Community policing was at the center of Wednesday night’s meeting of the Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence. Community policing involves police patrolling certain areas and getting to know...

During its Feb. 27 meeting, Faculty Council passed a resolution to amend procedures regarding resigning or rotating members, proposed by Vice Chairman Tony Lupo. The council unanimously voted in favor...

####1. Man arrested with misdemeanor and felony warrants Kristan Simpson, 26, was arrested by MU Police at 11:23 a.m. Thursday. Simpson was released from Missouri Psychiatric Center on 3 Hospital Drive...

Students grabbing lunch at Plaza 900 over the last three weeks have noticed a few changes with the dishwashing process. Campus Dining Services began using a new conveyer belt system in the dining hall...

They were only there to save buildings. But that role shifted rapidly as the war dragged on, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said in his speech last week at the State Historical Society of Missouri in Ellis Library. “As...

**House hears legislation on texting and driving** A panel of state representatives made its case last week to expand Missouri’s ban on texting while driving. The lawmakers, three democrats from St....

A handful of planned student housing developments could be up in the air after the Columbia City Council rejected a tax increment financing plan at last week’s meeting. Following a stream of public...

When Columbia gets more than four inches of snow, as it did earlier this month, the city’s formula for plowing streets becomes an equation of priority routes, residential streets and overtime workers. An...

A group that planned to put legalizing marijuana on Missouri ballot this November has postponed the initiative to 2016. Show-Me Cannabis, a Missouri marijuana advocacy group, said in a [news latter](http://show-mecannabis.com/2014/02/smc-newsletter-february-17-2014/)...