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Eight boxes of bowling pins, an oversized “Ghost of Christmas” coloring book, several boxes of empty glass jars of the kind your grandmother might have used to store jam and an empty Tom’s vending machine. These are just a few of the things Gary Kaplan just bought. The leftovers come with the historic Howard County Jail, small pieces of the past not worth carrying to the new jail next door. Then there is the jail itself, a 5,500-square-foot brick building, circa 1889, located just off the town square in Fayette.

Four days after Hurricane Katrina hammered the Gulf Coast, green camouflaged trucks lined up at National Guard armories across Missouri. In Fulton, engines roared at 7:25 a.m. as soldiers with the 175th Military Police Battalion started up 20 trucks, ready to depart for New Orleans. By 8 a.m., however, Spc. Danny Johnson knew things weren’t going smoothly.

JEFFERSON CITY — Stem cell research would have constitutional protection under an amendment proposed by a coalition of researchers and patient advocacy groups on Tuesday. The initiative would permit stem cell research and treatments allowed by federal law to be practiced in Missouri.

WARRENTON — Two teenage girls testified at the opening of the Lance Berry murder trial Tuesday that they waited in a car while Komninos “Gus” Karellas was robbed at gunpoint and shot to death. The girls were among 20 witnesses questioned during the trial of one of the two men charged with the first-degree murder of Karellas, a Mexico, Mo., restaurateur, last November. Defense Attorney Raymond Legg all but conceded that Berry, then 17, was involved in the slaying. Legg, however, said he will prove that it was Berry’s partner, Quinton Canton Jr., who masterminded the crime.

The sight of a television set and bed frame on top of a roof does not normally make sense, but normalcy does not exist in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. On Monday, city officials allowed workers for the first time into one of the areas of New Orleans most damaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Residents were still barred from entering until later in the week.

The nonprofit Missouri Citizen Education Fund issued a report Tuesday claiming that an out-of-state political action committee — All Children Matter — is seeking to influence Missouri public policy on tax credit scholarships with its 2004 campaign contributions. The All Children Matter campaign collections are not illegal and the committee is open about its contributions, said Greg Brock, executive director.

The Columbia Chamber of Commerce is doing pretty well for being 100 years old. The chamber celebrated its 100th anniversary with a dinner Tuesday night, where it announced its plans for a fountain to commemorate the milestone. The fountain, which is to be part of Flat Branch Park, will be sponsored by the chamber, along with Trailhead Committee and the city of Columbia.

A report of marijuana resulted in a charge of drug trafficking. An MU freshman was arrested on suspicion of second-degree drug trafficking after MU police responded to a report of a marijuana odor in his residence hall room.

Applause bounced off of the championship banners, administrators looked around to savor the happy moment and the crowd of about 100 student-athletes gathered in the Southwell Complex smiled as if they got the day off from classes. That’s all because the NAIA announced Tuesday that Columbia College was awarded with the honor of hosting the 2006 and 2007 NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championships.

At the start of this season, the Missouri football team had a problem many Big 12 Conference coaches would have loved to have: two running backs with the potential to become conference standouts. In the past two weeks, though, the two-man game has turned into a one-man show. With sophomore running back Tony Temple out indefinitely with an ankle injury, the proverbial ball is now in Marcus Woods’ court. And, up to this point, the sophomore from Farmington Hills, Mich., hasn’t disappointed.

When the season is all said and done, Rock Bridge junior Lindsey McDaniel knows she’ll be able to point to a trip to St. Charles as a turning point. Her 10 kills and 17 assists were more than enough for the Bruins to defeat the Marshall Owls 25-22, 25-18 Tuesday night at Rock Bridge.

The Rock Bridge girls’ tennis team is two matches away from history. After defeating visiting Rolla 6-0 Tuesday, the Bruins are now just two matches away from playing in their seventh-straight state semifinals. Their current streak of six ties them with Ladue for the most consecutive girls’ appearances among state public schools.

A man charged with felony child abuse in connection with an incident in August in which his then 2-month-old daughter was badly injured was granted a continuance Tuesday on an assault charge in a separate incident. Shaetwyn D. Allen, 24, was charged with second-degree assault related to a jail disturbance that occurred Aug. 15 while he was in the Boone County Jail on the child abuse charge. After the hearing, Allen said he was assaulted from behind while using the washroom because of an argument earlier that day in which the right side of his face was severely scratched.

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