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Hickman hired a familiar face to fill its girls’ basketball coaching vacancy.

Despite gloomy conditions Monday night, there was plenty for the Rock Bridge girls soccer team to be happy about. The night started with a spirited celebration of the team’s seniors and ended with a 2-0 victory.

Despite the bleak weather conditions across the Midwest last weekend, Missouri track and field managed to shine at the 97th annual Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.

To day’s rematch against Rock Bridge loomed on Hickman’s schedule. It is a match that most of the Kewpies think they can take this time around, after dropping the first one 6-3 in early April.

So you’ve got this once-adored Mickey figurine that is now sitting on your shelf, collecting a whole lot of dust. You want to trash it? Think again.

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SEDALIA — Dressed in white to symbolize their peaceful message, about 500 people — mostly Hispanic immigrants from Sedalia and Marshall — marched from the state fairgrounds to the Pettis County courthouse Monday to protest a bill in Congress that would build a wall between the United States and Mexico.

A large donation was made last week by 28-year-old Jill Youse, of Columbia, to a bank in South Africa. The donation wasn’t cash or a check, but about 1,000 ounces of breast milk. Youse made the donation to a milk bank in Durban, South Africa, as part of a nonprofit program that she started to provide breast milk to orphans with HIV/AIDS.

Pam Benoit remembers graduate school as a wonderful experience. Her fond memories are part of the reason she is looking forward to her new position as dean of the MU Graduate School.

Three people were recovering Monday afternoon from injuries suffered in two separate accidents involving tractor-trailers on Interstate 70 last week.

A Columbia teenager was arrested early Monday morning in the northeast part of town when he tried to evade police and was found in possession of a loaded handgun, according to Columbia police.

Soaring prices at the pumps may be a bellyache for many, but not for motorcycle mechanic and service-center owner Mark C. Autenrieth.

A pizza delivery man didn’t have any money to give two robbers who confronted him early Monday morning, so he dropped his pizzas, got in his car and drove away, Columbia police said.

Investigators said that embers from a barbecue grill were the cause of a fire on Friday that caused $150,000 in damage to a southwest Columbia home.

A Fulton firefighter died Sunday afternoon at the scene of an automobile accident.

Sprinting off the field, pulling on their shin guards, they reach for their bottles of Gatorade and huddle together to discuss strategy for the next play. Their teal and pink shirts are spotted with sweat, and they glance anxiously over to the bleachers — not worried about the crowd, but about their children, who are playing nearby.

The surge in affordable state-of-the-art home theater systems, online DVD rental companies and plenty of other public entertainment are among factors keeping Americans out of the cinemas.

Tucked away a mile outside the traffic of Broadway is El Chaparral subdivision, a neighborhood that is ever-evolving.

What’s better than getting something for really cheap? How about getting it free?