Sep 27, 2014
Republicans should embrace marijuana legalization and gay marriage to show voters they are serious about their message of greater individual freedoms, attorney Jennifer Bukowsky said Friday evening to a gathering of GOP activists.
Aug 26, 2014
After more than seven months in the Boone County Jail for his part in the Jan. 2 shooting death of 23-year-old Dontay Tolston, Derrick Q. Copelin pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge and was sentenced to time served.
Jul 6, 2014
The coincidence of being released from prison just before a holiday when Americans celebrate freedom was not lost on Anthony Williams.
Jun 20, 2014
A judge has thrown out the conviction of a St. Louis man imprisoned for two decades in a teenager’s dance hall slaying, faulting the conduct of police and prosecutors and saying “principles of justice and fundamental fairness” require the action.
Sep 21, 2013
Prosecutors have dismissed charges against Eric Cravens, the 20-year-old Columbia man who was accused of shooting three people in June at Broadway and Tenth Street in downtown Columbia.
Aug 8, 2013
The attorney for a man accused of shooting three people June 15 at Tenth Street and Broadway filed a motion Tuesday in Boone County Circuit Court to reduce his bond and modify the terms of his release.
May 26, 2013
Boone County Medical Examiner Eddie Adelstein is one of five pathologists who have said in a habeas corpus petition that Jay Dix, the late Boone County medical examiner, made an error in his assessment of a 1997 Adair County death that resulted in two men getting convicted for first-degree murder.
Feb 4, 2012
A jury found Tony Lewis not guilty yesterday in the 2010 murder of Aaron Hobson outside a Columbia convenience store.
Mar 30, 2010
The filing deadline for candidates seeking office via the August primary and November general elections is less than four hours away, but local media are told that at least one more candidate for Boone County office is set to file around 3 p.m. today.
Jan 26, 2009
Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Knight today dropped charges against accused murderer William Clinch and then refiled them as attorneys were to begin selecting jurors in the first-degree murder case. The maneuver delays the trial for Clinch.