The Columbia Public School District is announcing a new principal at Alpha Hart Lewis Elementary School.
De’Vion Moore is to be recommended to the Board of Education next month.
Moore will replace Michelle Holz, who has accepted a position in the district’s human resources department.
Winter Storm Bellamy produced mid-Missouri’s first measurable snowfall of the season and created difficult driving conditions across Mid-Missouri on Saturday. Now, Winter Storm Chan is set to move through the listening area today with anywhere from 1-5″ expected throughout the listening area. Totals to the north are expected in the 2-4″ range, while 1-3 inches…
Emergency repairs will be made starting Saturday on the Missouri River Bridge near Rocheport. MoDot reports the work will begin at 7:00PM Saturday and will continue for 24 hours until the repairs are complete. The work is expected to lat through May 8. Speed limits in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 will be reduced…
CALLS FOR SERVICE: Mexico Public Safety responded to the following calls for service yesterday (Tuesday): A stealing or theft on West Monroe and at the South Clark Apartments. A trash dumping at East Promenade. Suspicious activity on the corner of East Kentucky and Promenade. A careless and imprudent driver at 4224 South Clark. CAR ACCIDENTS:…
In high school basketball the Community R6 Lady Trojans dominated at home against Madison last night with a 68-18 victory. Scoring leaders for the Lady Trojans was Brianna Beamer with 20 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Alexis Welch also put up 20 points, had 8 rebounds and 3 blocks. Sarah Angel finished with 13…
Residents and employees of the seven veterans homes in Missouri will not be allowed to use medical marijuana. Missouri Veterans Commission Executive Director Grace Link said today [Monday] the state must prohibit the use of medical marijuana in order to comply with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, who consider pot an illegal drug. Federal…
A Columbia man was arrested early this (Tuesday) morning on assault charges. According to probable cause statements, 46-year-old Terrence Gerome Johnson arrived at a home that he frequently visited at about 11:35 p.m. last night, clearly intoxicated. According to a witness, Johnson threatened to harm the residents of the home if they called the police….
