Columbia Police Department continues to try to combat staffing shortage
The Columbia Police Department has added several new officers but is looking to fill 21 additional vacancies as it continues to combat a staffing shortage.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Police Department has added several new officers but is looking to fill 21 additional vacancies as it continues to combat a staffing shortage.
Continue ReadingThe city of Columbia’s Public Transit Advisory Commission will meet Tuesday to discuss the city’s transit system and a possible new bus service between Columbia and Jefferson City.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia City Council will hold its final public hearing and vote on approving its fiscal 2023 budget at its meeting Monday night.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council will hold its bi-weekly meeting Monday night and on the agenda are bus fares and the city’s neighborhood watch. The meeting is at 7 p.m. at City Hall. City council will look at keeping Go COMO free for riders and will vote on if they should take a deeper look
Continue ReadingA month has gone by since the Columbia City Council suspended the work of Columbia’s Citizens Police Review Board following a series of contentious meetings.
Continue ReadingThe City of Columbia is holding a public meet and greet Thursday with the three final candidates for public works director.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Neighborhood Watch is set to hold its annual meeting Monday evening, with the Columbia Police Department scheduled to speak to members.
Continue ReadingTwenty-one years after the Sept. 11Â terror attacks, members of the Columbia community came together Sunday to remember the victims and those who heroically risked their lives to help others.
Continue ReadingMyHouse is hosting an outdoor concert in downtown Columbia on Friday despite a complaint the State Historical Society of Missouri lodged with the city government.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The power is back on for hundreds of Columbia Water & Light customers following an issue at a substation Friday morning. The department posted to Twitter that a problem at the Hinkson Creek substation left nearly 3,000 customers without electricity. More specific details about the issue at the substation weren’t immediately available.
Continue ReadingRoy Lovelady is now Columbia City Council’s newest member after Tuesday’s election, and he says he is ready to serve Ward 3.
Continue ReadingRemote-controlled planes have been filling the sky in the Longview neighborhood in southwest Columbia, causing some residents to take their noise complaints to city hall.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A third member of the Columbia Citizens Police Review Board resigned on Monday, delaying the Columbia City Council’s attempt to fill two other vacancies. Mayor Barbara Buffaloe announced at Monday night’s council meeting that member Michael Williams had resigned that afternoon. Buffaloe did not mention a reason for the resignation. Williams
Continue ReadingColumbia residents will have their first opportunity to comment in person on the fiscal 2023 budget at Monday night’s city council meeting.
Continue ReadingOver the past five years, the homeless population in Columbia ranged from about 220 to 280 people. Now, some city leaders are discussing ways to hopefully decrease that population.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia swore Roy Lovelady in as their new third ward city council member on Saturday. The ceremony took place in City Hall council chambers at 9 a.m. during the City of Columbia special Saturday meeting. Prior to the swearing-in ceremony, beginning at 8:30 a.m. residents had the opportunity to
Continue ReadingAll of Columbia’s city council members will sit through a presentation Saturday morning on the significant changes in the proposed the fiscal year 2023 budget.
Continue ReadingEven in metropolitan areas, such as Columbia, access is not always reliable.
Continue ReadingColumbia and Jefferson City are among the Missouri cities opting out of the back-to-school tax holiday again this year.
Continue ReadingMore than a thousand people took part in a safety audit survey on Route B and Paris Road in Columbia.
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