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] (http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/09/30/columbia-police-meet-ga-murder-suspect/).
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] (http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/09/30/court-considers-ban-intoxicated-gun-possession/) 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.
