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JEFFERSON CITY — The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall snaked across the south lawn of the Capitol as generations of Americans stood in the reflection of its 58,249 names. Veterans and their families, relatives and friends of those killed and children on field trips across Missouri, gathered in Jefferson City for the wall’s opening day ceremony Tuesday to honor those who gave their lives in the Vietnam War.

JEFFERSON CITY — A group of more than 200 school districts, including Columbia Public Schools, claims a new state funding plan worsens — rather than solves — alleged disparities among schools and still does not provide them enough money.

It is the perfect movie mystery plot. A problem unsolved for decades. A hero drawn into the search for a solution many think does not exist. The hero gives up, only to be drawn back in. After years of work, he eventually solves the mystery with the help of his sidekicks and enjoys worldwide recognition.

A story on 1A Tuesday about predictions of a mild winter misspelled the name of Stewart Scott’s company, Cevet Snow Removal.

The four candidates who were not picked for the city manager position generally agreed that the process was fair and open, and that the City Council made what it thought was the best decision in choosing Bill Watkins, Columbia’s assistant city manager for the past 10 years.

Rock Bridge High School teacher Judith Burke pleaded guilty Tuesday to molesting a 16-year-old student who accused her of touching him inappropriately last summer.

Columbia police are seeking information about two of four armed burglars who broke into a house in northeastern Columbia early Monday morning and evaded police. The two others were captured.

Hickman High School was locked down for more than half an hour Tuesday morning after a student suspended earlier in the day allegedly told a 911 operator that there was a bomb in the school. The threat proved to be false.

Jamie Walters, 41, of Columbia, was arrested Sunday in Columbus, Ga., after he crossed a 10-foot barbed-wire fence surrounding Fort Benning to protest the U.S. Army’s Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly known as the School of the Americas.

Boone County homeowners who are thinking of building private pools should be prepared to build a fence. And if you’ve got a pool without a fence, you might want to get busy.

Three weeks before the official filing date, the first hopeful for the Boone County Fire Protection District’s board of directors has announced her candidacy.

Karen Sunday Cockrell enjoys the traditional Thanksgiving dinner, but the history behind the holiday doesn’t go down as easy.

JEFFERSON CITY — An environmental group has entered the legal fray over an old Katy railroad bridge, contending that plans to tear it down could jeopardize the existence of Katy Trail State Park.

Going, going, gone.

Wherever the Columbia College women’s basketball (3-2) team travels, Joan Fossum can be seen sitting in the stands, wearing a Columbia College sweatshirt and her gaze fixed on the action on the court.

When Missouri women’s basketball coach Cindy Stein called a meeting with her players earlier this week, she wanted to define every player’s role on the team.

Missouri’s men’s basketballgame against the University of Missouri-Kansas City has switched local television providers.

Junior Shawn Jasper finished tied for 12th in the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic in El Paso, Texas.

Juniors Max Scherzer and Hunter Mense were named to the 2006 Brooks Wallace Award Watch List, which awards the national player of the year honor.