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Holding signs sporting slogans such as “Smoking ban unfair” and “Vote with your patronage” in bold, black letters, members of the Boone Liberty Coalition, Missouri Libertarian Party and other groups thronged around the entrance to the Daniel Boone City Building on Tuesday.

Nearly two years ago, Time magazine reported “The Case for Stay at Home Moms.” In the same issue, the magazine let readers know “Why Women Have to Work.”

A Centralia boy was feeding his family’s dog Monday night when a man tried to abduct him, the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday.

JEFFERSON CITY — The House overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would have banned the use of eminent domain for taxpayer-funded developments by private developers.

Five Missouri men convicted in Boone County of attempted online child enticement now face federal charges.

Whether it’s the bright blue television screen, the loud buzzing noise on the TV or radio, or the ticker at the bottom of your favorite sitcom, there is plenty of evidence during severe weather seasons demonstrating how local storm spotters and the National Weather Service are working to inform the public when threats arrive from the sky.

Richard Porter, coordinator of MU’s International Student and Scholar Services, said that as the state representative for the National Association of Foreign Student Affairs, he wondered why Missouri didn’t have a statewide meeting for the organization.

Alejandro Junco de la Vega is a modern Mexican revolutionary. Armed with ethics and a desire for change, this Mexican journalist and entrepreneur has worked for 33 years to help transform what once was a partisan Mexican press into an independent, ambitious medium.

A former Bearfield School employee is close to settling a discrimination lawsuit with the Columbia Public School District, a lawyer for the district said Tuesday.

Former Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Jim Ritter announced his candidacy for the Missouri House of Representatives 24th District at an 8 a.m. press conference Wednesday at the Tiger Hotel.

City Manager Bill Watkins said Tuesday that he will conduct a thorough review of what he called “a very serious complaint” lodged by the Sierra Club about a potential conflict of interest involving a Public Works Department engineer.

Missouri pitcher Jen Bruck was in the circle, preparing to pitch the third inning. Leanne Bowers was in center field, trying to get herself in the proper position. Truman State leadoff hitter Christen Belcher was taking her warmups and trying to gauge Bruck’s pitching.

MU was already in control of the game when Gary Arndt stepped up to the plate in the fourth inning Tuesday against Saint Louis University.

The Missouri women’s basketball team has faced a few daunting tasks this season. But a matchup with Texas Tech at 2:30 p.m. today in the Big 12 Conference Tournament quarterfinals at Reunion Arena in Dallas may loom as it’s largest this season.

“It’s a chilly, windy day here at Dodger Stadium,” Quintin Norris said before the first pitch was thrown Tuesday at Cougar Softball Field.

The details of an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the resignation of former Missouri basketball coach Quin Snyder could be made public within the next week.