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Columbia City Manager Mike Matthes announced the $414 million budget for the 2014 fiscal year. “The budget is finally balanced,” said Matthes at a Friday press conference. No sales or property tax cuts were made, and there will be an increase in price for parking permits. In return for a higher-cost parking permit, there will

Columbia officers say a man sexually assaulted a woman in her sleep early Friday. The victim woke up around 4:30 a.m. as somebody was touching her. She said the suspect got out of her bed and put on shorts. It happened the 1200 block of East Walnut Street near College Avenue. The woman’s apartment was

Columbia police are investigating a shots fired incident that happened early Friday morning. Officers were called to the area of Appalachian Drive and Altai Drive in west Columbia just before 6 a.m. for a report of shots fired. When officers arrived, they found a Jeep in the 3300 block of Appalachian Drive that had been

Amanda Glisson, 29, was found dead in her home Saturday. The death was called suspicious because it appeared she had been beaten. Glisson’s husband, Albert Glisson, admitted to hitting his wife, but said that he did not kill her. Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Richardson said the autopsy showed no signs that the criminal act

The Mid-Mo Express baseball team came home this weekend as two-time USSSA World Series Champions. But after 319 wins, the team’s journey is coming to an end. It took 10 athletes and six years together to win two World Series championships. “They make movies about the stuff that happened,” said Jason Hirschvogel, team coach. Most

The body of a missing former Jefferson City church youth pastor has been located, according to searchers. Friends on the Bring Chad Rogers Home Facebook pagesaid the Liberty, Mo. Police Department had found the body of Rogers Friday. Rogers, 30, had been missing since Monday night when he left his Liberty home to go for

Fire crews are investigating a fire that started at a south Columbia restaurant Thursday night. Around 7:30 p.m., firefighters were called to Jose Jalapenos and Lazer Lanes off Grindstone Parkway. At least 12 units responded to the scene. Emergency dispatchers reported flames and smoke coming from the roof of the building. Everyone in the businesses

Columbia police searched two homes Wednesday night, looking for evidence connected to the murder of a 17-year-old teenager at McKee Street Park nearly two weeks ago. Relatives say two people were taken in for questioning. As of Thursday night, both of the teens have been released. Police confirmed their SWAT team served a search warrant

A car crashed into a Columbia Break Time Thursday evening. Around 6:30 p.m., emergency crews were dispatched to the gas station off Old Highway 63 and Stadium Boulevard after a sedan crashed into the building’s front windows. Crews said the driver’s foot slipped and hit the accelerator. No one was hurt, but the crash caused

Cole County officials announces a new program Thursday that will put criminals back on the streets. The county is nearing limits on how many inmates it can keep in its 2-year-old jail and needs to make space. Currently, the jail has 206 beds and one day last month, it topped off at 203 inmates. That

Fulton’s Veteran’s Park playground is in the process of being torn down because of multiple safety hazards. According to officials, the dangers include head entrapment, swinging into a fence, getting hit by a golf ball and being hit by a car from a nearby intersection. The City Council was alerted by its insurance company that

More than 200 volunteers continued the search for a missing Buckner, Mo. woman who went missing in Benton County July 13. Hellen Cook, 72, has been missing for nearly two weeks when she wandered away from a home in Warsaw. She suffered from Alzheimer’s and her family and authorities believe she may have become confused

As Columbia city leaders talk about gang activity, a group of middle schoolers are trying to erase some signs of it. On Thursday, more than 20 Truman Leadership Project campers hit the streets in downtown Columbia to pick up trash and clean up graffiti. Camp leaders say cleaning up the streets isn’t only a message

The University of Missouri System announced Thursday it has formed a search committee tasked with finding a new chancellor. The chancellor will replace Chancellor Brady Deaton, who is retiring effective Nov. 15. The 18-person committee will be co-chaired by curator Ann Covington and the dean of the School of Journalism Dean Mills. Faculty, staff, alumni,

The Columbia Police Officers’ Association held a press conference Thursday to discuss the city’s increasing crime. The CPOA press conference is in response to the city’s news conference about crime several weeks ago. “We don’t have criminals that are out of control, we have criminals that are in control,” said CPOA Executive Director Dale Roberts.

Law enforcement in Boone have arrested a Jefferson City man in a sting operation. On Thursday, Jeremy Bappert, 29, was arrested on several charges including attempted statutory rape and the possession of child pornography. The investigation against Bappert started in early July when the Cyber Crimes Task Force in Boone County received information that Bappert

Boone County will hire six new Public Safety Joint Communications employees thanks to the passage of a sales tax earlier this year. The county commission unanimously approved the hires Thursday. Five positions will be for emergency dispatchers, who answer 911 calls and dispatch emergency crews. According to the county, the new hires will bring the

A Columbia man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a woman and threatening to harm her with a knife. Police say 27-year-old Steven Gholson repeatedly assaulted the victim while she was driving on Warwick Street on Sunday night. Once the pair arrived at her home, Gholson reportedly pulled a knife on her and threatened to

Two people were arrested in Jefferson City Wednesday during a drug search. Police served a narcotics search warrants at 203 Pine Street around 2 p.m. Wednesday. A K-9 unit involved in the search found a half-pound of marijuana and more than $800 in cash hidden in a locked safe in a closet. Officers say the

A tanker truck carrying fuel overturned on Highway 54 Wednesday afternoon, causing major traffic delays and some fuel to leak. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says around 2 p.m., the tanker truck had a mechanical failure, causing it to travel off the roadway on Highway 54 near Route 52 in Miller County. The truck rolled