Columbia’s seven city council members are beginning the final day of their two-day retreat with department heads and city manager De’Carlon Seewood at Camdenton’s Old Kinderhook. Mayor Barbara Buffaloe says the retreat is all about relationships. “I don’t need 7-0 votes on Mondays, that would be nice. But I just need to make sure that […]

An attorney who represents Columbia in the Missouri House is considering filing legislation that would ban teens from being able to purchase semiautomatic weapons in Missouri. State Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) made his announcement in a Thursday Twitter post. 18 students and two teachers were killed in this week’s deadly shooting at a rural […]