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Give the assist to the 14,675 Tiger fans who jammed Mizzou Arena on Thursday night.

The largest crowd MU has drawn this season not only witnessed the Tigers’ 63-61 upset of No. 12 Gonzaga, it played a role in the victory.

For the Missouri women’s basketball team, an early-season three-game win streak has quickly turned into a three-game losing skid.

Obviously, stability is the goal.

LIBERTY — The Rock Bridge boys’ basketball team will have to make room for trophies on the bus trip back to Columbia.

After a 50-43 victory in the William Jewell tournament championship game against the Blue Springs Wildcats, the Bruins return with three awards: a first-place trophy in the Patterson Division, a tournament MVP trophy for junior Alex Austin, and an all-tournament team plaque with senior guard Terrell Turner’s name on it.

Nothing came easy for Gonzaga’s Ronny Turiaf. Missouri defenders made sure of that.

Throughout the game, Kevin Young, Kalen Grimes and any other Tiger who drew a matchup with Turiaf, a 6-foot-10 senior forward, put a hand in his face.

So few people had heard of Ted Boehm when he first ran for Boone County sheriff that his campaign came up with a phonetic clue to pronouncing his name: “Check the name — Boehm.”

Boehm trounced his opponent with 72 percent of the vote. That was 20 years ago. Today, Boehm leaves office having served as sheriff of Boone County longer than anyone else.

A Columbia woman says her cousin in Sri Lanka is presumed dead and another relative has lost his wife and son.

Mihiri Udawatta said her cousin had gone for a swim in the sea with his friends when the tsunamis struck Sri Lanka, and he and the other swimmers were swept away.

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov.-elect Matt Blunt warned of widespread government cuts Thursday as he predicted “anemic growth” in the money available for Missouri’s next budget.

“This is going to be a challenging budget process,” Blunt said while outlining a state revenue estimate reached with lawmakers, “but we can surmount challenges.”

The Columbia-based Islamic American Relief Agency filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Justice and Treasury departments. The suit was filed in a federal court in Washington, D.C.

The agency was listed as a specially designated global terrorist group by the Treasury Department on Oct. 13. Its offices, as well as the home of its executive director, Mubarek Hamed, were raided by federal officials the same day. The agency’s assets were frozen, and officials confiscated files, donor lists and other materials.

OWENSVILLE — With a population near 2,500, this Gasconade County town doesn’t often get opportunities to embrace the high-tech trappings of MU up close.

Located about 85 miles southeast of Columbia, Owensville isn’t hard to miss. But thanks to an MU mobile biological sciences laboratory, teachers and students in Owensville and dozens of other small Missouri towns are able to keep abreast of the latest developments in genomics, biotechnology and other life sciences through a traveling science road show.

In the coming months, Boone County residents could save an average of 21 percent on prescription drug costs.

The Boone County Commission voted Thursday to participate in a national pilot program that will issue discount cards.

After the shopping malls stop playing catchy Christmas tunes, and when living room floors are no longer covered in packages decorated with brightly colored paper and shiny bows, the question still remains — what to do with all of this stuff?

Columbia Public Works offers a few environmentally friendly solutions to the problem of too much stuff that many Columbians encounter during the post-holiday season.

After experiencing one of its coolest summers on record, Mid-Missouri is now experiencing an unusually warm winter.

Thursday’s high temperature of 68 was only 4 degrees shy of the record high set in 1965. The warm weather is expected to continue through Saturday, with temperatures in the upper 60s.

Firefighters recovered a dog Wednesday that fell through the ice of a pond at 7071 Gillespie Bridge Road.

Andrew Cobb, who was the first firefighter to arrive, was secured to a life line, eased his way onto the ice on his stomach and made it to the edge of the hole where the dog was floating, said Division Specialist Gale Blomenkamp.

One of Gonzaga’s best players may not be at 100 percent against Missouri today, but considering the level the Bulldogs have been playing at, that probably won’t be enough to slow them down.

A little more than a week after falling six points short of upsetting No. 1 Illinois, on Dec. 22, Missouri (6-5) will have another chance to play giant-killer as the Tigers host a hobbled Ronny Turiaf and No. 12 Gonzaga (10-1) tonight at 7 in Mizzou Arena.

KANSAS CITY — Brian Waters looks around the Kansas City locker room, and a feeling of nostalgia tugs at his heart.

The Pro Bowl left guard knows that with one game left in a bitterly disappointing season, he will soon say goodbye to a host of friends and teammates who don’t want to leave.

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Rams offensive tackle Kyle Turley, upset about a remark that the team hadn’t seen him since he re-injured his back in training camp, engaged in a recent shouting match with coach Mike Martz.

Turley has had little contact with the team since going on injured reserve in early August. Martz has said he had no success contacting Turley after the player left the team early in training camp to visit specialists about his back.

For the second straight game the Rock Bridge boys’ basketball team set a record at the Holiday Classic at William Jewell College.

In a 50-26 semifinal victory against Cameron on Wednesday, the top-seeded Bruins set the fewest points allowed mark, limiting the Dragons to 25 percent shooting and forcing 15 turnovers.

Two years ago, Tracy Della Vecchia of Columbia launched a Web site for the families of Marines. Today, she spends up to 10 hours a day working on the site, helping thousands of people in what has become an online support group.

Della Vecchia said the Web site — MarineParents.com — has 9,350 registered members, and she estimates it receives more than 4 million hits a week. The site has grown so much it needs a staff of 48 volunteers to maintain it.

Columbia residents have donated $3,000 so far to the Boone County chapter of the American Red Cross to help tsunami victims in southern Asia.

After a slow start, the local Red Cross collected $2,800 Wednesday, said Jutta Hopkins, executive director for the Boone County chapter.