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One day Danny Paul was walking into his office when he noticed a chunk of concrete had fallen from above and was resting on the floor.

The Boone County Commission and City Manager Bill Watkins held their first joint meeting Thursday to collaborate on issues that concern both the city and county.

The CBS News program “48 Hours” will air a special segment Saturday on the conviction of Charles Erickson and Ryan Ferguson for the murder of Columbia Daily Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt. The segment, titled “Dream Killer,” will suggest that Erickson, who confessed to the crime and implicated Ferguson, may have dreamed the entire thing.

In an open meeting of MU’s Facebook Task Force on Thursday — a meeting students were encouraged to attend but did not — task force members discussed plans of action as well as what other schools around the nation are doing regarding the online social network.

As a kid, Mar’Quia Armour found a second home at the Imani Mission Center, a faith-based community outreach organization. She said it was there that she learned about sisterhood and etiquette. She also gained a focus. When Armour was 9 years old, her family made an abrupt move to Columbia and lived in shelters and public housing for several months. In a time of transition, the Imani Missions Center was a support system for her. Today she is a leader at Hickman High School, a volunteer for several community service organizations and plans to attend Tennessee State University in the fall.

Flu-like illnesses are making the rounds in Columbia.

A man died after his truck slid across several lanes of traffic and hit a rock wall on Wednesday evening, according to a Columbia Police Department news release.

They mounted scales. They got their fingers pricked. They ate banana flax loaf­­­­ — all in the name of better cardiovascular health.

Columbia jurors found a Warrensburg man guilty of trying to entice a person whom he believed to be a 14-year-old girl into a sexual relationship.

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Thursday to place a buffer zone between protestors and funerals.

It appears that the investigation into the departure of MU basketball coach Quin Snyder, which supposedly ended Thursday evening, might just be getting started.

Just about anyone who follows MU sports will tell you the athletic department has had its share of public relations headaches.

Despite the brisk weather, more people than usual piled into the the Rock Bridge gym Thursday night to see the Bruins girls’ basketball team beat Helias 48-34.

Kansas coach Bill Self returned to the press conference room at Mizzou Arena dejected and worn out.

After Thursday’s game, senior Terrance Smith experienced something for the first time: two fans asked him to pose with them for a photograph. And if they had any basketball savvy, they also would have pictures of his jump shot.

Their eyes were big and their breathing deep. The nervous faces of the competitors at this season’s state wrestling tournament peered at the crowd as they walked united into Mizzou Arena to the Olympic theme song. The wrestlers walked into the arena to possibly the biggest matches of their young careers.

The gym filled with the echoes of bouncing basketballs and players dripping in sweat. The Rock Bridge boys’ basketball team isn’t taking it easy despite its top ranking in the state Class 5A poll.

Senior guard Taylor Florence scored on a putback to put Hickman up 62-61 with under 30 seconds to play against Jefferson City. He later hit two free throws to secure a 64-61 victory over the Jays and guarantee the team’s first winning streak since the beginning of January.

Vault hasn’t been the Missouri gymnastics team’s strongest event this year, but you wouldn’t have known that Saturday.