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MU holds onto streak
LINCOLN, Neb. — Missouri coach Cindy Stein can’t help but like the way the Tigers’ women’s basketball team is playing, but Wednesday night she had one caution for her team in their Big 12 Conference game at Nebraska.
Rush’s surge puts Kansas past Colorado
BOULDER, Colo. — Freshmen Mario Chalmers and Brandon Rush took over the game in the second half to help young and supposedly struggling Kansas to its seventh straight victory Wednesday night, 75-63 over Colorado.
Rock Bridge wrestlers stick Eureka with defeat
The Rock Bridge wrestling team had an easy time in a 48-22 victory over visiting Eureka on Wednesday in which six Bruins recorded pins.
Blunt pushes expanded budget
JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Matt Blunt projected a sunny state of affairs Wednesday night, declaring Missouri’s economy and budget strong a year after he took office and proposing new spending on everything from education to health care to prisons.
Connection to Conley Road gets big boost
A $12 million project that will connect Business Loop 70 to Conley Road cleared a major hurdle Wednesday when the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission agreed to sell land occupied by a state highway maintenance facility.
Activists for diversity
Since 1998, the city’s Office of Community Services has honored a person and an organization that have furthered cultural understanding in Columbia.
Special Olympics Missouri reports $300,000 shortfall
While athletes train for the first Special Olympics USA National Games, Special Olympics Missouri faces a $300,000 budget deficit, the worst shortfall in the organization’s 35-year history.
Rock Bridge teachers slam reform committee
A Columbia high school task force formed to implement increased graduation requirements for the class of 2010 has been plagued by complaints over its makeup and openness with teachers and the public.
Gov. Matt Blunt’s State of the State speech
JEFFERSON CITY — The prepared text of Gov. Matt Blunt’s State of the State speech, delivered Wednesday night to the Missouri Legislature:
Sen. Maida Coleman’s Democratic response speech
JEFFERSON CITY — The prepared text of Senate Minority Leader Maida Coleman’s Democratic address delivered Wednesday night in response to Gov. Matt Blunt’s State of the State speech:
Charities ask for volunteers
The Voluntary Action Center is calling for volunteers.
Fraud probe nets new indictment
A federal grand jury indicted a second Columbia man on fraud charges stemming from an investigation of the Columbia-based Vertical Group.
Pit bull perils inspire fear but stir staunch defenders
It was every dog owner’s nightmare.
Ethanol bills find fans in Statehouse
Two bills requiring filling stations in Missouri to offer ethanol-blended fuels are before the General Assembly this session and appear to have bipartisan support. Supporters say increased use of ethanol would help the economy, lower gas prices, reduce dependence on foreign oil and improve air quality.
Rise in use of alternative energy sources predicted
While Missouri lags behind the national average in the amount of renewable energy it uses, awareness of alternative energy sources in the state is on the rise.
The next little thing for cell phone customers
A cell phone targeted to teens and kids is now available in Columbia.
E-mail on telemarketing warns cell-phone users
Despite e-mail warnings about an imminent barrage of unsolicited phone calls, cell-phone owners have nothing to fear from out-of-state telemarketers looking for a way around the National Do Not Call Registry.
