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Another warrant is issued for the Columbia restaurant owner facing arson charges in southeast Missouri. ABC 17 reports the warrant out of Dunklin County says Crystal Umfress violated the terms of her bond by failing to keep a GPS monitor charged. Umfress is the co-owner of Casa Maria’s in Columbia. She allegedly hired a witness to start a fire at …

The Daniel Boone Regional Library Board of Trustees approved its agreement with union workers yesterday. Board members held a public vote over Zoom to approve the contract, which was largely the same tentative deal that the two sides agreed upon last month. The contract includes a five-percent wage increase each year for library staff and increased health benefits. The agreement …

A man is in jail after an alleged assault at a Columbia hospital. ABC 17 reports Cody Douglass, 38, was charged Tuesday with third-degree assault. He’s in jail without bond. Police say they caught Douglass on video footage at University Hospital assaulting a nurse. The victim told police that Douglass grabbed her by the neck and hair, threw her to …

Employees of the city of Columbia will have the added benefit of paid family and medical leave beginning next year. The city council made it official on Monday. In a change of policy, permanent employees who are qualified to be absent from work by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act will no longer be unpaid during the time off. …

Moberly Area Community College will lease about 1,900 square feet in the old terminal at Columbia Regional Airport to establish an aviation training program. The city council approved the deal Monday. MACC will pay $15 per square foot annually and about $287,000 dollars for renovations. MACC says the new aviation training program will be a college-accredited FAA-certified flight school.