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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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. 

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)