UPDATE: Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills at least 51

Officials said the death toll was expected to rise. The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, south of the city. Block after block of the community lay in ruins. Homes were crushed into piles of broken wood. Cars and trucks were left crumpled on the roadside.

Missouri baseball faces single-elimination in tough SEC tournament

The sudden-death round was added because of the expansion of the tournament field from 10 to 12 teams. The top four seeds receive a bye to the second round, where double-elimination play begins. Missouri is the No. 12 seed.

Local author's 'The Ruins of Us' selected as One Read book

Keija Parssinen lives in Columbia and works as the director of the Quarry Heights Writers' Workshop, a community for Columbia's creative writers. Community members suggested more than 140 books for this year's One Read program


'Who are the American Nones?' studies people without religious affiliations

Mid-Missouri residents are among those nationwide who identify as a religious "none," choosing no religious affiliation when asked to designate a religious preference on surveys or forms.

The report was created by Missouri School of Journalism seniors, who looked at the profiles, preferences, philosophies and lifestyles of people who claim no affiliation with a religious group.

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