Dec 28, 2017
CBT’s 20 Under 40 is meant to be a celebration of people who are going places — for our 2018 issue, we caught up with three of our alumni to see where they’ve gone since joining the 20 Under 40 club. Turns out they’ve gone pretty far (literally and figuratively).
Dec 12, 2017
Our Workplace Sexual Harassment Conversation Should Include Women Who Misbehave Too
Sep 30, 2017
Local activists and criminal justice experts say Columbia’s “ban the box” law is not doing minorities any favors.
May 8, 2017
A proposal that would lift restrictions on carrying guns in many public places has been approved by the Missouri House Rules Committee, but some professional sports organizations worry it could mean lawsuits over guns at games.
Apr 27, 2017
Jennifer Bukowsky does not back down. She represented clients in the Missouri State Public Defender’s Office before leaving to start her own law firm. As a specialist in criminal defense, she is known for her orating skills in the courtroom, as well as her mastery of courtroom rules and jury instructions. She is also known for working tirelessly for her clients, even if it takes years for their cases to resolve.
Apr 25, 2017
McKim of Kirksville, Missouri, is serving a life sentence without parole for murdering Wendy Wagnon back in 1997. (He was convicted in 1999.) But back in 2013, it was determined that Wagnon actually died from a meth overdose, even though prosecutors have argued that McKim strangled her. However, while the science says Wagnon was not murdered, a judge has denied McKim’s request for relief because he has “not conclusively proved his innocence.”
Apr 24, 2017
Last week in Florida a man named Randal Wagoner was released from jail after spending 1,140 days in confinement for murder. He was about to go to trial when prosecutors admitted their case against him was “weak.” Why? Because a medical examiner concluded after some deliberation (and the hiring of defense experts) that the victim’s death may not have been a homicide after all. And if there is no homicide there cannot, by law and logic, be a murder case or a resulting conviction.
Mar 15, 2017
The Columbia Public Library’s weapons policy is on the agenda for a meeting of the Daniel Boone Regional Library’s board of trustees Thursday.
Feb 18, 2017
The Daniel Boone Regional Library has changed its signs indicating an outright prohibition of guns after the lawyer for state Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch, R-Hallsville, sent the library board a letter telling it to change or remove the signs because state law doesn’t allow it to prohibit guns.
Feb 16, 2017
The Daniel Boone Regional Library board of trustees said Thursday night it would amend existing signs outside the library, which ban patrons from bringing firearms inside.