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,...

**Suspect arrested at mall on statutory rape charges** Brian Aquino, 21, was arrested Thursday night by officers of the Columbia Police Department on suspicion of three counts of first-degree child endangerment...

Police arrested junior Quinn Damon after he got into a fight with members of the Kappa Alpha fraternity for pretending to be a member of the house. Damon, 21, and some of his friends went to the Kappa...