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Columbia's dirty jobs: Refuse Collector

Rosemarie McNeary is Columbia's only female trash collector. McNeary has been collecting trash for 3 years and loves riding around town on the back of the truck and seeing children's reactions.

Local view: Open records and the race for governor

Local view: Blunt taking lessons from Bush

Program aims to keep parolees out of prison

Larry Goodwin, 49, of Centralia, retouches the trim of a house in Hallsville. Goodwin, who is participating in a reintegration program as part of his probation, works with his son on various construction projects.


Columbia's dirty jobs: Semen collection inspector for livestock

Jere Mitchell is the service director for Certified Semen Services, and he travels to 22 different states inspecting semen collection from bulls. Mitchell used to run a collection center before working as an inspector.

MU needs comeback<br>to win women's basketball exhibition

Tigers freshman Shakara Jones moves past a Gorillas defender in Monday's exhibition.

“Cheermeisters” a force behind MU volleyball

Redshirt sophomore Lauren Nuckolls and freshman Ali Groomes stand on a sideline during a game against Baylor at the Hearnes Center.

Columbia’s Dirty Jobs: The poop scooper

David Jacks, the owner of Scoop-n-Doo, cleans up after a job in a north Columbia neighborhood. Jacks has been operating his business since 1994 and enjoys the flexibility of his job. Aside from dogs, Jacks has picked up after llamas, pot-bellied pigs and other animals.

For one Boonville folk musician, the music never stops

Bob Dyer performs with the Discovery String Band at the 2006 Big Muddy Folk Festival in Boonville. Dyer was involved in local music and history.
Folk musicians Cathy Barton and Dave Para, longtime friends of Dyer’s, have been coordinating the effort to record a tribute to Dyer, who died April 11 at age 67.

Divided drivers

Brothers Mike Reichert, left, and Larry Reichert visit with one another at the Hallsville Primary School's Nike sports equipment sale on Saturday, Nov. 3 in Hallsville.

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Larry Reichert, left, and his nephew Dave Reichert chat about Larry's motorcycle outside the Hallsville Primary School's Nike sale in Hallsville.

Baiting and waiting

Preston Espinosa, left, fishes with his son, Tyler Espinosa at Cosmo-Bethel Park during a kids trout outing put on by the Mid-Missouri Trout Unlimited on Sunday. At the beginning of the month, 2,400 rainbow trout were placed in the lake at Cosmo-Bethel Park. It's catch and release Trout season from November 1 to February 1.
"I've been waiting for a while. They (trout) took my pink bait. It's floating around over there," said Tyler as he points to his bait floating in the leaves. Tyler had been fishing with his dad since he was four years old.
"I tried to start him early," Preston said.

MU football team breaking barriers

Chase Daniel completed 26-of-44 passes for 421 yards, five TDs and one interception in MU’s win over Colorado.

MU golfer improving after narrowing focus

MU sophomore Michelle Morgan was a multi-sport athlete for most of her childhood before deciding to concentrate on golf.

Understand your goals and go for them

Girl Scouts discover the Magic of Chemistry at MU

Counselor Cheryl Ragan talks about the M&M Chromatography experiment results with Girl Scouts attending the Magic of Chemistry workshop at the MU Chemistry building Saturday. "All the girls kept commenting about my pencils and my post-it notes," said Ragan, a 2nd year graduate student at MU.

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Ross Herman, grilling before the Hickman-Jefferson City showdown, married into the Kewpie bloodline. His wife, Shelly, is an '83 graduate of Hickman.

Hickman bloodlines date back a century

Ross Herman, grilling before the Hickman-Jefferson City showdown, married into the Kewpie bloodline. His wife, Shelly, is an '83 graduate of Hickman.

Live buffalo makes appearances as Colorado’s mascot

Ralphie IV charges out onto the field before the Missouri-Colorado game Saturday

Franklin’s first-half catches key to Missouri win

Colorado's Lionel Harris tries to get a hand on Missouri's Jeremy Maclin during Saturday's 55-10 Missouri win at Boulder.
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