Heavy rain caused flooding problems across parts of central and northern Missouri early Thursday, prompting water rescues and power outages. In central Missouri, Columbia and Boone County were among the hardest-hit areas, where firefighters rescued people from two...
Southern Boone R-1, located in central Missouri’s Ashland, won’t be switching to a four-day school week—at least not yet. The Board of Education voted Monday night to table the decision, keeping the district on a traditional five-day schedule for the 2026–2027 school...
One year after Boone Health and Audrain County leaders signed a Letter of Intent to bring a critical access hospital back to Mexico — a city in central Missouri — the facility remains closed. The original hospital shut down in 2022. So why the delay? Boone Health CEO...
Columbia leaders walked downtown over the weekend to see the community’s reaction after a deadly shooting, with Boone County Prosecutor Roger Johnson noting extra police presence has had an impact. “We convened and met and walked around downtown with some of the...
Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey said that it’s time to treat downtown Columbia like New York’s Times Square—after a shooting last weekend claimed the life of a 21-year-old nursing student. “They have a huge police presence there because they want tourists to be able...
