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Citizens Police Review Board cancels discussion on alternative policing methods

UPDATE: Detective Wilmoth was not at Wednesday night’s meeting. Therefore, focused deterrence was not discussed. ORIGINAL: On the agenda for Wednesday’s Citizens Police Review Board meeting is an alternative strategy for addressing the rise in violent crime in Columbia; it’s called focused deterrence policing. Past reports have described focused deterrence policing as a way to

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Columbia Water and Light to ask city for almost $190K for electrical engineer consultants

The Columbia Water and Light Advisory Board voted unanimously Wednesday to endorse two different contracts to hire consultants for the city’s electrical system. The board met last week to discuss the contracts, but there were issues that members wanted addressed before they signed off. Board members said that the timeline for the studies was not

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Attorney General Josh Hawley announces millions recovered from Medicaid fraud

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced Wednesday his office recovered more than $2.6 million in fraudulent Medicaid payments in the first six months of 2017. Hawley worked with other state attorney generals, the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units, and the U.S. Attorney’s office to reach settlement agreements with six health care providers. “Medicaid

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Columbia man wanted by Boone County Sheriff’s Department for receiving stolen property

According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department Facebook page, deputies are trying to find Shawn Patrick Ingram, 44, of Columbia. Ingram who has an active $10,000 bond arrest warrant for failure to obey judge’s order, felony receiving stolen property and $5,000 cash only bond arrest warrant for driving while suspended and resisting arrest. Anyone with

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Columbia high school leaders sue district over mistreatment

Two Columbia high school assistant principals sued the district and the head of secondary education for alleged mistreatment and retaliation. Rachel Henderson and Andrew McCarthy, a recently married couple who worked together for several years, filed separate lawsuits against Columbia Public Schools and Dr. Kevin Brown, vice superintendent of secondary schools. The discrimination lawsuits claim

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