Boone County News

It's seldom easy and never pleasant to find myself in disagreement with so many people I like and respect.

The Sacred Heart Lady Gremlin soccer team advanced to the Class 1 state quarterfinals with a 1-0 sectional win over Southern Boone County-Ashland Tuesday night at Clover Dell Park.

A Kansas City man accused of 17 animal abuse charges wants to bring live alligators into a Columbia courtroom when he goes on trial in July.

A former bank manager is going to prison for embezzling more than $30,000 from a Missouri youth soccer league and his own son's team.

Here's a look at how the move toward and the debate about an enhanced enterprise zone for Columbia and Boone County have evolved.

The inaugural nonstop flight from Columbia Regional Airport to Atlanta on June 7 is all but sold out.

The Boone County Commissioners Office is planning to spruce up the courtyard. Between the Boone County Center and the Boone County Courthouse, there is a large amphitheater waiting to be renovated.

Mitt Romney is hoping to be the first Mormon in the White House, and "The Book of Mormon" is drawing big crowds on Broadway.

The new kitchen inside Centro Latino , located at 206 Austin Ave. in the First Ward, provides more space for services spearheaded by Eduardo Crespi, the founder of the community center.

The stakeholder committee includes homeowners, developers, environmental advocates and local government leaders.A The Environmental Protection Agency and state officials agreed to let committee members take steps toward reducing pollution and restoring aquatic life in Hinkson Creek.A The creek hasn't been tested since 2006.

The City Council agenda for Monday includes amending the resolution that found and certified portions of Columbia and Boone County to contain inadequacies that lead to blight.

Here's The Big Lie: An Enhanced Enterprise Zone will lower property values and allow the city to use eminent domain to seize property.

A City of Columbia news release confirmed the fifth case of E. coli 0157.H7 in Boone County on Tuesday.

Kylie Bias and Elizabeth Walther sing a song to the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus" aboard Bookmobile Jr.

Roy Francis works on a leaky valve of a fire truck Thursday, April 5, in the workshop of the Boone County Fire Protection District office.

A Boone County judge has ruled that a Chillicothe man twice convicted in the 1990 slaying of a Missouri farm wife was victim of "a manifest injustice" and should have his conviction set aside.

The Boone County Sheriff's Department collected nearly 509 pounds of prescription drugs on Friday and Saturday as part of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.

Ten roads in Boone County were closed as of 9:30 Monday morning after heavy rain Sunday night and early Monday morning.