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Missouri’s Probation and Parole Board has issued a warrant for 32-year-old Christopher John Crane’s arrest (2021 mug shot courtesy of Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann) Columbia Police have identified the parolee who allegedly took a hostage Tuesday night before barricading himself inside a home near Douglass park for two-and-a-half hours. The incident happened in the 600 block of …

An aerial view of smoke from the Woolridge and Cooper County fire on October 22, 2022 (photo courtesy of 939 the Eagle listener Stephen McBee of MyStudioBee.com) Missouri’s governor will travel to rural Wooldridge Wednesday afternoon to tour damage from Saturday’s devastating natural cover fire. The Cooper County Fire Protection District says Saturday’s blaze burned more than 3,000 acres of …

Columbia’s Rock Bridge high school is near Providence road (2021 file photo is courtesy of CPS spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark) Columbia Police say there was not an active threat at Rock Bridge high school on Tuesday. CPD says its officers responded to a report Tuesday afternoon that a Rock Bridge student was possibly armed, and that CPS school security was unaware …

Columbia’s major Nifong project included numerous overlay, sidewalk and island improvements between Providence and Forum (2021 file photo courtesy of Columbia city spokeswoman Sydney Olsen) Columbia’s outgoing fifth ward councilman says his ward is best served by fresh ideas next year. Councilman Matt Pitzer is finishing his second three-year term. He campaigned in 2017 and again in 2020 on infrastructure …

Residents along Columbia’s South Garth Avenue say speeding continues to be an issue (October 18, 2022 photo courtesy of Columbia Public Works spokesman John Ogan) Residents and motorists who travel on Columbia’s South Garth avenue have had their first opportunity to see plans to address speeding concerns. Columbia Public Works held an open house Tuesday evening to show design proposals and …