Residents share input on Jefferson City flooding resilience study
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR), along with the Kansas City District U.S. District Army Corps of Engineers, held a meeting Monday night to discuss a study related to how resilient Jefferson City’s levees are to floods.
The Missouri River has suffered three devastating floods in the past three decades, including one back in 2019. DNR said those floods have caused billions of dollars to both agriculture and infrastructure.
Last November, the Army Corps and the State of Missouri signed a cost-sharing agreement to conduct a study of the causes, impacts and potential solutions of flooding along the Capital View Levee and the unconstructed, but authorized, levee system in Callaway County near Jefferson City.
Columbia School Board approves consulting service agreement for redistricting plan
The Columbia School Board voted unanimously Monday night in favor on a contract with a consulting service to realign the district’s attendance areas.
The contract is worth $97,150 and will be covered by the Board of Education’s operating budget. The agreement will last through June 2024, with two one-year renewal options.
A bid came in from Cooperative Strategies, LLC. Cooperative Strategies will have representatives at the board’s regular meeting in December to outline its process and take questions from the board.
Columbia homicide suspect committed to Missouri Department of Mental Health
Emma Adams, a Columbia woman accused of stabbing an MU student to death and burning his body back in January, has been committed to the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH).
Boone County Judge Jeff Harris ordered the DMH to conduct a mental health evaluation of Adams back in June.
Adams, 21, is charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, abandonment of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence.
Family seeks justice after woman dies in Cooper County Jail
A Jefferson City family is calling for justice after the death of an inmate in the Cooper County Jail.
Brooke Bailey, 33, was being held in the Cooper County Jail when she died in her cell on Friday, Oct. 27, according to a Facebook post from the Cooper County Sheriff’s Office.
Brooke Bailey’s mother, Stacey Bailey, says her daughter had been charged with tampering with a motor vehicle in 2021 and had a hearing on Oct. 16.
Free Store in Ashland opens new location for those in need
Helping Hands Free Store opened its doors Monday in a new location in Ashland offering resources for those in need.
The store, run by nonprofit organization Helping Hands Southern Boone, has everything from clothing and bedding to books, food items, and beyond. Everything is free for those in need.
Two years ago, Helping Hands received a $40,000 grant from Veterans United Foundation to open a space for all the donations it receives.