Boone County News

The Boone County Medical Examiner's Office ruled that the death of 2-year-old Cortez Johnson was a homicide, a Columbia Police Department news release said.

After several hours of severe thunderstorms this morning, the extreme amount of rainfall at the Boone County Fairgrounds caused organizers to cancel some events but also to offer free admission for today only.

' The giant smile on Ally Walker's face gave testament to her joy as she was crowned the 2008 Miss Boone County Fair Queen on Monday evening.

July 20, 1969, was a landmark night in Sharon Cunningham's life for many reasons.

In 2005, the Boone County assessor's office changed the way it determined the value of vehicles for tax purposes.

The fire district's Board of Directors held a special meeting Thursday to decide what to do about three under-paid and two over-paid staff members.

A former prosecutor who is now a circuit judge defended his office's conduct in the 2005 trial of a Columbia man convicted of killing a local newspaper editor.

Families of four women killed in a 2006 crash were disappointed in the trial that led to the acquittal of a trucker in the case, their lawyer said Thursday.A Boone County jury late Wednesday found George ...

A woman who worked as a cleaning woman at the Tribune in 2001 testified yesterday that she told then-Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Crane that neither of the two men arrested for the crime was the person she saw ...

' The Boone County Fire Protection District's board of directors is set to decide the salary ranges for all paid staff positions - ' including Fire Chief Steve Paulsell - ' at a special board meeting Thursday.

Wildfires in California are so fierce that for the first time, Boone County volunteer firefighters are being called up to help battle the blazes scorching that state.

A barn northeast of Columbia was destroyed in an early morning fire that authorities were investigating as an intentionally set blaze.

After being foster parents for two years, Susan Perkins and her husband adopted 14-year-old Miranda, left with younger brother Brendyn.

A retired Boone County circuit judge will preside over the first-degree murder retrial of former Columbia police officer Steven Rios, according to court records.

A former loan officer for two Columbia banks was sentenced Wednesday in federal court for his role in a bank fraud scheme that swindled Boone National Savings and Loan of more than $740,000. Brian Russell ...

The developers of a Hartsburg subdivision are being sued by the attorney general for allegedly violating Missouri's Clean Water Law by allowing erosion and sediment to pollute a nearby stream.

The Missouri Department of Conservation plans to close shooting ranges at Rocky Fork Lakes Conservation Area in Boone County beginning tomorrow for six to eight weeks of maintenance and repair work.

Four local public safety agencies are planning to establish the Mid-Missouri Bomb Squad to fill the void left in April when the Boone County Fire Protection District's bomb squad lost its FBI certification.

' At the end of a long day of grueling cross-examination Wednesday, a woman who was beaten and kidnapped by her boyfriend last fall cried quietly as a jury found him guilty after almost three hours of ...

Many Americans are probably excited that the Fourth of July falls on a Friday this year, allowing for a three-day weekend.