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The First Presbyterian Church in downtown Columbia is hoping to raise $4.5 million for a renovation project that will expand its fellowship space and improve accessibility.

It may have seemed a little odd on the Wednesday evening before the Daytona 500 to see Columbia’s Carl Edwards and his Roush Racing teammates playing some pickup baseball on a minor league baseball field in their driver’s suits, but thanks to a new partnership with John Henry, majority owner of the Boston Red Sox, Edwards and company will now be associated with Major League Baseball.

Elanor Leskew of the Mucca Pazza marching band plays the trombone during the March March parade in Columbia yesterday.

Chris Harrison plops down on his sofa to watch television after a night of frying chicken and slicing meat in the deli at Gerbes Supermarket. The haphazard clutter of his apartment is evidence of the two decades he’s lived in the small white house on Locust Street.

Kenny Cook kisses his fiancee Tonnie Martin while washing dishes during Prime Rib Night on Feb. 25 at Lucy’s Bar and Grill on Route K in McBaine.

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Booches’ window sign prohibits it. The ancient Romans considered avoiding it rude. The Greeks believed it brought newlyweds good luck.

Steddy P, whose given name is Ray Pierce, has been an emcee and performer at the Sapphire Lounge’s hip-hop night, “Mad Real Mondays,” since it began in September 2005. He’s listened to hip-hop since he was 7, after seeing artists such as Dr. Dre, Public Enemy and LL Cool J, and the show “Yo! MTV Raps” on cable television.

After three weekends of up-and-down road trips, the Missouri baseball team (6-5) returns to Columbia to host its home opener at 6:30 tonight at Taylor Stadium against Youngstown State. Only 11 games into their 56-game schedule, the Tigers have relied heavily on several freshman to contribute.

Senior Tiffany Brooks scored the first two points against Kansas with two free throws. She went on to score nine of the team’s first 11.

Missouri is hoping to get help from the home crowd when they host the Big 12 Conference Wrestling Championship on Saturday at Hearnes Center. At the same time, the tournament could provide a boost for the entire wrestling community in the area.

Acie Law is one of those players. It seems like he has been playing college basketball for a while.

Columbia College freshman guard Whitney Widaman started playing basketball when she was 5. Her mother was the coach, and she gave Widaman some advice that has stuck with her.

STURGEON — It all started with a lie.

Last November, when a custom-made McNulty fortepiano arrived at the MU School of Music, piano professor Janice Wenger didn’t even wait for it to be in her office to play it.

An advisory committee to the Boone County Coordinating Board for Early Childhood Education met Thursday to brainstorm on what’s needed to create an improved early childhood education system.

Two Hickman High School students were injured early Thursday when their car spun off the road and overturned in heavy rain on Interstate 70 near the Stadium Boulevard exit.

Columbia City Council candidates gathered Thursday afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce for the first forum discussion ahead of the April 3 election. Mayor Darwin Hindman, who is seeking a fifth term, could not attend the meeting for reasons related to his treatment for prostate cancer, his representative Craig Brumfield said.

PIERCE CITY — “I’m sick of talking about this,” Willie Parks told me politely but firmly during a recent telephone interview.

Turmoil in the auto manufacturing industry has not escaped Columbia.