The Columbia Heart Beat

08/10/2025

Evening edition.

" Mayor Barbara Buffaloe shared her gravitas with American Airlines executives in Dallas this week as part of a contingent from Columbia that traveled to meet with the airline - the commercial operator at Columbia Regional Airport."

Pictured in Dallas are Mayor Buffaloe, city manager De'Carlon Seewood ...

READ ALL ABOUT IT at CoMoBuz!

• Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe shared her gravitas (above) with American Airlines executives in Dallas this week as part of a contingent from Columbia that traveled to meet with the

08/10/2025

Evening edition.

A homeless man in with a criminal record in and is charged with attacking a woman with a cane.

Court documents say Monday’s early-evening incident happened in a creek and wooded area near Lakeview Avenue and the Business Loop.

Court documents allege that Daren Hart, 57, struck the woman in the face multiple times with his cane. The court documents say police found the victim with blood covering her head and face. There was so much blood that police couldn’t find the laceration.

Hart, who lives on the streets of Columbia, is currently jailed without bond in Boone County.

READ ALL ABOUT IT!

A homeless man in Columbia with a criminal record in Arkansas and Kansas is jailed without bond in Boone County, charged with attacking a homeless woman with a cane near a creek. Court documents say Monday’s early-evening incident happened in a creek and wooded area near Lakeview Avenue, near the....

08/10/2025

Evening edition.

"The counts of homeless in are not and have not ever been accurate.

"I work with a local community mental health center that has one of 10 federally funded programs in the whole state of Missouri to help people transition out of homelessness.

"They told me just this week the actual count of homeless individuals in Columbia is likely close to a thousand."

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"I just drove by this location, first time in a month or so. The photo doesn't do it justice. This place is enormous.

"The ongoing maintenance costs alone are going to be gigantic. Sorry to say, I feel a disaster in progress, worse than I imagined."

-- Reader comments on this Buz story about Columbia's new " opportunity center"

Columbia’s long-anticipated Opportunity Campus - a centralized, full-service homeless shelter and support facility - is rapidly approaching completion, with its doors expected open by spring. Voluntary Action Center Executive Director

08/10/2025

Evening edition.

"Please do not BM in our creeks."

In a letter sent to the city, DNR said it needed a "more robust update" on "metrics for managing solid and human waste from encampments."

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is withholding the permit until local waterways pollution is addressed.

08/09/2025

These thoughts from Seattle reflect a lot of the feeling here, which shifts the narrative about which side of the crisis debate is the truly inhumane side.

08/09/2025

" Mayor Barbara Buffaloe shared her gravitas with American Airlines executives in Dallas this week as part of a contingent from Columbia that traveled to meet with the airline - the commercial operator at Columbia Regional Airport."

Pictured in Dallas are Mayor Buffaloe, city manager De'Carlon Seewood ...

READ ALL ABOUT IT at CoMoBuz!

• Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe shared her gravitas (above) with American Airlines executives in Dallas this week as part of a contingent from Columbia that traveled to meet with the

08/08/2025

In keeping with today's unhoused theme...

08/08/2025

"The counts of homeless in are not and have not ever been accurate.

"I work with a local community mental health center that has one of 10 federally funded programs in the whole state of Missouri to help people transition out of homelessness.

"They told me just this week the actual count of homeless individuals in Columbia is likely close to a thousand."

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"I just drove by this location, first time in a month or so. The photo doesn't do it justice. This place is enormous.

"The ongoing maintenance costs alone are going to be gigantic. Sorry to say, I feel a disaster in progress, worse than I imagined."

-- Reader comments on this Buz story about Columbia's new " opportunity center"

Columbia’s long-anticipated Opportunity Campus - a centralized, full-service homeless shelter and support facility - is rapidly approaching completion, with its doors expected open by spring. Voluntary Action Center Executive Director

08/08/2025

A homeless man in with a criminal record in and is charged with attacking a woman with a cane.

Court documents say Monday’s early-evening incident happened in a creek and wooded area near Lakeview Avenue and the Business Loop.

Court documents allege that Daren Hart, 57, struck the woman in the face multiple times with his cane. The court documents say police found the victim with blood covering her head and face. There was so much blood that police couldn’t find the laceration.

Hart, who lives on the streets of Columbia, is currently jailed without bond in Boone County.

READ ALL ABOUT IT!

A homeless man in Columbia with a criminal record in Arkansas and Kansas is jailed without bond in Boone County, charged with attacking a homeless woman with a cane near a creek. Court documents say Monday’s early-evening incident happened in a creek and wooded area near Lakeview Avenue, near the....

08/08/2025

"Please do not BM in our creeks."

In a letter sent to the city, DNR said it needed a "more robust update" on "metrics for managing solid and human waste from encampments."

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is withholding the permit until local waterways pollution is addressed.