• Drivers Speak Up About I-70 Toll at Public Forum

    Posted 10:47 PM 2/6/2012 by Emily Spain

    COLUMBIA - More than 100 people came out to the public forum at the ARC in Columbia Monday night to discuss the controversial proposal of making Interstate 70 a toll road. With the tolls, drivers would pay approximately 10 to 15 cents per mile.  The forum had a panel that included MoDOT (More)

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  • Downtown Taxi Stands Permanent With Time Amendment

    Downtown Taxi Stands Permanent With Time Amendment

    Posted 8:43 PM 2/6/2012 by Devon Fasbinder

    COLUMBIA - Downtown taxi stands and no drop off or pick up spots were made permanent Monday night by City Council with the enforcement time moving from 9:00p.m. until 10:00p.m.

    The Downtown Safety Summit proposed designated areas for taxi services on June 7, 2010, indicating that they (More)

  • Missouri Authorities ID Body Found After Vehicle Fires

    Missouri Authorities ID Body Found After Vehicle Fires

    Posted 7:43 PM 2/6/2012 by Associated Press

    PLATTE CITY (AP) - Platte City authorities have released the name of a man who died after setting fire to several vehicles. Twenty-year-old Curtis J. Durbin of Platte City was identified Monday as the man whose body was found Friday in a truck that didn't belong to him. (More)

  • Man Struck by Two Cars Walking on Highway 63

    Posted 7:32 PM 2/6/2012 by Jessica Smith and Garrett Bergquist

    ASHLAND - Southern Boone County firefighters and Ashland police officers shut down Southbound Highway 63 near the Ashland exit, after two cars hit a man walking across the highway. Crews received the call at 5:58 p.m.

    According to firefighters, a vehicle pulled out of Liberty Lane onto (More)

  • Hickman High School Student Arrested on Suspicion of Hate Crime

    Hickman High School Student Arrested on Suspicion of Hate Crime

    Posted 7:19 PM 2/6/2012 by Melissa Berman

    COLUMBIA - Rumors of a potential act of violence spread across Hickman High School Monday. The rumors started after school administration contacted police about controversial Facebook posts. The posts referenced an incident that took place at the high school Friday morning.

    Police say (More)

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  • Jefferson City Redistricting Moves Forward Amid Lack of Public Comment

    Jefferson City Redistricting Moves Forward Amid Lack of Public Comment

    Posted 6:58 PM 2/6/2012 by Garrett Bergquist

    JEFFERSON CITY -The city council held a hearing Monday evening so residents could comment on a ward redistricting plan. But nobody spoke either in favor of or against the plan.

    Federal and city law require the city to adjust its districts every 10 years after the census. The city (More)

  • Holts Summit Home Damaged By Fire

    Holts Summit Home Damaged By Fire

    Posted 6:25 PM 2/6/2012 by Mila Mimica

    HOLTS SUMMIT - A Holts Summit mobile home was damaged on Monday afternoon in a kitchen fire. According to Holts Summit Police Department, the fire started in the kitchen in the 800 block of South Summit Drive, and there were no injuries.

    The five-member family was assisted by American Red Cross volunteers, who provided them with resources to get food and a hotel room to stay in for two nights. 

  • Man Dies in Car Accident in Crawford Country

    Man Dies in Car Accident in Crawford Country

    Posted 5:15 PM 2/6/2012 by Jessica Sibert

    CRAWFORD COUNTY - An 89-year-old man died in a car accident early Monday afternoon.

    Authorities reported that Elmer Brand, of Cuba, Mo., was driving westbound in the eastbound lane of Interstate 44 six miles outside of Cuba. Brand was pronounced dead on the scene.

    The Missouri State (More)

  • High Tech Parking Meters Headed to Downtown Columbia

    Posted 5:12 PM 2/6/2012 by Elizabeth Hagedorn

    COLUMBIA -Starting this week, drivers in downtown Columbia will start seeing new high-tech parking meters.

    The city's Downtown Parking Task Force has launched a pilot program to test whether meters that (More)

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  • Mo. Animal Farm Makes Repairs, Awaits USDA Visit

    Mo. Animal Farm Makes Repairs, Awaits USDA Visit

    Posted 4:00 PM 2/6/2012 by Associated Press

    COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Volunteers have helped a rescue organization make required repairs to a Columbia facility that houses tigers, lions, cougars and other exotic animals. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture cited D&D Farm Animal Rescue in north (More)

  • True/False Film Festival to Honor Russian Director

    True/False Film Festival to Honor Russian Director

    Posted 3:04 PM 2/6/2012 by Jessica Sibert

    COLUMBIA - The True/False Film Festival plans to honor Russian Director Victor Kossakovsky as its 2012 True Vision Award recipient.

    For the last nine years, the festival's True Vision Award has honored filmmakers who try to challenge traditional documentary and non-fiction filmmaking (More)

  • Proposed Toll Would Cripple Trucking Industry, CEO Says

    Posted 2:46 PM 2/6/2012 by Danny Spewak

    COLUMBIA - The president of the Missouri Trucking Association said Monday a toll on Interstate 70 would "devastate" his industry, costing trucks as much as $90 to cross the state.

    Missouri Department of Transportation director Kevin Keith has proposed a toll to help pay for renovations to (More)

  • New Parking Meters To Be Installed in Downtown Columbia

    New Parking Meters To Be Installed in Downtown Columbia

    Posted 2:31 PM 2/6/2012 by Mila Mimica

    COLUMBIA - Starting next Monday, Feb. 13, downtown Columbia patrons are going to have two additional payment options when parking their cars. Two parking meters will accept payment by credit card and cell phone, as well as coins and the EZ Park Card. 

    The meters will be utilized for (More)

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