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The master plan for Discovery Ridge, the research park to be constructed at MU’s South Farms, was presented to Columbia’s City Council for comment Monday night. By state law, this project is not subject to city zoning rules or regulations.

Election officials at a municipal polling place in Memorial Union, at the heart of the MU campus, said they had not seen a single student voter as of midafternoon Tuesday.

Minutes after her team lost 11-1 to Baylor in five innings Sunday at University Field, Missouri assistant coach Autumn Eastes lingered in the dugout mulling the Tigers’ fourth straight defeat. Before entering the team room to meet with her players, Eastes stood on the top step and leaned on the railing in front of the bench, occasionally closing her eyes or shuffling the dirt around her feet.

INDIANAPOLIS — After speculation he might leave Iowa to coach Missouri or Indiana, Steve Alford said he has never talked to either school.

Hunched over after her match, Erika Josbena could not contain the tears. With her elbows on her knees and head buried in her hands, she stayed courtside after everyone else had left. When her face finally reemerged, it was bright red. It wasn’t from embarrassment, but because she had just lost a heartbreaking three-set tiebreak that lasted more than three hours.

While construction for the new Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute continues on the northeast side of MU’s Francis Quadrangle, the institute’s projects are under way.

Among the many points on the MU campus where student learning intersects with real-world experience is the Family Violence Clinic at the School of Law. There, law students can work at the clinic for credit while helping victims of domestic violence navigate the legal system and get their lives back on a safe track.

Ashley Bishop’s corner of the Maaco garage is filled with hundreds of tools — tools for pushing, pulling and carefully tapping dents out of cars. He and his team of four travel the United States looking for their next job. They found good business in Columbia after a series of storms that hit March 11-12.

Workers at the 911 Joint Communications Center were on high alert Sunday afternoon as they braced for severe weather to hit central Missouri, but the worst of the storms bypassed Boone County.

Columbia police arrested three men over the weekend in connection with the slaying of a 34-year-old Columbia man who was found dead Wednesday.

JEFFERSON CITY — When a resident or business breaks a lease on a building, it usually comes at a cost — such as the loss of a deposit, or the continued payment of rent until a new tenant is found.

Military families facing financial hardships will have a new benefactor this year — charitable Missouri taxpayers.

Soft shoe leather slaps the floor, hands clasp for an instant and, like a well-oiled machine, the line of dancers spin to the old-time music.

When Missouri hired Mike Anderson as its new men’s basketball coach, Athletic Director Mike Alden beamed that it was a “great day” for the university. That day, March 26, could also turn out to be a memorable date for the girls’ basketball program at either Hickman or Rock Bridge.

Blue Springs South pitcher Matt Morgan made it tough on Rock Bridge.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Missouri baseball team stumbled late in a 3-2 loss Saturday at Kansas.

Halfway through the collegiate men’s 400-meter run on the second day of the Missouri Relays, all running and jumping in the Audrey J. Walton Stadium ceased and a mass of fans rose to face the American flag.

At the west side of the Sports Park at MU, University Field and Walton Stadium are connected. The two facilities share bathrooms, food carts and concourses. During most softball games, the occasional foul ball that flies over University Field’s bleachers bounces off the empty seats at Walton Stadium.