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Rock Bridge hired Kelly Gates as its new girls’ soccer coach. Gates, who has coached at Westminster College and Moberly Community College, was an assistant with the Bruins.

Reds sweep Cards to tie up NL Central

ST. LOUIS — The Cincinnati Reds kicked the St. Louis Cardinals when they were down, sweeping a team missing Albert Pujols.

Moonlighting draws crowd

Rain drops sprinkle the cracked, green court. The sky burns red from the sun’s rays as it sets over Providence. Thumps of hip hop from across the park fill the air that smells lightly of cigars.

Breakthrough signals future low-cost fuel

MU physics professor Peter Pfeifer has been buying ground corncob by the pound as part of a research project that could put a natural-gas tank in many American cars in the next five years.

Travel agents warn against local flights’ uncertainty

Book flights out of Columbia Regional Airport this summer at your own risk.

New MU clinic to transform medical school

Russ is the perfect man. And he’s single.

Experiment tests effects of creatine on fish

Anglers like fish that fight. Aquaculture businesses want fish that are stronger.

Radio host honored as citizen of the year

Fred Parry’s wife, Melody, his children and his friends were all keeping a secret from him Tuesday night as they headed for the Chamber of Commerce’s 101st Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet where the 2006 Outstanding Citizen Award was to be announced.

Wanted: More readers for library program

Denise Fernandez and daughter Emma, 9, have participated in the library’s summer reading program since Emma was 3.

County farmers taking lands into their own hands

California used to be the final destination for prospectors. Now, one Californian prospector is interested in Boone County.

Contest puts ‘pick me’ dreams on the line

Simon, Paula and Randy aren’t sitting in the judges seats, but the routine is the same. Contestants line up, sign up and sing out, hoping the make the cut for Mid-Missouri Idol.

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