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On his way home Monday afternoon, MU student John Gaddy had to watch his every step on the sidewalks along Stewart Road.

How deep was the snow this weekend? Deep enough that even fire trucks needed a tow.

Towing companies across Columbia were scrambling Monday to deal with calls for assistance still streaming in after last week’s snowstorm.

After three months of interviewing, studying policy and looking at the department’s history, an MU research center has pinpointed several reasons employees of the Columbia Police Department are dissatisfied with their jobs.

Before Ryan Lidholm was permitted to get his driver’s license, his parents told him he had to maintain a 3.0 grade-point average.

At age 3, Casey Lewis was telling her mom how to dress.

Four days after the second biggest snowfall in Columbia’s history, many businesses are gradually getting their supplies delivered as normal.

A Centralia man was arrested Saturday in connection with an incident in which a woman said she was beaten, sexually assaulted and held against her will, Centralia police said.

Business was beginning to return to normal on Monday at Columbia Heating and Cooling after heavy snow tripled the number of calls during the weekend as furnaces stopped working because of blocked heating vents and malfunctioning parts.

At first glance, the Arena at Southwell Complex looks like a perfectly safe place to play basketball. The foundation feels sturdy, and the steel beams above look amply strong to support the roof. When the buzzer sounds and the Columbia College women’s basketball team takes the floor, however, four spots on the court become more dangerous than a pit full of rattlesnakes.

When the Columbia College men’s basketball team faces Missouri Valley College at 7 tonight at Southwell Complex, the arena may seem as foreign to the Cougars as it does to their opponents.

If Missouri coach Mike Anderson had a vote in a national poll, he wouldn’t have put the Tigers on his ballot. There were, however, a few voters who disagreed.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Mario Chalmers and Brandon Rush had 13 points each and 12th-ranked Kansas rebounded from its second loss of the season with a 72-62 victory over Southern California on Monday night.

KANSAS CITY — As the schedule shapes up today, Kansas City’s biggest stumbling blocks to a playoff berth figure to be the Cincinnati Bengals and the New York Jets.

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Rams coach Scott Linehan stopped short of backing Marc Bulger on Monday, a day after the quarterback accused some offensive players of not caring. He said he didn’t even address the issue at a team meeting.

For 35 years, Missourian pressman Tony Sargent watched the students change, the pages change and the technology change.

As Missouri residents get ready to climb out of sleds and into car seats after last week’s paralyzing snowfall, Columbia and Boone County officials are asking drivers to slow down.

Owners of restaurants, bars and other businesses unsure of how to enforce the Jan. 9 smoking ban could soon have an answer.

ST. LOUIS — The temperature barely rose into the 20s Sunday as hundreds of thousands waited for the restoration of electrical service that was knocked out by a devastating ice and snow storm.

Jake Boston realized he was different when he was only 13. That’s when he discovered he liked boys. He came out as gay two years later. His family didn’t take the news well, to put it mildly. “My family told me that I was going to go to hell for something that they see as a choice,” he said.