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Some of the women, their hands moving frantically, could look around the room, seemingly unaware of the shawl forming around their needles. For others at the table, it was a conscious effort, requiring deliberation each time the yarn looped around the needle.

It’s probably an odd feeling seeing a TV commercial advertising a golf tournament you will be playing in.

I’ve never enjoyed traveling when airports and airplanes are involved. That’s the main reason my husband and I bought an RV. I know that when I shut the door on our motor home and my husband releases the parking brake, our trip has begun. However, when I park my car in the long-term lot and wheel my earthly possessions

During February’s meeting of Columbia Weavers and Spinners’ Guild, several members showed off their latest creations: towels made in a guild study group and baskets woven from palms by a member on a trip to Hawaii.

In the November election, senior city editor Scott Swafford sent out nearly 50 reporters to survey voters about their choices. His goal was to produce a story earlier in the day that gave online readers a sense of how the vote was going before the polls closed.

Jerry D. Thompson's Oklahoma State University training stressed the international style of architecture. “We were the school of ‘form follows function.’ If the ornament had no meaning to the structure of function of the building, eliminate it.”

Voters across Boone County will be traveling to the polls on Tuesday to elect town board and council members, fill school board seats and decide on school bond issues.

On April 3, the Columbia School District will ask voters to approve a $60 million bond issue — the first of three — intended to alleviate overcrowding, make building improvements, air condition five schools and provide more technology in classrooms.

A tax proposal on Tuesday’s ballot would fund the building and operation of a new library in Ashland and a branch library in north Columbia.

You must be a registered voter in Boone County to cast a ballot on Tuesday. The registration deadline for this election has passed.

Here’s a look at all the races and issues that will appear on Boone County ballots outside Columbia.

All terms for school board seats are for three years and all terms for town boards are two years, unless otherwise noted.

Sports are full of well-documented what-ifs.

Jacob Holman, 30, a winemaker at Les Bourgeois, often bumps heads with his fiancee on matters concerning the single bathroom they share. Holman skips a flush every once in a while in order to conserve water. This method of conservation, however, is not always mutually appreciated.

MU student Bryan Okpala towers above most of us, and the muscles of his arms and chest bulge from hours at the gym. His dark features and serious visage give off a manly man’s vibe. Still, he loves his manicures and pedicures.

I try to wear what is comfortable and not what everyone else is going to be wearing.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Six weeks ago, Michael Phelps showed up in Columbia for the Missouri Grand Prix at the Mizzou Aquatic Center, sporting a goatee and unkempt hair that barely fit under his skincap.

Lauren Robb wanted the chance to take the kick.

After a less than stellar start to its season, the Missouri gymnastics team has improved its team score in almost every competition, prompting many to say the gymnasts are peaking just in time for the start of the postseason.

Nick Adcock thought he was joining the Missouri track and field team to do high jump and to run sprints and hurdles, but jumps coach Dan Leferver had a different idea.