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3 weeks ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Annie Goldman |Anna Colletto
By Annie Goldman,Anna Colletto After a recent unsuccessful campaign for Columbia School Board, Ken Rice, the chief operating officer at Pickleman's Franchising, is kickstarting his bid for Columbia City Council. Rice said he was asked "personally" by the outgoing Second Ward councilperson, Lisa Meyer, to run for the open seat, according to a news release he sent Tuesday.
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2 months ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Michael Baniewicz |Kyle Button |Sara Burnett |Annie Goldman
By Michael Baniewicz/Missourian,Kyle Button/Missourian,Sara Kate Burnett/Missourain,Annie Goldman,Amber Roldan,Zoe Naylor,Alec Martirez,Lucy Valeski Barbara Buffaloe decisively held on to her job as Columbia's mayor Tuesday night. Buffaloe will serve a second three-year term. She defeated Blair Murphy, Tanya Heath and write-in candidate Lucio Bitoy IV.
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2 months ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Michael Baniewicz |Kyle Button |Annie Goldman |Amber Roldan
Barbara Buffaloe held on to her job as Columbia's mayor Tuesday night. Buffaloe will serve a second three-year term. She defeated Blair Murphy, Tanya Heath and write-in candidate Lucio Bitoy IV.
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2 months ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Annie Goldman |Lucy Valeski |Gordon Dickson
By Annie Goldman,Lucy Valeski,Gordon Dickson The largest donor to mayoral candidate Blair Murphy's campaign is mysterious, to say the least. A political action committee known as Citizens for a Better Columbia, which donated $25,000 to Murphy's election bid, lists its treasurer on Missouri Ethics Commission documents as a Hallsville man who died in 2022.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Annie Goldman |Anna Colletto
By Annie Goldman,Anna Colletto The former Rainbow House facility is now in new hands. Burrell Behavioral Health has finalized its purchase of the facility, which formerly served as a children's emergency shelter before shutting down unexpectedly in September. Burrell, which provides mental health services across 18 counties in Missouri, closed on the nearly 1.5-acre property in north Columbia on Jan. 17.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Nicole Voss |Annie Goldman |Lucy Valeski |Gordon Dickson
Pay raises, recruitment incentives and third party oversight dominated local labor unions' priority lists to the Columbia City Council and city staff. "As we look into the future, we're going to have to look at substantial increases to these resources, for infrastructure, for the fire department, for every department of the city," Zack Privette, president of Columbia Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 1055, said. "Because we're growing, and we got to keep pace with it."
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
komu.com | Annie Goldman
A new Chick-fil-A location in south Columbia is in the early stages of development. The city is reviewing a request to open a new Chick-fil-A restaurant and drive-thru. The proposed lot for the new Chick-fil-A is in the parking lot of the Kohl’s on the corner of Green Meadows Road and East Nifong Boulevard. The timeline for completion is in flux, said Patrick Zenner, the city’s development services manager, but it will be at least several months before residents can expect to visit the restaurant.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Annie Goldman |Mary Bell
By Annie Goldman,Mary McCue Bell After the city was not consistently collecting trash from some commercial locations in Columbia last month, business owners are now reporting improved communication and more consistent pickups. Como Smoke and Fire, a barbecue restaurant with locations in north and south Columbia, initially brought attention to the city frequently skipping out on commercial trash collection and leaving dumpsters overflowing for days at a time.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Annie Goldman |Mary Bell
A new Chick-fil-A location in south Columbia is in the early stages of development. The city is reviewing a request to open a new Chick-fil-A restaurant and drive-thru at Red Oak Plaza. The timeline for completion is in flux, said Patrick Zenner, the city's development services manager, but it will be at least several months before residents can expect to visit the restaurant.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Lola Jahant |Annie Goldman |Mary Bell
A heartfelt speech kicked off the beginning of the Columbia City Council meeting Monday night, coming from the father of a University of Missouri student who was involved in a shooting in downtown Columbia last month. In the early hours of Nov. 10, Terry Osthoff's daughter, a freshman at MU, was wounded by a gunshot.
