NEWS – Boone County

A jury began Monday for a woman accused in a deadly 2025 shooting in Holts Summit. Heather Smith faces charges including second-degree murder in the death of 38-year-old Kara Dills. Prosecutors say Smith deliberately… Read more: Holts Summit Murder Trial Underway for 2025 Shooting

The Columbia City Council will make the results of the April 7th municipal election official during tonight’s regular meeting. That means Columbia businesswoman Christina Hartman, who unseated incumbent Don Waterman for the Fifth Ward… Read more: COMO City Council to swear in new council members

An organizational only meeting of the Centralia Board of Alderman is scheduled for 6:35pm tonight in Council chambers. The swearing in of council members will be held as well as the election of a… Read more: Centralia Alderman to meet tonight, organize

Boone Health is hosting a Spring Screening Saturday to make health screenings more convenient for busy patients. The event will take place April 18th from 8 a.m. to noon at the Boone Health Nifong… Read more: Boone Health Hosting Spring Screening Saturday in Columbia

Columbia police asked residents to avoid the 1500 block of Parkade Boulevard Thursday evening during a standoff with a barricaded suspect. Officers say 58-year-old Brian Strickland of Columbia was wanted for first-degree stalking when… Read more: Barricaded Suspect Arrested After Columbia Standoff

A 78-year-old man from Tennessee was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon on I-70. The Highway Patrol says it happened Monday afternoon near the 136.6 mile marker in a construction zone when… Read more: Tennessee Man Seriously Hurt in I-70 Construction Zone Crash

Two women have been indicted after Boone County deputies reportedly found methamphetamine in their car. Court documents show 37-year-old Heather Rybolt and 35-year-old Casey Sharp were arrested March 7 and charged with first-degree drug… Read more: Two Women Indicted After 2.5 Pounds of Meth Found on I-70

A Columbia Woman is due in court Today, 30-year-old Cassandra Albright is in custody after a series of crashes in a Columbia neighborhood on April 3rd. Investigators say Albright drove into a home with… Read more: Columbia Woman in Court After Crash Spree

More details coming to light about what precipitated 19-year-old Andy J. Cenobio to run over three people early Sunday morning in Columbia. The victims had tried to break up a fight in the parking… Read more: Fight sparked hit and run accident

The City of Hallsville is cutting down trees today, on Elm Street. They are alerting drivers that Elm Street and Boone Court could be blocked part of the day.

Two mid-Missouri teenagers were hurt Friday afternoon after a crash on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, shortly after 4pm, near mile marker 172, a 22-year-old… Read more: Fulton and Columbia teens injured in I-70 accident

A 19-year-old Columbia man was arrested in Osage County after he allegedly ran over three people in Columbia early Sunday morning. Columbia Police Officers were called to a local emergency room around 2:56 a.m.… Read more: Columbia man arrested for hit-and-run