Columbia City Council Holding Special Meeting on Matthes’ Resignation The Columbia City Council will hold a special meeting today (Monday) to discuss former city manager Mike Matthes’ resignation. The meeting will start at noon, with the first part closed to the public. The council will talk about Matthes’ performance as city manager. The council will…… Continue Reading

Over One Thousand Lose Power On Columbia’s West Side Over one thousand customers of Columbia Water and Light had no power during the snow storm last (Sunday) night. According to the Columbia Water and Light Outage map 1,424 customers lost power around 11 last (Sunday) night, mostly on the west side of Columbia. The exact…… Continue Reading

Extra Police Presence On Highways For Holiday Travel Extra troopers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol will be taking to the roads starting today (Wednesday) and running through Sunday for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Troopers are participating in Operation C.A.R.E. which stands for Crash Awareness and Reduction Effort. The patrol will heavily target violations such as…… Continue Reading

Columbia City Manager Mike Matthes Resigns Columbia City Manager Mike Matthes will be resigning effective at the end of today (Wednesday). He tendered his resignation in a one line email to the city council yesterday (Tuesday). Per a severance agreement Matthes would be paid one hundred seventy nine thousand, six hundred fifty two dollars and…… Continue Reading

Mexico Woman With Moderate Injuries In One Car Accident A Mexico woman has moderate injuries after an accident in Audrain County yesterday (Monday) afternoon. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports it happened on Missouri 22 east of Audrain Road 233 when 44 year old Misty L. Brewer crossed the centerline, went off the the road hit…… Continue Reading