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The City Council approved an ordinance early Tuesday morning that places a six-month suspension on opening new payday loan businesses in Columbia.

The new members of the Citizens Police Review Board will be tasked with reviewing cases of actual or perceived police misconduct with the goal of increasing police accountability and community trust in the police.

The appointed members were selected from 49 applicants early Tuesday morning.

The Columbia City Council voted Monday to allow more time to study well placement because of evidence that treated wastewater is cycling back into the supply.

The crash left scuffed paint jobs and license plates. All were wearing seatbelts, and no one was injured.

Horace Courtez Johnson, 27, who is charged with second-degree murder in the 2008 death of his 2-year-old son, was not listed on the boy's birth certificate.

Columbia police, firefighters and paramedics responded to a single-vehicle rollover accident Monday evening at mile marker 128 on Interstate 70.

Damon A. Williams, 24, has been charged with first-degree murder in a home invasion  in which a 22-year-old Columbia man was shot and killed. Williams will stand trial this week in the 13th Circuit Court for Boone County.

The governor said the cuts were necessary in light of lowered state revenues. Three positions were eliminated, and employees are voluntarily taking a 20 percent pay reduction.

James Robert Pezold, 25, drove his truck onto a sidewalk at the Walmart on West Broadway and knocked down a 2-year-old when he tried to run over two black families who had just finished shopping, police said.

Officials said recent phone calls about the sheriff's department's Christmas fundraiser were a scam. The Boone County Sheriff's Department does not conduct any telephone solicitations and urges residents to be careful to never provide any personal or bank account information to telephone solicitors.

The Roots 'N Blues 'N BBQ Festival grossed $168,170 in ticket sales this year. Columbia is to receive more than $14,000 for its share of the proceeds.

People in the Maryland city have started encouraging increased use of bicycles, and they're asking the mayor of their Missouri counterpart to help because of the work he's done here. 

A Sturgeon man was arrested on suspicion of robbery Saturday. He was not armed.

Kids of all ages and their families came to the Hearnes Center Field House on Saturday to play games, bounce on moonwalks and collect even more candy at the annual Tiger Night of Fun.

Groups on both sides of the abortion issue are adding their voice to the debate on health care reform.

The Columbia police have requested a warrant for the arrest of Terry Simmons on suspicion of robbing a woman and stealing her car.

The City Council interviewed 17 remaining candidates Saturday for the Citizens Police Review Board. Mayor Darwin Hindman said the council will likely vote on the final eight members of the board at its meeting Monday.

Columbia Access Television sponsored a zombie walk on Halloween night. Participants met at CAT and walked to Ragtag Cinema, acting as zombies.