulted two corrections officers

An audit says a state contract for police fingerprinting technology has the appearance of a conflict of interest. The finding is part of a state audit released Wednesday that reviewed former director Drew Juden’s leadership of the Public Safety Department. Auditor Nicole Galloway’s office found that under Juden, the agency shelled out $1.25 million to

The Jefferson City Budget Committee met Monday for the first formal discussion of the FY2020 budget and the city’s five-year financial plan. Mayor Carrie Tergin is scheduled to present her initial budget proposal Thursday, after which a series of meetings is scheduled for further discussion. The mayor’s financial plan for FY2020 is $65,147,788, a cut-back

Members of the public and City of Columbia staff will hear about a project to update the sewer on Tupelo Place on Wednesday. An interested parties meeting will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Columbia City Hall conference room 1C. Columbia sewer utility workers are looking for a way to reduce sanitary

City leaders in Centralia have started early discussions about medical marijuana. Mayor Chris Cox said they are waiting before they get into specifics like planning and zoning. “I think we’re starting to talk about it. And I think it’s going to boil down to what kind of an industry segment business that you would be

A Boone County woman was arrested and charged on Monday night after a deputy responded to her home for a child abuse call and found poor living conditions and a dead dog in her freezer. The Boone County Sheriff’s deputy originally responded to the apartment in the 800 block of Demaret Drive on Monday for

Three people from Indiana could face drug charges following a bust by the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Cooper County. John C. Sheets, 46, John C. Sheets II, 21, and Jordan L. Nipper, 21, all of Muncie, Indiana, were arrested around 1 p.m. Tuesday on possible drug delivery charges. The Highway Patrol said troopers found

WEDNESDAY: Patchy fog this morning is possible followed by patchy afternoon clouds. A few showers could make it as far east as HWY 63, but the better chance looks focused toward the west. Highs in the low 80s . TONIGHT: Rain chances will flare up again in our western counties overnight. Lows drop into the