Good morning, Columbia.

After severe storms hit Columbia on Sunday, residents along Paris Road will face power outages for a few days as city utility crews work to replace 15 broken high-voltage poles with repairs estimated to take 72 hours and affect about 100 customers.

Boone Electric restored power for nearly 4,000 customers by early Monday + the National Weather Service went to Boone County on Monday to assess storm damage.

Assessors with the National Weather Service found evidence of a (EF-1) tornado in Columbia and straight-line winds in Boone County on Sunday, April 20, and city officials said about 100 residents along Paris Road will wait a few days for power as crews repair broken utility poles and storm damage on Paris Road and Creasy Springs Road.

Yesterday, University of Missouri President Mun Choi announced new public safety measures in response to recent violent crimes, detailing that campus police would hold regular patrols and that Columbia police and MUPD would add extra downtown patrols (with support from the MU Alert system and Mizzou Safe app) to quicken responses.

A Columbia man was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison on April 21 for a $1.2 million insurance fraud scheme that involved staging accidents and fraudulent COVID-19 relief applications — he was ordered to pay restitution to affected parties.

Lawrence Courtney Lawhorn, 37, was sentenced Monday in federal court to 21 years in prison for running a $1.2 million insurance fraud scheme that involved staging crashes and filing false COVID-19 relief applications—he was ordered to pay $187,109.75 in restitution to insurance companies, medical providers, and the Small Business Administration.

Severe storms on Easter Sunday flattened Columbia's Materials Recovery Facility at the landfill on Peabody Road, causing recycling services to be suspended indefinitely while the National Weather Service assessed whether winds or a tornado caused the damage—city officials will review emergency options and planned improvement timelines in the coming days.

After severe storms on Sunday, April 20th, the City of Columbia suspended recycling services indefinitely after its Material Recovery Facility was damaged—drop-off centers closed and weekly collections halted.

Firefighters responded to 30 storm calls.

A tornado destroyed Columbia’s Material Recovery Facility on Sunday, which forced city officials to end recycling services indefinitely — they said building a new facility could take two to three years while residents are advised to store recyclables at home.

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Central Missouri Repeater Group Breakfast Meeting

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