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At 10:30 a.m., on Oct. 14, 2005, nearly two dozen people gathered in a room at Fort Sill, Okla., to discuss the case of a soldier who did not want to go to war.

Already barred from the November ballot, a proposed constitutional amendment limiting state spending suffered another setback Friday as a judge invalided an estimate of its financial impact.

Three Columbia residents were arrested Friday afternoon on suspicion of having connections to what police called a “significant crack-cocaine distribution organization.”

More police and firefighters, significant raises for city employees and renovation and expansion of the Daniel Boone City Building are all part of a $213 million city budget for fiscal year 2007 that was proposed by City Manager Bill Watkins on Friday morning.

The Daniel Boone Regional Library board will welcome public comments about preliminary plans for a new building for the Southern Boone County Public Library in Ashland.

Smoke circled the cook site as Skip Thurman lifted the lid of his Weber charcoal grill, exposing 15 hot and seasoned chicken thighs. After taking them off the grill, his wife, Denise, drizzled on just enough honey to make them sweet.

Before politicians can bring home the bacon for Boone County residents, they must try the ham. So goes the conventional logic seen in play during the ham breakfast on Saturday at the Boone County Fair.

For the Columbia teens who have been awarded National Merit scholarships, some questions about how to pay for college or the viability of an out-of-state education were answered by filling in bubbles on a test they took two years ago.

When Hickman High School senior Drew Johnson got the letter notifying him that he had won a 2006 National Achievement Scholarship, he opened it, read it, then walked away. Later, his family discovered it and asked him, “Were you going to tell us?”

Researchers with MU’s Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders are taking on a big problem by looking small.

Within minutes of entering MU’s Engineering Building West, U.S. Sen. Kit Bond made his way through the crowd of press, university officials and College of Engineering faculty to greet MU engineering professor Shubhra Gangopadhyay.

Tia LaFavor was 5-years-old and couldn’t pronounce certain words correctly.

Saturday, the Wheelin’ Sportsmen of the National Wild Turkey Federation encouraged people with disabilities to gather at the Bass Pro Shop for a morning of fishing.

MADISON, Ill. — Nextel Cup star Carl Edwards overtook Denny Hamlin with nine laps left and held on to win the Busch Silver Celebration 250 on Saturday night.