April 16, 2013
Posted to City, State and Nation by Beatriz Costa-Lima at 3:45 p.m. April 16, 2013 (0 comments)
UPDATE: American Airline's system was restored around 4:10 p.m. It expects continued cancellations and delays for the rest of the day, according to its Facebook page. The airline also noted there is no evidence that the technical outage is not related to recent events in Boston. American Airlines is in a system-wide ground delay today until 4 p.m. today. The airline announced Tuesday that its reservation and booking tool is offline and workers cannot access ...
April 11, 2013
Posted to City, State and Nation by Bell Johnson at 5:47 p.m. April 11, 2013 (0 comments)
Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency after severe thunderstorms and the threat of tornados caused damage in St. Louis and other parts of Missouri late Wednesday night. Most of the damage occurred in St. Louis and other surrounding areas as multiple tornados touched down in the region. Power outages occurred throughout southern Missouri. Heavy rain and straight line winds in Columbia forced the city to declare a possible tornado threat along with the ...
March 12, 2013
Posted to City, State and Nation by Jill Deutsch at 11:58 a.m. March 12, 2013 (0 comments)
A private buyer is purchasing the Niedermeyer Apartment building, saving the building from demolition, Mayor Bob McDavid announced Tuesday. “This agreement ensures this historic structure, the Niedermeyer, will lie in stable and nurturing hands for years to come,” McDavid said. The private buyer remained anonymous throughout the announcement, but was later reported by the Columbia Missourian to be Nakhle Asmar, an MU Department of Mathematics professor. Asmar was captivated by the Niedermeyer’s history with the ...
Feb. 7, 2013
Posted to City, State and Nation by Ashley Szatala at 5:57 p.m. Feb. 7, 2013 (0 comments)
Former City Counselor Fred Boeckmann said his greatest career accomplishment has been surviving for 26 years. “You don’t think 26 years is enough?” he said. Boeckmann retired as Columbia city counselor on Jan. 31. He said his retirement plans are simple. “I’m going to take it easy for a while, might do a little traveling,” he said. Boeckmann said the highlight of his career was helping to expand the Columbia city limits in a more ...
Jan. 23, 2013
Posted to City, State and Nation by Rachel Brooks at 8:46 p.m. Jan. 23, 2013 (0 comments)
Four days after the death of baseball legend Stan Musial, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., proposed to honor his life and contributions to the state by naming the new Interstate 70 bridge the Stan Musial Memorial Bridge. The bridge is being constructed over the Mississippi River, from St. Louis into East St. Louis, Il. McCaskill took the Senate floor just before 11 a.m. to introduce the legislation. Musial, who died at age 92 on Jan. 19, ...
Oct. 11, 2012
Posted to City, State and Nation by Matthew Flores at 5:54 p.m. Oct. 11, 2012 (0 comments)
Mayor Bob McDavid announced Thursday the addition of American Airlines flights from Columbia Regional Airport to both Dallas and Chicago. The flights, which will run to Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport and Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, will begin in February. McDavid said the flight to Dallas will run twice daily, and the flight to Chicago will run once a day.
Sept. 3, 2012
Posted to City, State and Nation by Matthew Flores at 4:28 p.m. Sept. 3, 2012 (0 comments)
Andrew Ouart, a Columbia resident and his company, Game Day Entertainment, LLC, has formally offered to finance the currently shelved Tiger Town project, according to City documents. Tiger Town is a downtown festival that was planned to be held before MU's home football games on Sept. 8 against Georgia and Oct. 13 against Alabama, but the project was cancelled due to lack of funding in August. In an email to Columbia City Manager Mike Mathes, ...
Aug. 28, 2012
Posted to City, State and Nation by Matthew Flores at 4:42 p.m. Aug. 28, 2012 (0 comments)
After taking all 50 of the New Jersey delegation's roll call votes at the Republican National Convention, Gov. Mitt Romney topped the necessary 1,144 votes and officially secured the Republican nomination for president in this year's election. Romney's formal nomination will take place Thursday. The delegation from Missouri gave 45 of its 52 votes to Romney, casting four for Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and three for former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa. Bad blood boiled between ...
Aug. 19, 2012
Posted to City, State and Nation by Matthew Flores at 4:51 p.m. Aug. 19, 2012 (1 comments)
Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., said on Sunday that he believes conception after occurrences of rape are "really rare" when asked if he thought abortion should be considered in cases of rape. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down," Akin, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri said on KTVI-TV in St. Louis. "But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something, I ...
Aug. 7, 2012
Posted to City, State and Nation by Matthew Flores at 11:36 p.m. Aug. 7, 2012 (0 comments)
Missouri voters took to the polls Tuesday for the state's primary election. In one of the more hotly contested races, Rep. Todd Akin - R., earned the Republican nomination for one of Missouri's U.S. Senate seats, defeating former state treasurer Sarah Steelman, who was endorsed by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, and St. Louis businessman John Brunner for the opportunity to run against incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill-D. Voters also approved Amendment 2, a Missouri Constitutional ...