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Missouri’s receivers are hot.

Lei Wang misses her mother’s cooking.

In game one of the Columbia College volleyball team’s 30-18, 30-26, 30-23 sweep of McKendree College, sophomore setter Luana Branco was upset with a teammate’s mental mistake and playfully grabbed her by the throat.

Two months of hard work and hours spent on the golf course for the Rock Bridge girls’ golf team will come to a head Tuesday at the Missouri Class 2, District 4 Tournament at Meadow Lake Acres in New Bloomfield.

Carol Rose said that from the time her brother, Forrest, began writing his newspaper columns in the mid-1980s, their parents collected them.

They haunt the city with their fading signs, shaded windows and large signs advertising they’re available for rent. They remind the city of what they used to be — perhaps an auto shop, a food store or professional offices. As the businesses and neighborhoods around them continue to move forward, these buildings stay trapped as if buried in a time capsule.

JEFFERSON CITY — Jefferson City business owner Jim Baumgartner and one of his employees, Travis Lee, personify the debate over raising Missouri’s minimum wage.

Many people might feel confused when talking about Confucianism, an ethical and philosophical system that emerged in China about 2,500 years ago. Even fewer people are familiar with “li,” “xin,” “jen,” “hsiao,” “yi” and “chung,” the most basic values of Confucianism. They represent rituals, honesty, benevolence, family duty, righteousness and loyalty, respectively.

Similar to the complaints Columbia residents expressed during communitywide forums last week, concerns were voiced by Columbia Public School District employees about the four school transitions students undergo throughout their K-12 careers at a district employee forum Tuesday.

Two research centers at the MU College of Engineering together would receive nearly $4 million if the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives approve the $377.6 billion 2007 defense appropriations bill.

JEFFERSON CITY — By agreeing to submit his plan to lawmakers, Gov. Matt Blunt may

The Missouri School Boards’ Association says legislative advocacy and open communication may be the answer to reducing negative opinions of public education.

With red on the right and blue on the left, students packed MU’s Ellis Auditorium on Tuesday to show their colors.