September 30, 2009
The Columbia Police Department is sending two Columbia Police Detectives to Georgia to interview Johnny Wright, who was recently arrested on a 24-year-old warrant for the murder of former MU student Rebecca Doisy. Wright was detained when he returned to the Lawrenceville police station for the results of a criminal background check for a job application he had requested the day before. The Missourian has more here.
Missouri is once again looking into a ban on carrying guns while intoxicated after a Mississippi County judge ruled the ban unconstitutional in 2008. The state says it has a legitimate concern for intoxicated citizens and a public defender say this inhibits the people’s fundamental right to hold arms, but the Supreme Court will ultimately decide. Click here for more information.
Four men were arrested this morning after shots fired resulted in a five-hour hold up at Columbia Square Townhomes. See the Maneater's full story here.
Department of Natural Resources Director Mark Templeton has been suspended for two weeks without pay after a public beach in the Lake of the Ozarks that was supposed to remain closed due to E-coli contamination was opened two weeks early on Memorial Day weekend. Governor Jay Nixon has asked current deputy DNR director Bill Bryan and a state Department of Corrections inspector to investigate why the beach was reopened. Read the full story at the Columbia Tribune here.
What’s Happening?
Comedy Wars takes place at 9:30 p.m. in Bengal Lair.
October 1 is the final day to view the Communal Nest in the George Caleb Bingham Gallery in the Fine Arts Building on Lowry Mall. The exhibition will be open until 5 p.m.
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