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Candles held by family, friends and colleagues of Molly Bowden lit the south side of Nifong Boulevard on Tuesday night and prayers filled the air during a vigil held in her memory.

The debate over the death penalty promises to be as heated as ever this year locally and statewide.

The Columbia Special Business District is ready to grow, and its board of directors has decided to form a committee to help The District expand its reach.

The next time you take a walk downtown, you may pass runners who aren’t going anywhere.

After nearly 15 years on the Columbia City Council, Second Ward Councilman Chris Janku has decided to run for his sixth term.

JEFFERSON CITY — Senators proposed Tuesday the repeal of a new law that could allow natural gas companies to raise their rates to offset revenue losses that result from consumers conserving.

With classes for the 2006 spring semester in their second day, Columbia and Stephens colleges have seen an overall increase in enrollment over the semester break.

Heading east of Columbia on Interstate 70, motorists may notice a bulldozer here and a dump truck there at the southeast quadrant of the Lake of the Woods exit. These machines are the prelude to rolling out the red carpet for increased interest in the area.

When you think about hurricane relief, an army of civic-minded law students probably isn’t what comes to mind. But in Katrina’s wake, access to life’s necessities — food, clothing, and shelter — has often been a matter of navigating a thorny thicket of legal problems and red tape.

After months of speculation by residents living along Route K and Smith Hatchery Road, a local development group has purchased a substantial amount of acreage south of Columbia that stretches to near the Missouri River.

NORMAN, Okla — With Missouri’s need for a win over a marquee-name opponent filled by Saturday’s win over Oklahoma State, all that was left was a big road win.

When the boos came cascading down on referee Curtis Shaw after he called the foul that put Marshall Brown on the line to hit the deciding free throws with 1.8 seconds, it didn’t surprise former referee Charles Greene.

Center Logan Harris’s dunk within the first minute of the game should have set the tone of the game for the Hickman Kewpies.

Riding an 11-game winning streak and carrying it’s brand-new national ranking, the Missouri women’s basketball team plays Nebraska (10-3, 2-0) at 7 p.m. tonight in Lincoln.