The Boone County Fair is returning to the old fairgrounds off Highway 63 near Oakland Gravel Rd. in 2020. The city of Columbia announced last week it was taking over maintenance of the grounds from Boone County. Fair Board President Jeff Cook joined Wa...
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Victim in September Columbia shooting booked into jail
A victim in a high-profile central Columbia shooting this fall has been arrested. Sam Baldwin IV, 28, was booked into jail on Wednesday. He had an active warrant on charges of stealing, unlawful possession of a firearm, and drug possession. Police said...
Read More »Former Glasgow official charged with stealing tax dollars
(Missourinet) State Auditor Nicole Galloway says a felony stealing charge has been filed against Kevin Atwood, the former city administrator and police chief of Glasgow in central Missouri. An audit of Glasgow – released in 2018 – found about $3,200 di...
Read More »Judiciary panel takes its 1st steps toward impeachment vote
(AP) – Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee are using a hearing for voting on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to deliver passionate arguments for and against the move. They began a marathon two-day session to consider...
Read More »Canoeist drowns in Lake of the Ozarks
Highway Patrol divers find a man’s body in the Lake of the Ozarks. Troopers say two men were on a canoe in the main channel of the lake when they fell overboard Tuesday afternoon. One man, 28-year-old Nicholas Compton of Lebanon, made it to shore. Somo...
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