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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The Columbia Police Department and local businesses will have increased staff for University of Missouri’s Homecoming festivities . We previously reported that CPD has increased foot patrols downtown and in the East campus area for the homecoming festivities, according to CPD spokesman Jeff Pitts. One visitor from St. Louis, Jacob Virtue told me he heard
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Columbia authorities warned drivers to expect delays Saturday afternoon in the westbound lanes of I-70 after a crash near the connector. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/1183099511163494400″,”author_name”:”Columbia_Fire”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;ACCIDENT ALERT: I-70 WB near Highway 63 Connector. Emergency crews on the scene. Traffic is backup to Lake of the Woods exit. Expect delays. &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/MoDOT_Central?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@MoDOT_Central&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/ColumbiaPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@ColumbiaPD&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@MSHPTrooperF&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a
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ABC 17 News made a records request for the expenses related to the September trip to Memphis to visit the National Civil Rights Museum. The majority of the money spent on the trip went toward travel and lodging. According to the document, $3,612 went toward the hotel, Peabody Memphis. This covered a total of 25
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Police arrested one person after serving a search warrant in north Columbia on Friday morning. According to a news release, officers served the warrant at 2313 Parks Edge Place around 10:45 a.m. Officers arrested Henry Anthony Williams, 30, on suspicion of burglary, stealing, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance. The
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The CEO of Dow has gifted The University of Missouri $6 million. According to the school, it’s one of the first major gifts from one person for the NextGen Precision Health Institute. Jim Fitterling graduated from the engineering school in 1983, and started working for the company he now leads two weeks after. “Tackling grand
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Three new firefighters will be joining the Columbia Fire Department to work at stations 10 and 11, which have not yet been built. This comes after Columbia residents said public safety is one of their top priorities. The Columbia City Council accepted a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which will pay for the
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The Columbia Fire Department responded to a structure fire Friday morning on Mohawk Court. LIVE PLAYBACK of the scene can be viewed in the player below. Working a residential structure fire at 1 Mohawk Avenue. Fire has been knocked down, brought under control. pic.twitter.com/cQvlsYpxJJ — Columbia_Fire (@Columbia_Fire) October 11, 2019 The fire was able to
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The Columbia Police Department is seeking public help in finding a missing 28-year-old woman. Police say Mengqi Ji Elledge was last seen at her home in the 2600 block of Eastwood Drive when she went to bed Tuesday night, according to a CPD news release. Her husband reported to police that she was gone when
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Columbia police arrested two men early Thursday after the shooting of a home and two vehicles. Police were sent to the 3300 block of Dove Drive in north Columbia at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday, where they found the damage. The Columbia Police Department said in a news release that officers arrested Cameron K. Wright, 22,
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University of Missouri Chancellor Alexander Cartwright gave the state of the university address Friday at 9 a.m. LIVE PLAYBACK of the event can be viewed in the player below. The address comes a day before the university’s homecoming game on Saturday. University officials are expected to make another announcement regarding a “significant financial gift” Friday
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Authorities are looking for a man involved in a police chase early Friday. Boone County sheriff’s deputies attempted to pull over the driver of a white Ford truck at 2:30 a.m. Friday near Mexico Gravel Road but the car sped away, the sheriff’s department said. Deputies say the driver had several traffic violations. Deputies and
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Thousands are expected to descend into Columbia for the University of Missouri’s homecoming. Events will start with Chancellor Alexander Cartwright’s State of the University Address at 9 a.m. Friday. On Friday night, there will be a panhellenic council step dance showcase, Greektown house decorations and a spirit rally with Truman the Tiger, Marching Mizzou and
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Police Department said it arrested a man for allegedly toppling over headstones in the Columbia Cemetery on East Broadway. According to court documents, the superintendent told police several times headstones had been tipped over and some even broken overnight between Oct. 2 and Oct. 5. The superintendent told police large headstones need heavy
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