first responders

A new radio system for Boone County Joint Communications aims to improve operations and communication across its agencies.

The Missouri legislature voted Tuesday to increase benefits for the families of police officers who die in the line of duty.

Kip Kendrick, the presiding commissioner of Boone County, spoke about the center's mission to address barriers to employment for public safety employees through providing access to affordable childcare.

The Boone County Commission has approved $2.5 million dollars in funding to construct a childcare center specifically for Boone County first responders and other public safety employees.

People from all over Columbia came together to remember 9/11.

Boone County emergency officials receive 210 emergency calls per day, on average. Some of those calls come from people who are in compromising situations…

Missouri lawmakers have sent Gov. Jay Nixon a bill that would require public employee unions to get annual consent from their members to deduct fees…