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The Columbia Public Schools board of education members are expected to vote at their April 8 meeting on purchase of weapons detection equipment for three of the high schools. Administrators are recommending the purchase of 12-15 of the portable units at a total cost of about $261,000 The units would be deployed at Hickman, Rock Bridge and Battle high schools …

A 19-year-old from Jefferson City has died after losing control of an SUV on US 63 early Sunday morning, just north of Jefferson City. All four of his passengers were injured, three of them seriously about 1:44 a.m. According to the state Highway Patrol, Demont Webb overcorrected from the right shoulder, skidded across the road, hit a guard rail and …

Police have a suspect in custody after a shooting Friday afternoon near Cosmo-Bethel Park that caused a 20-minute “hold and secure” at three nearby schools in south Columbia. The victim was transported by EMS to a local hospital with a non-life-threating gunshot wound. 24-year-old Daqwon Jackson, of Columbia, was arrested for armed criminal action, first-degree domestic assault and possession of …

The Lincoln University Alumni Association issued a statement of no confidence in the university’s board of curators after they re-instated president John Moseley last week. Moseley was on administrative leave from the Jefferson City university after the suicide of former administrator Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, who had accused Moseley of bullying and harassment. An investigation by the St. Louis law firm …

This past week was one of the bloodiest in Columbia in recent memory, with two separate murders, two other victims suffering gunshot wounds and at least five shots fired calls. Friday’s shooting near south Columbia’s Bethel prompted Columbia Public Schools (CPS) to lockdown. The violence was a major topic of discussion this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”. Host …