A Pennsylvania law firm says it has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Hy-Vee grocery store chain after a recent data breach. Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLC announced the filing in a news release posted Tuesday. Law firms in Illinois and Oklahoma are also listed on the lawsuit. The original plaintiffs listed on the
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A Columbia man was charged in Boone County after prosecutors allege he threatened to bring a gun to work after being fired from his job. Isaac Flowers was sentenced with a felony count for making a terror threat in September. Flowers and eight other employees at DANA Incorporated were fired after coming into work Sept.
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One mid-Missouri organization is expecting large numbers of families needing assistance to pay electric and gas bills as the temperature get colder. Central Missouri Community Action processes applications for the state’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Howard, Moniteau and Osage counties. Colita Harvey, housing program manager of Central
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The University of Missouri is inviting the public to the grand opening of its new Land of the Osages Research Center on Oct. 29. The center is part of MU’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR). CAFNR says the facility will be the first experiment station in more than 30 years dedicated to
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A racist image spoofing the Gentry Middle School website was a screen shot of the school’s home page that had been edited and uploaded to Google, not a hack of the website, a Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman said Wednesday. “Someone took a screenshot of our web page and then edited it in a photo editing
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A Boone County judge recused himself Wednesday from a lawsuit involving the University of Missouri medical school. Judge Jeff Harris stepped aside after an attorney for Rachel Brown, a former associate dean of the medical school, brought up a relationship Harris has with a possible witness in the case. Dr. Robert Churchill, a former dean
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Community leaders were gathered Wednesday at the Blind Boone Home in central Columbia to dedicate several historical markers for the African American Heritage Trail. The event was the first of two planned to unveil the markers. Playback of a live video stream of the event is available in the player below. Sign up for email
Continue ReadingColumbia Public Schools is investigating “inappropriate images” posted to a Google search engine page related to Gentry Middle School, according to a district spokeswoman. Michelle Baumstark said in an email Tuesday night that the district was alerted to the images on Monday. She said Google removed the images after the district asked. “Please know the
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The University of Missouri wants a court-ordered mental examination of a former track coach suing the team. The school filed two motions this week for a mental exam of Carjay Lyles and to compel Lyles to provide medical and employment records. The university argued that Lyles had “placed his emotional condition at issue” in the
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There are hundreds of crashes involving emergency vehicles in Missouri each year. According to data from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, several things lead to these crashes. One of the main causes of the wrecks is animals in the roadway, but other drivers can also cause crashes. Distracted driving caused 138 crashes in Missouri in
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A patient in serious condition had to be extricated from a Callaway County ambulance Tuesday afternoon after a crash in Columbia. Boone County emergency dispatchers sent an alert that Old 63 was closed from Shepard Boulevard to East Stadium Boulevard because of a crash. Callaway County EMS later said an ambulance carrying a patient in
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The University of Missouri Police Department said officers received a report of sexual assault on Tuesday stemming from homecoming weekend. Officers said a female was the victim of the assault by a male acquaintance. The reported assault allegedly happened at a residence in the 400 block of Buram Avenue. Anyone with information on the assault
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While more University of Missouri students said they are aware of services for victims of sexual assault, nearly one in four undergraduate women said they have experienced “nonconsensual sexual contact,” according to a survey released Tuesday. About 20 percent of MU students responded to the survey administered in April and May. MU was one of
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According to the National Crime Prevention Council, Neighborhood Watch is one of the oldest and most effective crime prevention programs in the country. From the national level to the local level, organizations based around safety continue to form. “I believe we educated almost 200 people in the last calendar year,” said Columbia Police Department officer
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No arrests were made after a downtown Columbia barbershop said its building was damaged over the weekend. M. Boss Barber and Salon posted on Sunday a window was broken after partying on 9th Street on Saturday. The Facebook page updated the post and said the business owner’s husband replaced the missing glass with a piece
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Ameren crews were working Tuesday afternoon to restore natural gas service to several homes after a leak in a northeast Columbia neighborhood. A gas line was damaged late Tuesday morning on North Leisurely Way, a small street off Oakland Gravel Road, according to an Ameren Missouri spokesperson. At about noon crews were evaluating the leak
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Doctors are advising people to get their flu shots coming off a 2018-2019 flu season the CDC says was longer than other recent seasons. “Flu season is here already we start seeing cases in October so now is the time to get the vaccine, flu season runs through April, May and the highest numbers they
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Board of Education passed a new school resource officer agreement at its meeting Monday. “As we do with many different organizations that we contract with, this is just a renewal of that contract,” board vice president Jonathan Sessions said Monday afternoon. Under the new contract, Columbia Public Schools will pay $206,837 for four
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The University of Missouri is addressing the opioid crisis in rural communities. An internship program will train psychology doctoral students in underserved areas affected by the opioid epidemic. “Rural communities struggle because access is a serious issue,” said Laura Schopp, professor and chair of the Department of Health Psychology. She said students will work in
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Road construction is scheduled for this week on Scott Boulevard in Columbia. One southbound lane of the road will be closed between Strawn Road and Smith Drive. Construction crews are working on new turn lanes for the Westbury Village development. Previously, developers have discussed building a commercial and residential neighborhood in that area, Some residents
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