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More than 30 capital improvement projects funded by the 2007 sale of MOHELA's assets are being suspended or reviewed because of insufficient capital within the loan agency.

City Manager Bill Watkins and members of the citizen's police chief advisory committee will meet Friday morning to discuss the four remaining candidates for police chief.

The Columbia Public School Board is narrowing down its list of five candidates to focus on economically savvy, community-involved individuals. The final candidates will be announced by Sunday and will answer public questions in meetings next week.

Those in favor of closing some records say doing so will protect the reputation of police officers who haven't done anything wrong, while others fear police departments could get away without being held accountable in more serious situations.

Former Missouri Representative Kenny Hulshof will joining the Kansas City-based law firm of Polsinelli Shugart PC on Sunday . He will specialize in public policy-related issues.

Free income tax preparation assistance will be provided beginning Monday and continuing through April 18 for students and families making less than $45,000 a year.  

The Citizen Oversight Committee meeting scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday was postponed due to the absence of all committee members but the chairman.

Fire investigators couldn't rule out discarded smoking materials or an electrical malfunction as the possible cause of a fire that claimed the life of one man on Jan. 20, a Columbia Fire Department news release states.

Governor Jay Nixon called for the need for more affordability in Missouri public universities in his State of the State address by using the example of Jennifer Long, a student who chose to go to Pittsburg State University in Kansas because of their flat rate tuition fees.

In her State of the Judiciary address, Missouri Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith urged lawmakers to increase spending for the state's public defender system, whch ranks last in the nation in terms of per capita funding.

About 100,000 power outages were reported in the aftermath of a two-day winter storm, which also was blamed for six deaths.

Missouri is beginning to offer tax deductions for residents who have their homes audited for energy efficiency.

The river bottom has fallen at an increasing rate over the last decade. A new study next month may help determine the primary causes and ways of fixing the problem. As of now, some bridges and levees could be in future danger.

Dwindling mail volume and rising costs have the U.S. Postal Service considering cutting a day of delivery.

Kip Kendrick, president of the Benton-Stephens Neighborhood Association, gave the first annual State of the Neighborhood Address on Tuesday. He said he hopes to make the speech an annual event.

Weather in the mid-teens and snow on the ground left residents bundled up and shoveling paths. A wind chill of 9 and temperatures between 11 and 17 is predicted for Wednesday with partly cloudy skies.

A 19-year-old woman was robbed on the 200 block of Unity Drive at 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to Sgt. Roger Allen of the Columbia Police Department

The Columbia Parks and Recreation Department is seeking bids for updated workout equipment along the Albert-Oakland Park trail.

Linemen from Columbia Water and Light traveled Wednesday to the city of Campbell in southeast Missouri to help repair lines damaged Tuesday morning during a winter storm that left the city's customers without power and under three inches of ice.

Locals say the overpass over Providence Road between East Ash Street and East Worley Street is a shining example of the wrong way to do things, and the city of Columbia has made its replacement a priority.