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Derrick Butler’s phone has been ringing off the hook lately, so much that his full voice mailbox is no longer accepting messages.

Ben Askren is the 2006 Dan Hodge Trophy recipient, and Dan Hodge, 74, is glad.

In its first home game of the season, the Hickman girls’ soccer team recorded its fourth shutout in five games with a 3-0 win against Pembroke Hill on Tuesday night.

Trailing Apollo high school of Owensboro, Kent. 4-0 through five innings, the Hickman Kewpies were six outs away from falling to 1-3 on the season. Eight runs later and one inning later, the Kewpies were back at .500.

In the month since state and national health officials met in St. Louis to plan for a possible bird flu pandemic, the mood has changed from one of speculation to one of anticipation.

This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home, this little piggy had roast beef — and this little genetically modified piggy might improve your health.

MU seniors Ben Shetley and Jon Dinter were enjoying their first day of spring break with a quiet night at home. That was until a Columbia Fire Department chief knocked on their door asking them to evacuate immediately because of a suspicious device in the area.

Columbia residents and city officials got their first look Tuesday night at a concept plan for an 88-unit public affordable housing project, which is estimated to cost $21 million.

As the spring turkey hunting season approaches in Missouri, hunters are warned to keep an eye out for dead or sick birds in the wild as bird flu spreads closer to the United States.

JEFFERSON CITY — More than a dozen women from Boone County packed into state Rep. Ed Robb’s office to talk about sex education and abortion Tuesday.

JEFFERSON CITY — The goal of cracking down on Medicaid fraud has found bipartisan support, a rarity in the yearlong debate on how to restructure the state program that provides health-care coverage for those with lower incomes.

JEFFERSON CITY — A state appeals court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court’s ruling upholding the language of a ballot proposal to protect stem cell research.

JEFFERSON CITY — One mother thinks requiring older children to ride in booster seats is an intrusion and an inconvenience for parents. Another wishes such a law had been in place the day her child died in a car crash.

Marion Shaw loves to paint, especially watercolor. She’s been painting all her life and wants to continue as long as possible.

Mary Kroening won’t be eating any of the vegetables planted in the last row of her garden. Instead, as part of the nationwide program Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign, Kroening’s green peppers will help feed people in need.

A group of Missouri legislators Tuesday night watched images of violence such as a man assaulting a police officer, another of a woman with a sword and a third where a man is shot, then set on fire.

JEFFERSON CITY — The secretary of state’s office asked the Department of Justice on Tuesday for help getting Boone County — the one holdout county — to join the statewide voter registration database.

Police responded to a domestic disturbance call this morning at 1706 Hinkson Ave. The call was received from a woman, yet to be identified, claiming to be held against her will by her boyfriend who was in possession of a firearm. The man was later arrested and identified as Joe H. Hawkins of Columbia.

A Columbia man was found dead in an apartment just off I-70 Drive in northwest Columbia early this morning.