Cole County News

Christmas is still a month and a half away, but that didn't stop parishoners from celebrating the season.

Saturday, November 07, 2009 at 7:40 p.m. JEFFERSON CITY -- H1N1 or swine flu vaccines were given out for free in the community room of the Capital Mall in Jefferson City Saturday for those in priority groups.A A A A 60 volunteers vaccinated 361 people against the virus.

Adults head back to the classroom By Mallory McGowin Tuesday, November 03, 2009 at 6:14 PM This week marks national Non-Traditional Students Week.

Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. Cole County Health Department will hold its first public flu clinic for the H1N1 vaccine on Saturday, Nov.

Residents voted on four school bond issues across mid-Missouri. Read the proposition as seen on the ballot and see the results.

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.

Monday, November 02, 2009 at 6:38 p.m. The Cole County Commission orders a survey of private dams for potential failure.

The flood watch for Boone County was upgraded late Thursday afternoon to a flash flood warning until 10 p.m. Thursday .

Posted on Sunday, November 01, 2009 at 8:30 p.m. Read story Heavier trucks allowed because of heavy Missouri rains Monday, November 02, 2009 at 6:31 AM An unusually wet fall has made it harder for some farmers to get their crops out of the fields.

Miss Cole County Ashley Strohmeir has been named Miss Missouri USA in a pageant that concluded Sunday night at Juanita K. Hammons Hall.

Thursday's rain caused extensive flooding and pushed the dam at Renn's Lake in Cole County to the breaking point.

Cole County Sheriff Greg White said this accident happened around 3 p.m. in the 5200 block of Veil Of Tears.

A 9-year-old girl was laid to rest Wednesday as a 15-year-old girl, described as an acquaintance, was in court on charges she carried out the younger girl's murder Elizabeth Olten was coming home from a friend's house last week in St.

Some area law enforcement agencies are stepping up efforts to watch sex offenders this Halloween.

This month has been the second wettest October since the state began keeping records.

A Pulaski County deputy was injured Wednesday night when her car hit a deer on U.S. 54 in Cole County around 7 p.m., a news release from the Sheriff's office said.

A dam at Renns Lake is in danger of bursting and area residents must find a different way to and from their homes, Cole County officials said Thursday night.

A judge heard from the attorney of a 15-year-old accused of murdering nine-year-old Elizabeth Olten, who was laid to rest the same day.

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is appealing a trial court ruling that blocked a proposed hog farm from locating near Arrow Rock.

A teenage suspect in the slaying of a 9-year-old Missouri girl will remain in juvenile custody until a judge decides next month whether the first-degree murder case should be tried in adult court.