For the second time in the last six months, single-family home sales in Boone County dropped in June - down 9% to 213 sold properties. For the first half of 2024, sales remain 5% above the same period last year. Sales in the city of Columbia only were down 4% last month, according to statist… Home sales down, but prices continue to climb ..read more

It was 56 years ago this month that an intruder entered the apartment of Gary and Judy Frieders on Locust St. in Columbia and brutely beat them with a blunt instrument. Judy Frieders died two months later from the injuries. The event rocked Columbia. Some say it was changed forever. Jerry Ly ..read more

A candidate for the state house of representatives from Columbia has pledged to only vote for University of Missouri funding when there is a written agreement from Chancellor Mun Choi to bargain with a local labor union. Rep candidate won’t vote to fund MU unless labor demands met ..read more

A surge in new spending that is fueling the largest expansion of Columbia city government in decades is entering its third year obscured behind changes to budgeting protocol and camouflaged by the city’s messaging. Surge in spending fueling ongoing expansion of Columbia city government ..read more

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A public hearing scheduled for Monday by the Columbia City Council prior to increasing water rates for the second time in three years will provide a forum for aggrieved citizens to share weighty concerns about the future of Columbia’s municipal water utility. A CoMoBUZ guide to Monday’s public hearing on water rates ..read more

It’s been nearly 18 months since the Columbia city council rejected the police department’s request for the controversial FUSUS camera surveillance system, largely because the city didn’t have a written policy in place with guidelines for the electronic surveillance of its citizens. Police coming back for electronic surveillance tool; city manager ignored council directive for ordinance ..read more

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A new music festival inspired by Columbia’s former Roots, Blues and BBQ festival will take place Sept. 13-14 at the Midway Travel Plaza, off I-70 just west of Columbia. Inaugural Buds Blues & BBQ music festival set for Sept. 13-14 ..read more

Columbia Water and Light has fallen out of compliance with a 20-year-old city ordinance that mandates its transition to renewable energy sources. The transition will take much longer than once anticipated, and the city is in the process of rewriting the ordinance. City misses renewable energy target, rewriting ordinance ..read more