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Not the most likely coupling you’d see, but cops and skateboarders are uniting (gasp) in the name of cleanliness, safety and the good that is the Skate Park, part of Veterans Park in Fulton. OK, not cops exactly, but the community powers that be.

WASHINGTON — President Bush offered a plan Tuesday to contain soaring gas prices, but he acknowledged that he can’t stop driving from being expensive this summer.

If you’ve spent any time in Missouri since January, then you’ve probably been approached by petitioners gathering signatures. They are working to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November to protect stem cell research. They have until May 9 to gather the 150,000 signatures needed to put this issue to a vote.

For a quarter of a century, Mendel Rosenberg couldn’t talk about the almost four years he was forced by the Nazis to live in ghettos and concentration camps. Now, he shares his story with anyone willing to listen.

Members of the Columbia chapter of the NAACP met with a representative of the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday night in an early effort to take action in response to several complaints regarding police brutality and racial profiling involving the Columbia Police Department. The meeting was called after several black citizens of the community voiced concern over various incidents.

Even after 120 of University Terrace Apartments’ residents signed a petition opposing the demolition of the complex, Kathy Scroggs, MU’s vice chancellor of Student Affairs, told residents Tuesday at an informational meeting that she doesn’t expect the decision to use the land for a parking garage to change.

Three probable cases of mumps have been reported in Boone County, the Columbia/Boone County Health Department said Tuesday afternoon.

JEFFERSON CITY — The House voted 92-61 Tuesday for legislation that would require permission slips and prohibit abortion providers from teaching or providing materials for the schools’ sex education courses. The bill needs a final vote to move to the Senate.

One man pretends to trip while exiting an elevator as his partner steals a distracted woman’s wallet from her handbag. This trick has been used by two pickpockets at least four times in Columbia since last July.

A Columbia firefighter received a nine-month suspended sentence and two years of unsupervised probation Tuesday in connection with an October incident in which he was accused of holding a gun to his girlfriend’s head.

By giving construction companies a few extra months, Columbia Water and Light could be saving $367,000 on a new water main.

Four women with paint rollers in hand navigate around a couch and bookshelves in the sun room of The Shelter. They paint the walls a goldenrod-yellow and chat about old times. The women, members of the Columbia-based graduate chapter of Zeta Phi Beta, are putting in action their plan to redecorate this room and make it a better place for The Shelter’s residents.

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s Senate approved a proposal Tuesday that would require most gasoline sold in the state to contain ethanol, despite charges that such a measure would amount to a tax increase for motorists.

A Columbia resident was hospitalized Tuesday night after the bed in his apartment caught fire.

City Manager Bill Watkins said the stadium proposal submitted Monday by the Mid-Missouri Mavericks entails “almost zero risk” for the city.

Derrick Ming stands at the edge of his dream.

For the past week, Missouri volleyball has hosted a team from BeiHang University of Beijing. The visit is part two of an exchange system between BeiHang University and MU.

On a 45-degree night with scattered showers and chilling wind, Hickman held the fifth annual Hickman Relays, hosting Rock Bridge, Jefferson City, Helias, Mexico and Rolla. The meet turned individual events, such as discus and long jump, into relays by combining the top three scores from one school in each event. Medals were awarded for each event.

Rock Bridge junior Brandon Gerau may be the luckiest guy on the Bruins’ baseball team. And he’s the first to admit it.