Boone County News

The alleged victims in a Missouri child sex abuse case told investigators that adult relatives had them pose for photos "in a sexual and provocative manner." According to a search warrant from Columbia, the alleged victims said that when they were children adult relatives would take them to various locations and photograph them with naked men.

Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 5:51 a.m. The health insurance crunch has hit small businesses particularly hard because they lack the leverage of their bigger counterparts to negotiate with insurers.

University of Missouri fraternities and sororities have put new limits on off-campus parties after two sexual assaults and a bus accident at a Boone County winery.

Local 911 directors intend to push for a fee on wireless and Internet-based telephone service that will be used to improve 911 service.

A privately owned tanning salon will be allowed to remain open for another year at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Citing cancer risks, the school has tried since May 2008 to terminate its contract with the tanning salon in the Student Recreation Complex.

Columbia holds 24th annual Veterans Day ceremony Yesterday at 2:41 p.m. TheA event included World WarA II vintage vehicles, the Boone County Fire Protection District Pipes and Drums Band, and members of the MU ROTC.

A Veterans Day in Columbia included a parade along Eighth Street to the Boone County Courthouse.A The parade included World War Two vintage vehicles, the Boone County Fire Protection District Pipes and Drums Band, and members of the MU ROTC.A Very few people lined the streets for the parade.A Those that showed up said more people should take the ...

A Harrisburg man who allegedly was driving while drunk yesterday was arrested after a Boone County sheriffa s deputy found drugs and a gun in his vehicle.

A use tax on Internet and out-of-state sales might be a partial solution to the declining sales tax revenue that has the city of Columbia and Boone County governments struggling to make ends meet.

A 65-year-old Georgia man accused of killing a former University of Missouri student more than 30 years ago is a devoted father who "absolutely" didn't commit the crime, his attorney said.

A Boone County jury announced the verdict for 24-year old Damon Williams in the murder trial of Nathaniel Bentley.

A roommate of murder victim Nate Bentley testified Wednesday that he recognized the accused killer's photo on the news because of his "sunken eyes." Jordan Davis, 24, said he told police after the robbery that he didn't know any of the three intruders who came into the apartment he shared with Bentley because the three had covered their mouths and ...

Voters across mid-Missouri took to the pools today voting on school bonds, sales taxes, and in one county, an energy efficiency propositon.

Two brothers were arrested Thursday afternoon after an attack in which Columbia police say one brother, motivated by race, tried to run over three adults and four children in the Walmart parking lot at 3001 W. Broadway.

Pregnant women in Boone County have the option of getting a free H1N1 vaccine. Boone County Health Officials began offering the vaccines for free, while supplies last, Monday on a walk-in basis at their Columbia headquarters on Worley Street.

Shatenita Horton is due to give birth in the coming week. In spite of the contact she had with the public on her job as assistant vice president of business banking at Boone County National Bank, she chose not to get any flu shots.

Some parents waited as long as three hours Wednesday at the Health Department to get a free H1N1 vaccination for their small children.

Juvenile Court officials brief press on hearing dates and juvenile court process for 15-year-old accused of killing Elizabeth Olten.

According to a report from State Farm, deer-vehicle collisions rose 14 percent in the last five years.

Travis Smith prepares for shoeing the hoof of a quarter horse named Tex. Smith has worked as a farrier for the last eight years, and for him, the job is a way to tend to the animals and "provide a service that is necessary in the fact that there are hoofs with a lot of work and constant use that need care", Smith said.