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PedNet projects, charter review on proposed agenda

The Missouri women’s basketball players spend a good deal of time playing against one another during practices. But sometimes, there is no good substitute for playing a true opponent.

Dave Christensen is staying at Missouri, for now.

If you would have told him his team would be 11-2 entering the conference season, Missouri men’s basketball coach Mike Anderson would have been more than pleased.

The Hickman girls basketball team had a rough time with visiting Notre Dame de Sion on Wednesday.

Things looked optimistic for the Missouri women’s basketball team going into halftime with a 31-29 lead against Colorado.

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri government isn’t spending enough to ensure public schoolchildren get a proper education, about half of the state’s school districts argued in a trial that began Wednesday.

MU fraternities and sororities will be required to install sprinkler systems in their houses now that the Columbia City Council has voted to adopt the 2006 International Fire Code.

About 30 people crowded into the Higher Education Center on Walnut Street on Wednesday to weigh in on a proposed statewide rate increase for natural gas service for Ameren UE customers.

When Charles Anderson felt the walls of the forklift closing in on him, he knew something was wrong. The job site in Jefferson City in front of him blurred, and as he stumbled out of the unloading machine, his line of sight narrowed until he saw nothing but darkness swallowing him from every side.

Ask a 4-year-old child if she wants to live with her mother, and the answer will invariably be yes, said Chris Bouchard, a volunteer with Heart of Missouri CASA. “But then you have to define what ‘mother’ is.”

The owner of a north Columbia massage parlor, a customer and an employee were arrested on suspicion of prostitution-related charges Monday night, Columbia police said Wednesday.

Learn how to prevent diabetes end stages at a diabetes training center such as the Diabetes Outpatient Clinic offered at University Hospital in Columbia. The center features exam rooms, classrooms for patient education and a model kitchen used to teach meal planning.

More than 46 million Americans, or about one out of every six, are without health insurance.

Missouri can throw out the “a different player every night” theory.

It wasn’t exactly how Ben Hansbrough wanted to start the only game he’ll play in his home state this season.

Freshman Amanda Hanneman used to go to Colorado almost every year to ski with her family. But she’s never been there to play basketball before.

This afternoon, a luxury sport-utility vehicle guarded by security officers will be travelling down Stadium Boulevard with a special passenger in the back.

Hickman’s Aaron Brady can’t get a break.

JEFFERSON CITY — Education, health care and taxes — the big three of domestic issues — will be on the agenda as Missouri lawmakers convene today for their annual session.