🌱 Why a Highway 63 stop from Columbia led to a trafficking charge
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In today's newsletter:
- Why a Highway 63 stop from Columbia led to a trafficking charge
- How a $150,000 grant will change Columbia College nursing training
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 52 and low of 45 degrees.
- Thursday: Becoming windier; a.m. rain, temps: high: 54, low: 18. ⛄️ Brr!
- Friday: Mostly sunny and colder, with a high of 39 and low of 33 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Jefferson City woman faces drug trafficking charge after 144 grams of meth found in car (krcgtv.com) — Boone County deputies say a driver coming south on Highway 63 from Columbia was stopped and found with 144 grams of methamphetamine in her car. The Jefferson City woman now faces a second-degree drug trafficking charge, highlighting ongoing regional drug enforcement activity that directly involves Columbia’s main highway corridor. 
• Columbia College to purchase nursing simulator with a new grant (komu.com) — Columbia College in Columbia is investing in its nursing program with a new $150,000 state grant to buy a high-tech simulator for students. Combined with an $800,000 upgrade to Federal Hall, the college aims to modernize training, expand program capacity, and give future nurses more realistic hands-on practice that reflects current clinical standards across Missouri.
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🗞 Nearby News
Ashland
- (LISTEN): VU Foundation's "25 Days of Giving" helping 25 mid-Missouri nonprofits (939theeagle.com)
- UPDATE: Southern Boone R-1 school board tables vote on four-day week (kwos.com)
Fulton
- Forsberg's hat trick leads Predators to 5-2 victory against Blues (fultonsun.com)
Jefferson City
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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