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The Hickman track and field team’s first meet without former coach Steve Luetjen will also be without a lot of key runners. This weekend’s Missouri Relays coincides with spring break and vacation time for many of the competing high schools.

The New York Nationals received a beastly “boo” from fans at Mizzou Arena on Thursday night as they ran onto the court against the Harlem Globetrotters.

The Columbia College softball team continued its hot streak in Arizona on Thursday at the Tuscon Invitational, winning two games to push its winning streak to 11.

Lack of space at the Boone County Courthouse has court officials making a different kind of case, submitting evidence and statements in an attempt to prove to a jury of the public that work conditions are so tight they’re compromising efficiency, privacy and security in the historic building.

There’s a popular phrase being bandied about at the Boone County Courthouse this election season: “Justice delayed is justice denied.”

RENICK — Tom Carr stopped his work briefly on Tuesday to watch as the group of Amish men on his barn roof laid another sheet of aluminum. Less than an hour earlier, the roof had only been timber framing. Now, the south side was almost covered.

Forty-four tornadoes touched down across Missouri on March 11-12, resulting in 10 fatalities and 107 injuries, according to updated information from ground and aerial surveys done by the National Weather Service’s Missouri offices.

After spawning a reported tornado in Sedalia, severe thunderstorms rolled east into the Columbia area Thursday evening without causing significant damage.

Several individuals were being interviewed Thursday evening in connection with the Carlos Kelly homicide, police said.

JEFFERSON CITY — Senators have unveiled another plan to spend an expected $450 million in proceeds from the proposed sale of some Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority loans.

A circuit court judge ruled Thursday that he will wait to see the results of a Monday deposition before deciding whether to order Columbia Daily Tribune photographer Jenna Isaacson to turn over 622 photographs requested by attorneys in the Aaron O’Neal wrongful death lawsuit.

Columbia resident Shannon West, wearing a silver stud in her ear and a tiny rhinestone in her nose, is familiar with body piercings.

JEFFERSON CITY — The House approved a bill Thursday designed to reinforce a ban on protesting at funerals.

Two men described by Columbia police as 'persons of interest' in the Carlos Kelly homicide investigation were taken into custody Thursday night after a brief standoff at an apartment on Demaret Drive.

The Missourian is publishing in-depth profiles of each candidate for Columbia City Council, Columbia School Board and the Boone County Fire Protection District. The Sunday, April 2, newspaper will include a complete Voters Guide that will include voter information, polling places and times and location changes. To read previous coverage, click on the candidates' name:

Tom Knaus never thought his life would change so quickly.

The Missouri baseball team fell to Southeast Missouri State 3-2 Wednesday night in Cape Girardeau.

Most of the Missouri track and field team will be staying in Columbia during the university’s spring break, gearing up for the Missouri Relays at Audrey J. Walton stadium. The two-day open competition begins Friday and will attract athletes from high school and collegiate teams.

CHICAGO — Kyle Calder scored in overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks over the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Wednesday night and snap a five-game losing streak.