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Pastors new to local congregations rely on routines and work of interim ministers to help ease their transition to leadership, a process that often takes more than a year.

While there is no money owed on the land itself, the camp has had trouble staying out of debt since Ronald James, a physician who founded the camp, died in 2006.

With a majority of Americans tossing out their forgotten electronics, Mid-MO Recycling and the Mid-Missouri Solid Waste Management District have teamed up to host collections in hopes of preventing toxic pollution, while recycling and salvaging items that can be reused.

To keep residents from pushing leaves out into the streets, the city provides a few alternative means of disposal. 

Columbia safety agencies, such as the Police Department and Public Works Department, will be able to alert residents of emergencies through Nixle.com.

Amid declining sales tax revenue, Boone County and Columbia officials have decided to form a committee to explore the possibility of instituting a use tax on purchases made by residents online and out of state.

While Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said the media could not avoid including Hasan's faith once it came up, he said this angle needs to be kept in perspective.

The recent Fort Hood tragedy is beginning to shed more light on how the medical profession handles psychological stress before, during and after combat. Post-traumatic stress disorder is being identified and treated more quickly than before.

After getting her starting spot taken away by Bekah Mills as a junior, Toy Richbow is back as the starting point guard after Mills tore her ACL.

After five games in which he never threw for more than 235 yards, Florence had the best game for a quarterback against the Tigers this season, breaking Baylor's single-game passing yards record in the process.

Missouri has yet to score a second-half touchdown since Big 12 play began.

Baylor football fans were hoping for improvement this season. Fans at the game Saturday explained how things changed after the team's star quarterback suffered a season-ending injury and the Bears lost several games.

The doors at 405 E. Nifong Blvd. will open to customers for the first time Tuesday morning. The store is Hy-Vee's second in Columbia, and a third is being planned to open next spring.

The Energy Information Administration estimates that residential natural gas prices in the West North Central region of the country, which includes Missouri, will be approximately a dollar less compared with last winter.

MU senior Eric Hobbs wasn't his usual self during the Missouri women's volleyball team's loss to Texas after watching the football team lose to Baylor.

The Rock Bridge boys cross country team was third at Saturday's state championships, the first time Rock Bridge has left the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City with a trophy.

On Friday, the Alzheimer's Association Mid-Missouri Chapter hosted a research forum that featured keynote speaker Alison Goate, a genetics professor at the School of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis.

The Stephen’s College women's basketball team defeated Baptist Bible (Mo.) College 80-57 on Saturday at the St. Louis Pharmacy Classic.

Eddie Cook has been a part of the Columbia Missourian for 50 years, and that's worth recognizing.