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There was no doubt the Missouri women’s gymnastics team would qualify for regionals. The only questions were who it would be facing and where.

Junior Ben Askren, Missouri’s first NCAA Wrestling Champion, was named the 2006 recipient of the Dan Hodge Trophy on Monday. Wrestling’s version of the Heisman Trophy is awarded to the most outstanding collegiate wrestler of the year by the International Wrestling Institute and Museum and WIN Magazine.

The first time Nicholas Melchert saw his father on a big screen during a video teleconference, the 3-year-old thought he was seeing his dad through a window and ran out the door to give him a hug.

A “box within a box,” used to research some of the world’s dangerous airborne pathogens, will be built at MU beginning in August.

Health care at MU could see major changes if draft proposals presented to the UM System Board of Curators are approved at their next meeting in May.

Music helps Steve Calloway unwind and escape from stress. He likes to listen to smooth jazz and cites Bruce Hornsby and Bonnie Raitt as some of his favorite artists to listen to in the car or at home working on his computer.

With more than 30 years in Columbia and four terms on the Columbia School Board, Elton Fay sees his community involvement as a reason to elect him to a fifth term.

As a public information officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Marc Williams is familiar with disaster.

The afternoon sun illuminated the artwork of MU graduate Akiva Segan as he spoke to fourth-graders from Lee Elementary School recently about his exhibits, “Under the Wings of G-d” and “Sight-seeing with Dignity,” on display over the past month at Stephens College.

An early morning natural gas leak near Ninth and Cherry streets prompted Columbia firefighters to evacuate an apartment building and a restaurant, as well as block traffic from the area.

A Columbia man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of raping a 28-year-old woman.

Many Columbia Public Schools students escaped math when Spring Break began last Friday, but West Junior High School’s MathCounts team members were still plugging away at a subject they enjoy.

Columbia residents expressed concern over the future of the home-school communicator program last night in a candidate forum held Monday night at St. Luke United Methodist Church.

When it comes to supporting candidates for the Columbia City Council, Realtors, contractors and developers, as well as well-known advocates for the environment have reached into their pockets to ante up.