The Boone County Jail is currently over capacity. Officials the jail had 289 inmates on its books on Wednesday — and it's paying for 75 of them to be housed in other counties. The jail was built ...

On Jan. 22, The Missourian ran a KBIA/91.3 FM report headlined, “ Boone County Jail facing significant overcrowding .” The ...

A Columbia man who is charged with murder in a shooting at a Columbia White Castle last year has been moved to the Boone ...

The sheriff is Boone County's primary law enforcement officer, according to state law. The sheriff also operates the Boone County Jail ... sheriff since 2005. A Columbia native and Hickman ...

The Boone County prosecutor has confirmed that charges have been filed against a man who was arrested earlier Wednesday in ...

A suspect in the May deadly shooting outside White Castle in Columbia has been booked into the Boone County Jail on new local charges.

A Columbia man who is accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the entrance of the Boone County Courthouse last month is ...

The City of Columbia's policy lets police make some distinctions, but immigration advocates are pushing for more protections.

Jail officials say they're sending about 75 inmates to jails in other counties each day. Boone County Jail is currently over capacity. Officials say as of Wednesday, January 22, the jail had 289 ...