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A GoCOMO bus operates in downtown Columbia in 2022 (file photo courtesy of Columbia Public Works spokesman John Ogan) Columbia Public Works officials say staff is currently in discussions with Moberly Area Community College (MACC) in efforts to alleviate the bus driver shortage. Public Works delivered a three-page report to the council at Monday night’s meeting, saying GoCOMO’s bus system …

31-year-old Fabian Goldman has pleaded guilty to second degree murder and to first degree burglary (May 2023 photo courtesy of Missouri Department of Corrections website) Missouri’s attorney general says a convicted felon who broke into a retired FBI agent’s home in south Columbia in 2020 during a deadly burglary is heading to prison, after pleading guilty to second degree murder. …

A Special Olympics athlete participates in the 2022 games at Columbia’s Hickman high school (file photo courtesy of Special Olympics Missouri spokesman Andrew Kauffman) More than 1,000 athletes, coaches, volunteers and Unified partners from across Missouri are expected to be in Columbia for the Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games next month. They’ll take place from June 2-4 at Mizzou …

Missouri’s GOP secretary of state and gubernatorial candidate Jay Ashcroft says Missourians don’t elect legislators for social media speeches but elect them to enact good policy. He’s disappointed with Friday’s chaos in the Missouri Senate, which featured GOP infighting. Ashcroft blames people putting politics ahead of policy. Secretary Ashcroft delivered a clear rebuke to the GOP-controlled Legislature on “Wake Up …

Fencing has been constructed on the top level of the Fifth and Walnut parking garage in downtown Columbia (March 4, 2022 file photo courtesy of Columbia spokeswoman Sydney Olsen) Columbia Police are investigating a weekend falling death at the Fifth and Walnut parking garage downtown. It’s unclear if the man jumped or fell to his death early Saturday afternoon. A …