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Arriving at Columbia Regional Airport late Tuesday afternoon, Lance Cpl. John McClellan negotiated the steps from the plane to the tarmac with care and concentration, as though the skill had been recently mastered. It had: Almost two months ago, McClellan was shot in the head by a sniper in Iraq. For the young man friends and family call “Lucky,” those steps marked a recovery that was hoped for but far from expected.

When the Columbia City Council and the Cable Task Force urged the city’s public access channel, CAT3 TV, to hit the airwaves in October 2004, it was assumed that a new franchise agreement with area cable providers would allow the channel to stay in operation. Two years later, with no new agreement in place, the struggling station has reached out to the city.

Columbia police have arrested a man they believe robbed a US Bank branch more than four years ago.

Missouri 6-foot-3 center EeTisha Riddle doesn’t usually look up to too many players. But Tuesday night, she found herself looking up to Stanford’s 6-foot-5 Kristen Newlin. And 6-foot-4 Jayne Appel.

Missouri wide receiver Jared Perry is generously listed at 6-foot-1, 170 pounds in the media guide.

The students start chanting his last name with about two minutes left. The other players on the Missouri bench, just moments away from another win, start to stir. Then, the man everybody wants to see stands up. He gets some last-minute instructions from coach Mike Anderson before pulling off his warm-up jacket. He runs to the scorer’s table to check in. And then the crowd erupts.

The Columbia College men’s basketball team just can’t seem to get it right.

After an almost two-year self inspection, the University of Missouri Department of Athletics was re-certified by the NCAA.

Wrestling is an individual sport. But being a successful team is a large part of having individual success.

Come Jan. 1, Missouri gardeners may be able to turn their hobby into a little extra spending money.

Kristofer Larson has some changes in mind for the kindergarten playground at Blue Ridge Elementary School. “I want a bigger slide,” the 5-year-old said. “Much bigger.”

Because Thanksgiving originated with a group of religious separatists, known as Pilgrims, Christian values are often attached to the holiday. But while people of other religious beliefs and cultures often celebrate Thanksgiving in the traditional way,