Mid-Missouri News

Parking brake manufacturer Otscon announced this week that it will be closing its Columbia facility in October after 36 years. About 220 employees will lose their jobs. …

The city of Columbia plans to move privately maintained sewer systems near Sunset Drive, Prospect Street and Crestland Ave. onto the city’s sanitary sewer system.  The proposed …

Rocheport Republican Chuck Basye said this morning he is withdrawing from the campaign for state senator from Boone County because of a recent cancer diagnosis. Basye entered …

The resurfacing of Providence Road in Columbia will begin on Thursday, according to Missouri Department of Transportation officials. One lane will be closed in spots during the …

Columbia city officials said Monday they are in the middle of exchanging more than 1,400 roll carts for their trash customers who wanted a different size. Residents …

The University of Missouri announced Tuesday that Laird Veatch will be its next Director of Athletics. Veatch has been the athletic director at the University of Memphis …

Columbia Public Schools gave Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood a 5.5% pay increase for the upcoming school year, bringing his salary above $261,000. Yearwood’s contract runs through June …

Boone County plans to adopt legislation that comes from Jefferson City in the next few weeks that would grant senior citizens the ability to get a freeze …

Boone County purchased a building last week on 7th Street in downtown Columbia that is currently occupied by the Holder Susan Slusher law firm. The county now …

A former Father Tolton basketball star and member of the Columbia’s Porter basketball family was sentenced to prison on Friday. 22-year-old Coban Porter, the brother of Denver …

This weekend’s Cleek family bowling for autism event at Columbia’s AMF Town and Country lanes raised between $30,000 and $35,000, according to businessman John Cleek. Mr. Cleek …

Missouri’s governor says describes the approximately 5,000 high school students who attended the state FFA convention in Columbia as the future of agriculture, Missouri, and the nation. …

Boone Health is the sixth-largest employer in Columbia/Boone County, according to the latest statistics from Columbia Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI). REDI says Boone currently has 1,581 …

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators are back in mid-Missouri’s Hartsburg area this afternoon, on-scene of Tuesday afternoon’s deadly plane crash in a heavily-wooded area near Highway …

Columbia fire department investigators concluded the fire that destroyed the Noodles and Company restaurant on 9th Street in downtown Columbia in mid-March was started by a homeless …

About 150 residents and business leaders across mid-Missouri have learned new details about next Friday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at Ranken Technical College’s Ashland campus. 939 the Eagle’s Stephanie …

Columbia’s hotels, restaurants and shops have been packed, as more than 5,000 high school students who are part of FFA attend the 96th annual State FFA convention. …

Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey is excited about this week’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new multi-million dollar Boone County Sheriff’s regional law enforcement training center in Columbia. …

Officials at Columbia Public Schools (CPS) are inviting you to this afternoon’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new $25-million elementary school that will be built next to southwest …

The UM System president is praising the board of Curators for approving a $250-million improvement project for Mizzou’s Memorial Stadium, saying it will preserve the stadium’s tradition-rich …