Good morning, Columbia.

Columbia Public Library closed at 3 p.m. Wednesday because of a cooling problem, canceling the Harrisburg bookmobile stop and directing patrons to the digital branch.

This is the second unexpected closure after Tuesday's shutdown from a water main break.

Today, Mizzou’s 21st annual Tomato Festival is held from 4 to 7 p.m. at Jefferson Farm at 4800 E.

New Haven Road and features 240 tomato varieties, cooking demos, gardening talks, and a Kids Corner with milk tasting and a scavenger hunt as director Tim Reinbott celebrates his final festival.

Eagle Bluffs Elementary opened on Tuesday in southwest Columbia, adding fresh momentum to a district that serves 18,430 students according to Columbia Public Schools.

The Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture opened its new Welcome Center on Wednesday in Agriculture Park, with a kitchen for cooking classes and Meals on Wheels packaging — the final step in completing the pavilion that will soon help farmers add value to produce and offer community programs.

DESE thanked Dolly Parton on Wednesday for her Imagination Library (which mails free, age-appropriate books monthly to 161,361 Missouri children under 5) as the program continues despite funding being cut from $6 million to $2 million and will run until Oct.

2026.

Columbia Public Schools resumed classes Tuesday for the 2026-27 school year with 18,430 students — a 60-student increase — as a water main break at Grant Elementary led to bottled water distribution and a boil order that remains in place.

MTD will close the ramp from Highway 73 to westbound I-70 at 8 p.m. today and reopen it by 6 a.m. Friday.

Boone County will close 60-80 North Broadwview Court from today to Monday while city crews begin repairing 39 streets at 7 a.m. Friday, finishing by Sept. 16.

Repaving work on Vawter School Road slowed traffic this back-to-school week as crews work from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. after weather delays extended the project — commuters near local schools face longer lines.

West Ash Street near the ARC was closed for emergency waterline repairs that began at 4 a.m. Wednesday by crews with Emery Sapp & Sons Inc. The road between Bernadette Dr. and Clinkscales Road was shut while pedestrians and traffic were directed to alternate routes.

Missouri health officials reported a drop from roughly 100 daily cases to about 10 of cyclospora, a parasite illness, yet caution residents to cook produce above 158°F (or use peelable options) as a safeguard while the season runs until Aug.

31.

Job Point finished a home at 903 N.

Garth Ave on Wednesday using its YouthBuild program to train local youth, selling the three-bedroom home for $150,000 with a buyer expected in September. Veterans United donated $250,000 for Providence Walkway renovations, updating 25 housing units & ending work in September 2027.