The drab grayness of winter has finally seceded; flowers are blooming and life around Columbia is celebrating the fresh, warm comfort of spring. As the temperature rises and the landscape brightens to...

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department conducted a sobriety checkpoint Wednesday on the 1300 block of East Prathersville Road, just north of the city. “It was actually fairly productive for a Wednesday...

After the UM System Board of Curators, the governing board of the four-campus UM System, approved $16.5 million for the project in December, construction on the Monk stream line will begin Monday and will...

**CSUF celebrates Earth Day with the Earth Week Expo** CAL STATE FULLERTON — The Cal State Fullerton Environmental Advocacy program is planning an Earth Week Expo featuring films, workshops and art...

Social media has brought to light many unfortunate trends. I, too, was annoyed to see 80 or more statuses declaring that is had, indeed, snowed this winter. Thank God for that Facebook friend who will...

Sheriff’s deputies arrested two Columbia residents after they discovered a cocaine distribution operation during a search of a residence, a Boone County Sheriff’s Department news release stated. Investigators...

MU Health Care allergists are expecting an exodus of pollen in the air this spring due to the amount of moisture Columbia received in the winter.   In preparation for the intense spring allergy season,...

The 7 percent cut to state higher education funding proposed by Gov. Jay Nixon could be softened to a cut of 4.8 percent, pending final approval from the Missouri Senate and House of Representatives. The...