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The citizens of Missouri, especially those who love freedom, should laud John Loudon. Sen. Loudon is the architect of the recently enacted substitute legislation that will permit midwifery in Missouri.

With the current sentiments of the American people toward the war in Iraq, I feel that the Republican Party is headed down a dangerous path.

KANSAS CITY — A little extra work between starts helped Steve Trachsel pitch an unusual complete game.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Travis Moen helped shut down Ottawa’s big three, then scored a goal that trio would have been proud of.

SALT LAKE CITY — Foul after foul, free throw after free throw, the San Antonio Spurs won Game 4 of the Western Conference finals the hard way.

DENVER — Jeff Francis doesn’t want to analyze why he’s pitching so well in May. The Colorado Rockies feel the same way about their six-game winning streak.

Those involved in the Columbia public school rezoning efforts of the late 1990s still remember the obstacles they encountered.

BRANSON — Business owners here are hopeful that while high gas prices may keep some visitors from showing up this summer, they’ll more than makeup for it with Midwestern tourists looking to stay close to home.

In November 2006, Cole County Circuit Judge Tom Brown, who had served on the bench for 19 years, was defeated in his bid to retain his seat by Jon Beetem.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — There were no major breakthroughs Monday as U.S. and Iranian diplomats held their first formal direct talks in more than a quarter of a century to discuss security in Iraq. But no one had expected any.

The walls of Zach and Jane Rippeto’s business are covered with large blueprints of plans to grow their enterprise on a 10-acre tract in southern Boone County.

The Belairs, Chump Change and The Fried Crawdaddies — groups The Blue Note and Mojo’s owner Richard King calls “great fun, really good and the perfect kickoff” — will launch Ninth Street Summerfest on Wednesday.

Instead of spending last summer swimming at the pool, cruising the mall or going to the movie theater, 13-year-old Jessica Diestel decided to make a difference.

Hundreds lined Broadway on Monday to honor veterans and those serving in the military at the Memorial Day parade. The event capped off the Salute to Veterans weekend.

“Honor my country, serve my country, cherish my family, and love God,” were the words boasted from the banner of the American Heritage Girls, a Christian-based nonprofit scouting organization. Eight-year-old Elise Stephenson participated in her first Salute to Veterans’ Memorial Day Parade as part of the group.

Columbia police officers responded to reports of shots fired near the intersection of Hanover Boulevard and Olympic Boulevard around 7 p.m. Saturday.

The Missouri baseball team left Columbia for Stillwater, Okla., on May 17 for its final regular season series against Oklahoma State.

In response to the May 11 article on the Tiger Spot: Those of us who walk past that sad eyesore on the way to work have a twice-daily opportunity to contemplate what it symbolizes, namely:

Jay Frye gets pulled in all sorts of different directions. He oversees an entire NASCAR Nextel Cup motorsports team. He deals with sponsors and drivers. Then there’s NASCAR’s biggest free-agent, Dale Earnhardt Jr., who Frye plans to speak to about the possibility of joining his team, Ginn Racing.