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Use of Tasers Questioned
KOMU-TV, MO - 21 minutes ago
COLUMBIA - After police fired a Taser at a man near a bridge Friday, the improper use of Tasers is questioned. This incident also comes while the city and ...
Columbia Police Department Media Release Columbia Daily Tribune
UPDATE3: Man falls off overpass after apparent Taser use Columbia Missourian
Police review Taser use Columbia Daily Tribune
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UPDATE: Attorney general’s office sues to shut down Columbia
Columbia Missourian, MO - 42 minutes ago
BY JUSTIN MYERS COLUMBIA - The state is trying to close a Columbia funeral home after inspectors found bodies that had been stored for extended periods of ...
Attempts to Close Columbia Funeral Home KOMU-TV
Inspectors find unsanitary irregularities in Columbia funeral home Missourinet.com
State seeks to shutter mortuary Columbia Daily Tribune
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2 arrested on drug charges at sobriety checkpoint
Columbia Missourian, MO - 1 hour ago
BY CARA WILLENBROCK COLUMBIA — The Boone County Sheriff's Department arrested two people on charges of possession and trafficking of a controlled substance ...
Sobriety Checkpoint Reveals Drugs KOMU-TV
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WEEK IN REVIEW
Columbia Daily Tribune, MO - 9 hours ago
To come up with about $20 million needed to expand the north end of Stadium Boulevard from four lanes to six, the Columbia City Council has approved a ...
Company in car pooling Columbia Daily Tribune
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UPDATE: Parents charged in child's death
Columbia Missourian, MO - 23 hours ago
BY DANIEL SHAR and JULIE TERRY COLUMBIA - Two-year-old Cortez Johnson of Columbia was burned, cut and bound for an unspecified time before he died last ...
• Murder charges brought in death of Columbia boy KRCG
Court Documents Show Extreme Abuse KOMU-TV
Parents of toddler face murder rap Columbia Daily Tribune
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Criminal charge prompts panelist’s removal
Columbia Daily Tribune, MO - 11 hours ago
By the Tribune’s staff Columbia City Manager Bill Watkins announced yesterday he will remove Darrell Foster from an advisory committee that’s helping to ...
Convicted felon removed from Police Chief Search Advisory Committee Columbia Missourian
Police chief selection panel member removed Columbia Daily Tribune
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Local Relief for Heat Runs Short
KOMU-TV, MO - 23 hours ago
COLUMBIA - People needing help with their utility bills will have to wait a while. A charity organization can no longer help people in need. ...
People You Should Know: Melissa Smith Columbia Business Times
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Street Crimes Unit will start work Monday
Columbia Missourian, MO - 23 hours ago
BY ELLIOT NJUS COLUMBIA — The Columbia Police Department's new Street Crimes Unit will start its work on Monday, Capt. Brad Nelson said. ...
Police Chief Joe Mokwa Retires Amid Controversy MyFox Saint Louis
Mokwa's retirement statement St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Boone County's got talent — at the fair
Columbia Missourian, MO - 13 minutes ago
BY ASHLEY DILLON AND ANGIE CIPPONERI COLUMBIA — Talent show senior division winner Christian Wynn followed the advice of a friend and decided that if it ...

Police say Taser use was justified, others say it violated
Columbia Missourian, MO - 14 minutes ago
BY ELLIOT NJUS COLUMBIA - Police said their use of a Taser on a man threatening to throw himself from an overpass during a 90-minute-long standoff Friday ...