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Then-incoming Columbia police chief Jill Schlude briefs reporters at city hall on November 15, 2023, as city manager De’Carlon Seewood and Mayor Barbara Buffaloe listen (file photo courtesy of Columbia spokeswoman Sydney Olsen) Officials in Columbia and Boone County will hold a town hall meeting this evening to discuss what they call the ongoing drug overdose crisis. The Boone County …

St. Louis television station KMOV reports a girl whose head was repeatedly slammed into the concrete street during a fight near Hazelwood East high school in north St. Louis County is in critical condition. News reports indicate a 15-year-old has been arrested and charged with assault, but is in juvenile custody. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) describes the attack …

Here’s an update on the weekend 2024 Missouri State High School Activities Association’s (MSHSAA) boys and girls basketball tournaments: The Columbia Rock Bridge girls are heading to another Final Four, after beating Staley 42-39 in Friday night’s class 6 quarterfinals. Rock Bridge will battle Incarnate Word in the class 6 semifinals Friday at 4 pm at Mizzou Arena. Both teams …

This is an aerial view of downtown Columbia’s McKinney building, which was built in 1918. It’s between Second Missionary Baptist Church and Plaza Tire Service (undated photo courtesy of Columbia spokeswoman Sydney Olsen) The Columbia Mayor’s task force on the McKinney building in downtown Columbia holds its second meeting this  afternoon. The task force meets at 3:30 at Second Baptist …

State Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) presides over the Missouri Senate on January 19, 2021 (file photo courtesy of Harrison Sweazea at Senate Communications) A state senator who represents mid-Missouri’s Cooper and Howard counties in Jefferson City is pushing paper ballots as he seeks the GOP nomination for Secretary of State. State Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) spoke at the recent Boone …