public safety
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Boonville and Hallsville Already Flagged It — Now Missouri’s School Wastewater Drug Testing Goes Mandatory
Back in January, Hallsville High School started sending a small sample of its wastewater off for testing every week — part of a voluntary state pilot program most of us never heard about. On Jan.…
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Boone County’s Text-to-911 Service Goes Dark for About a Month Starting Aug. 5
If you’ve ever assumed texting 911 is always an option in an emergency, mark your calendar — for about four weeks starting Aug. 5, it won’t be. Boone County Joint Communications announced this week that…
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Know a Local Hero? Nominations Open for the Tom S. Hurley Public Safety Service Award
If you know someone in Boone County who has quietly gone above and beyond this year — a neighbor who talked a stranger through a crisis, a volunteer who showed up when a fire crew…
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Would a Sales Tax Put Drones in the Sky Over Columbia?
If you live anywhere near Columbia and keep half an eye on how the city handles 911 calls, there’s a ballot measure headed your way on August 4 worth understanding — and buried in it…