The Columbia Police Department has been selecting new members for its SWAT team this month. SWAT stands for Special Weapons and Tactics. Captain Brad Nelson, SWAT/CNT Commander, said that CPD and its...

A car crash on Interstate 70 early Monday morning fatally injured a pedestrian but left the driver unharmed. According to a Columbia Police Department news release, Robert W. Berst, 55, was traveling...

Units from the Columbia Fire Department were dispatched to a hazardous material spill after a tractor-trailer spilled about 35 gallons of sodium hydroxide on Waco Road early Monday morning. According...

Freshman Mary Klemenok was about to go to bed when she received bad news. Around 11 p.m. on April 17, Klemenok was almost ready to log out of Twitter for the night when a flurry of "#prayforwest" tweets...

Glenn O. Anderson, 25, of St. Charles, turned himself in to the Columbia Police Department last Thursday in relation to homicide of Brian Daniels, who was found dead in his home April 10. Anderson made...

In the midst of a raging political battle on gun control in Washington, D.C., legislators in Jefferson City are approving legislation to counteract any potential federal restrictions on firearms. The...

####Student arrested on theft charge at Student Recreation Center MU Police Department officers arrested Rachel Duvall, 21, on a larceny charge Monday night. A staff member at the Student Recreation...

Students and faculty from 11 MU schools, colleges and groups descended on the Life Sciences Center for a weeklong event of project presentations and speakers. "MU doesn't have many events like this,"...

Legislation aimed to reform gun laws, largely headed by President Barack Obama, failed on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday. None of the Democrat-backed proposals reached the 60-vote mark — including...

The Boone County Telecommunications Office is celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, albeit a little quietly. There are no brightly-colored banners, balloons or large thank-you cards...