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The Columbia Police Department says even though it conducted a nationwide search to find the new Deputy Chief of Police, the three finalists for the job are all officers currently with the department.

Columbia Police and union officials are looking into claims that topless waitresses participated in a recent union fundraiser.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newscast, including:

• The announcement that the University of Missouri Press is closing
• "FASTCAT" is the new bus line in Columbia that will run between the MU campus and downtown Columbia
• The Columbia Fraternal Order of Police continues to call for the removal of Chief Ken Burton
• The Missouri Council of the blind wants a Columbia chapter

Columbia Police policies have changed but a police union is still calling for bolder action.

Columbia City Manager Mike Matthes has announced plans to implement 14 recommendations made in a report highly critical of the Columbia Police Department. The report outlines problems within CPD, saying the department's reputation in the community has been steadily dropping.

"The community has lowered the report card of the police department from a B to a D over the past six years," said City Manager Mike Matthes.

Regional news form the KBIA newsroom, including: