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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.

SURPRISE, Ariz. — Kansas City Royals manager Buddy Bell knows a bit about defense.

JUPITER, Fla. — A flurry of moves on Wednesday left the St. Louis Cardinals much closer to a 25-man roster.

KANSAS CITY — Mayor Kay Barnes said Wednesday she is “very optimistic” Kansas City could get a Final Four if voters approve tax measures to fund renovations and a rolling roof at the Truman Sports Complex.

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:

Police are still searching for three or four men suspected of beating a 34-year-old man to death early Wednesday morning in northwest Columbia. The crime marks Columbia’s first homicide of the year.

Boone County Clerk Wendy Noren said Wednesday that she has fulfilled — to the extent possible — her legal obligations regarding the creation of a statewide voter registration database, but feels the state has failed to ante up sufficient money to cover the county’s costs.

Would you rather read about a feisty woman who travels across Missouri to Lawrence, Kan., or about growing up in two different cultures? What about a book showing class differences between the California rich and illegal immigrants?

Michelle Gadbois has taken her teaching, and her learning, way outside the classroom. Through scholarships, Gadbois has traveled the globe, embracing multiculturalism as a classroom staple and a way of life.

Michael Tan aspired to be an architect in his homeland, Malaysia, when the opportunity to become an educator came knocking. With his father out of work and Tan the oldest child, he felt he had to do what he could to help his family.

Missouri is making progress in the push for renewable and efficient energy efforts nationwide, and MU is playing a major role in that transition.

Behind bullet-proof shields and gas masks, the Columbia Special Tactics and Response team stormed a house in the 1700 block of Hinkson Avenue, ending a four-hour standoff that began early Wednesday morning.

Jefferson City — Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan told protestors gathered at the Capitol on Wednesday that a proposed bill requiring voters to present a federal or state voting identification card could keep citizens out of the polls.

Kevin Walsh is striking out on his own after 25 years of managing Streetside Records, 401 S. Providence Road.

JEFFERSON CITY — Hundreds of disability rights advocates descended upon the state Capitol on Wednesday to rally support and recognition for the issues facing disabled Missourians.

As the debate continues to smolder over a proposed ordinance that would ban smoking in most public places, City Council candidates offered differing views on whether they would support a ban.

Barbara Hoppe says her previous calls for “planned growth” and a moratorium on development of the Philips tract do not mean she is anti-development, but Valerie Barnes, her opponent in the Sixth Ward race for Columbia City Council, begs to differ.