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Fifteen residents with diverse backgrounds, including an attorney and an author, will act as co-facilitators for Columbia’s Vision Committee.

Shepard Boulevard Elementary School students and the community have a new way to exercise. They can run on the new fitness trail surrounding the soccer field or stretch and work out their upper bodies at the seven fitness stations along the trail.

If Missourians pass Amendment 3, the tax on tobacco products might not be the only thing that increases. The number of nonsmokers in the state could also go up, according to a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

ST. LOUIS — The party keeps going for the St. Louis Cardinals, and Tony La Russa suspects some of his younger players may be beyond his reach.

For those who enjoy BCS chaos, the fun starts now.

KANSAS CITY — There is a way to hold onto the ball for two-thirds of the game, move it some 500 yards, get your best player in the end zone four times and still nearly lose the game.

Maddeningly meticulous and impeccably precise, this was Peyton Manning at his cruel best.

The first stars of “Saturday Night Live” were known as the “not ready for prime-time players.”

It’s time to dance. At least is it for the post players on the Missouri women’s basketball team.

Since 1930, the Missouri School of Journalism has awarded its Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. Medalists are selected by the school’s faculty on the basis of lifetime or superior achievement in all areas of journalism.

In about a month, Steven Segal and his wife, Catharine Mouton, will be able to step outside their new home and take in the nature surrounding it. The Katy Trail borders the southwestern edge of their property, and the Missouri River is visible from the deck. When they step back inside, the idyllic scenery will stay with them.

Demons, malevolent spirits and mutant creations will haunt Columbia in the coming months when MU’s Ellis Library and the Columbia Public Library team up to explore “monsters of the Jewish imagination.”

Charles Stadtlander has a clear opinion about former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley that he says other gay Republicans share: If the Florida Republican is found guilty of sexual harassment of teenage pages on Capitol Hill, he said, “he should rot in jail for a long, long time.”

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s elected officials and judges would have a better chance of getting pay raises under one of the measures before voters Nov. 7.

JEFFERSON CITY — Missourians will be deciding a virtually unprecedented issue next week when they vote on a proposed constitutional amendment ensuring that all federally allowed stem cell research can occur in Missouri.

Jokingly, Jason Horton calls teammate Stefhon Hannah “Stefanie” during practice.

ST. LOUIS — Tony La Russa is finally going to get his parade. The man who joined Sparky Anderson as the only managers in 130 or so years of major league baseball to have won a World Series in both leagues doesn’t know the time, date or place. Yet.

Gary Pinkel said he takes full blame for the Tigers’ 26-10 loss to Oklahoma. Pinkel, however, wasn’t the one fumbling the ball, throwing interceptions, or being called for personal fouls that extended Sooner drives.

Plain and simple, Missouri’s offense struggled in Saturday’s 26-10 loss to Oklahoma. Most of those struggles can be blamed on the lack of a legitimate ground attack.

Memorial Stadium wasn’t the only place for fans to hear a starting lineup on Missouri’s campus Saturday.