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Additional DWI enforcement planned for Boone County this weekend (Columbia Missourian)
COLUMBIA — Boone County residents can expect to see more law enforcement than usual patrolling the roads this weekend. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department will have extra deputies patrolling as part of the “You Drink & Drive. You Lose.” campaign. Major Tom Reddin said the deputies would be looking for impaired drivers. Reddin said there would not be a DWI checkpoint as part of the extra ...Nixon appoints Fugit as new Boone County treasurer for 2010 (Columbia Missourian) COLUMBIA — Jan Fugit will serve as the Boone County treasurer for the remainder of this year, Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday. Fugit will be resigning from Boone County Hospital where she is the financial reporting manager to take over the full-time treasurer position. “I have 20 plus years of accounting experience, and this was an excellent opportunity,” Fugit said. “I’m excited about serving Boone ...
Boone County Emergency Manager braces for severe weather (KRCG Jefferson City) Zim Schwartze wants to remind everyone to have a plan in case of a weather emergency.
County nabs stimulus help for energy plan (Columbia Daily Tribune) The fast scramble in December to apply for stimulus money to upgrade Boone County’s energy efficiency has paid off. The county got all of the nearly $350,000 it requested.
Local GOP eager about Robb plans (Columbia Daily Tribune) As the calendar counts down to a March 30 filing deadline, former state Rep. Ed Robb is mulling whether to become a candidate for Boone County presiding commissioner.
DWI enforcement set for this weekend (Columbia Daily Tribune) A special enforcement effort this weekend will target impaired drivers in Boone County.
Attendance increases at Missouri Deer Classic (Columbia Missourian) COLUMBIA — An assortment of vendors selling items such as camouflage clothing and duck calls lined the walls of the showroom at the Boone County Fairgrounds . No space at the Missouri Deer Classic was left unoccupied — unlike last year's show. The new chairman of the Missouri Deer Classic, Ron Roper, said the show's overall appearance has really declined in the past couple of years because of ...
Georgia man pleads not guilty to 1976 Missouri murder (WALB Albany) A 65-year-old Georgia man has pleaded not guilty to killing a former University of Missouri student who disappeared in 1976.
Four officers added to Columbia night patrol this weekend (Columbia Missourian) COLUMBIA — Four extra officers will be patrolling for intoxicated drivers from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. Friday through Sunday, according to a Columbia Police Department news release. The added enforcement is the result of a $1,000 grant given to the police department by the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Division and the Missouri Safety Center. “We requested the grant for this ...
For many, cotton ball incident still stings (Columbia Daily Tribune) David Mitchell is conflicted. As a black man whose mother was a sharecropper, he’s angry and frustrated that two University of Missouri students lined cotton in front of the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center. As an associate professor of law at MU, he also understands that charging the students with felony hate crimes will hurt their chances to be productive citizens.