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A former board member feels that the Columbia City Council is not doing enough to bring more diversity to the Citizens Police Review Board. COLUMBIA - During last Monday’s Columbia City Council meeting, an issue involving the lack of diversity within the city’s Citizens Police Review Board was brought up by Cornellia Williams, a longtime Columbia resident and former member of the review board itself. “Bill Davis, Baxter Nickels, Daryll Smith and I were part of the board in previous years since 2009,” Williams said. “It was very diverse then and now there are absolutel...

COLUMBIA - After more than a decade of planning, work is set to begin on the long-awaited extension of Discovery Parkway that will create a new major thoroughfare in southeast Columbia. Construction is set to begin this spring and will connect Gans Road to the intersection of New Haven and Rolling Hills roads. The parkway now stretches less than a mile from Highway 63 to Gans Road. The extension will go north of the highway and past MU’s South Farm Research Center. The connector “basically completes a link that’s missing between two major freeway interchanges,’’ Commu...

The Columbia Police Department along with community members cut the ribbon Wednesday on the Molly Thomas Bowden Community Policing Center.

4:22 p.m.: Boone County reports 10 new cases The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health & Human Services reported 10 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases to 66. According to the Missouri vaccine dashboard, an estimated 45.2% of Boone County's 180,463 residents have received at least one vaccine dose.  149,107 total doses administered of a vaccine 81,545 COVID-19 vaccine regimen activated 69,380 COVID-19 vaccine regimen completed 8,414 doses have been administered in the past 7 days The county also reported 18 hospitalizations, 2 o...

Starting Wednesday, businesses in Columbia will be able to set their own guidelines on masks and social distancing.  Boone County Health Director Stephanie Browning and Columbia Mayor Brian Treece announced last week that the city would not extend the current health order after it expires at 11:59 a.m. on May 12. This is due to declining COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.  The Columbia/Boone County Health Department said it will give recommendations rather than orders.  “Wearing masks, social distancing, and avoiding mass gatherings are still the best ways to keep our lo...