Lauryn Rhodes

1 month ago | columbiamissourian.com | Lauryn Rhodes |Anna Colletto

By Lauryn Rhodes,Anna Colletto Roemer Road residents were successful Tuesday in keeping a new tornado siren out of the area, as Boone County pushes for more warning signals. Boone County Commission approved three new tornado sirens, on North Brown Station Road, Fenton Road and Kircher Road but denied the Roemer Road placement in a 2-1 vote.

2 months ago | columbiamissourian.com | Lauryn Rhodes |Anna Colletto

Following the weekend's EF1 tornado, Columbia residents and businesses are left to choose between trashing recyclables or taking them to private companies, without a timeline for services resuming.

Mar 5, 2025 | columbiamissourian.com | Lauryn Rhodes |Anna Colletto |Lucy Valeski

This year, attendees flocked to Columbia's annual True/False Film Fest that ended Sunday. Beginning Feb. 27, the festival hosted four days of screenings for dozens of feature films and shorts, art installations and musicians. True/False had 40,913 ticket sales ahead of the festival, and 31,099 "butts in seats" over the weekend. The latter metric is based on the number of redeemed tickets, clicker counts or door sales and represents attendance most accurately, said festival representatives.