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The Center for Geospatial Intelligence at MU will receive $1.75 million in next year’s defense appropriations bill, according to a recent announcement by Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo.

Jason Brock takes the bus every day from Wabash Station to Paris Road to cut his walk to work to only a mile and a half. He said the last thing he thinks about is art, but that is exactly what the 95-year-old Wabash Station is about to get.

The bottom of the door to Homer’s Auto Repairs scrapes against the cold, concrete floor. In the window of the door, next to the “Open” sign, swings the declaration: “Out for Parts,” barely kept stable by aging duct tape and paper clips.

The last time Missouri beat a Southeastern Conference team in football, a young coach named Gary Pinkel had just been promoted to offensive coordinator at Washington, the Cold War was reaching its climax and Brad Smith was still in diapers.

The Missouri women’s basketball had three major milestones Thursday night.

SHREVEPORT, La. -- One last time, Missouri was able to count on Brad Smith. And, yet another time, the greatest offensive producer the school has ever seen came through.

Subscribers to the Mobile Missourian's sports results text messaging service received these dispatches throughout the game:

For the first time this season Missouri’s basketball team is two games above .500.

Stephens College will open its doors to New Year’s Eve revelers for the first time as it and Columbia’s downtown prepare to host the 11th Annual First Night celebration.

Columbia will join the ranks of renowned jazz venues across the country this weekend as part of National Public Radio’s live coast-to-coast New Year’s Eve celebration, “Toast of the Nation,” which will also feature the first national music broadcast from New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.

MU professor R. Michael Roberts was named one of the top 50 researchers, business and policy leaders in the world in Scientific American magazine’s December issue.

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Matt Blunt on Wednesday named a Montgomery County judge to the Missouri Court of Appeals’ Eastern District in St. Louis.

Seventy-eight additional men will be able to enter substance-abuse treatment through Phoenix Programs thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health.

A Columbia woman arrested on suspicion of stabbing a man in the chest has been released from the Boone County Jail.

Natalie Akins sits back, looking over her work, pulls hard on her cigarette and smiles through watery eyes.

Chad Herwald has a secret to saving money on heating bills this winter. It’s not profound. It’s not magical. It’s trees.

SHREVEPORT, La. — After three days of light-hearted, fun-filled activities, Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel and his team have officially set their game face.

Usually a coach empties the bench in the waning minutes of a blowout, allowing those relegated to mop-up duty, whether in a romp of a win or defeat, playing time and experience.

Becoming a Division I athlete is quite an accomplishment for a member of anyone’s family. But in Bil Duany’s family, it’s rather ordinary.

The Hickman boys’ basketball team lost Wednesday night in the second round of the 16-team Neosho Tournament, falling 73-56 to top seed Cypress, a top Texas team from Houston that boasts a 7-foot-2 center and a 23-2 record.