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Missouri pitchers had no lack of energy on Sunday.

Nine dogs, drenched in water, jumped out of the pond on their trainer’s command and wiggled frantically, spraying the onlookers with water. The well-trained hunting dogs had been in and out of the pond all day, demonstrating their ability to fetch and retrieve fake ducks. A crowd of children and their parents watched in awe as the trainers stood ashore, using hand signals and whistles to direct the dogs to the ducks. Almost instinctively, the dogs gripped them and swam to shore.

The Fire and the Blizzards met in the title game for in the boys’ 13-14 bracket on Sunday in the last day of Soccerfest at MU’s Stankowski Field.

Walking into the hall of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 280, it’s hard not to notice the traces of smoking. A discarded pack of Kools and several cigarette butts litter the doorway. A not-so-healthy burst of smoky air greets visitors as soon as they enter.

City parks officials hoping money from the Missouri Department of Conservation would give them a jump-start on opening Philips Lake have learned this year’s budget request has been denied. But they still hope to open the lake to public fishing this summer.

JEFFERSON CITY — “Read these directions carefully. Failure to precisely comply could thwart the will of hundreds of thousands of Missourians and waste millions of dollars.”

Scott Thuong isn’t old enough to get a driver’s license, but he’ll attend college next fall.

Last week, Michael Nolte stood before family members, friends and former caretakers at University Hospital and recalled his time at the hospital three years ago — when 40 percent of his body was covered with third-degree burns.

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A new and thinner asphalt overlay planned for Providence Road and Range Line Street is designed to give drivers a drier road surface and make the roads more pedestrian- and bicyclist-friendly.