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A new bus service will start Saturday, providing shorter wait times between buses on all routes throughout Columbia.

The heat is here to stay for Columbia residents. “The conceptual models are suggesting this heat could last for the entirety of next week,” said Benjamin Sipprell, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in St. Louis.

Columbia Public Schools will release information at 2 p.m. about the negotiations between Chris Mallory, the district’s land consultant, and community members about the search for and purchase of land for Columbia’s third main high school, according to a fax sent to “all media” today.

Columbia police were looking for a man this morning who they said attempted to rob a 24-year-old cashier at gunpoint at a West Columbia grocery store, said Columbia police Sgt. Ken Hammond.

Anyone with any information should call CrimeStoppers at 875-8477.

The case of Michael Dowell, accused of raping and killing a Wentzville teenager, has been moved to Boone County on a change of venue.

“There’s more responsibility now that I’m married,” the quarterback said after Thursday’s morning practice. “I feel like I’m more on top of things, and maybe that followed onto the football field.”

The Tigers started volleyball practice this week after being ranked third overall in the Big 12 Conference preseason coaches poll.

Taxes. We hate them. Unfortunately, society cannot survive without them. We hate paying property taxes and the 7.55 percent Columbia sales tax tagged on to most purchases. Yet the services we receive in return, including trash removal, snow removal, filling potholes and police and fire protection, are usually worth every penny.

The Columbia Rockhounds will play in the American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame Invitational Tournament on Saturday in Cooperstown, N.Y.

The important players from both teams will soon be on the sidelines, and the fans at today’s preseason contest between the St. Louis Rams and Minnesota Vikings will quickly remember they’re watching an exhibition, not a game that counts.

After flopping in his attempt to rejoin the St. Louis Cardinals as a pitcher, Ankiel was called up from the minors and hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning off San Diego’s Doug Brocail.

Kyle Davies pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning, combining with three Kansas City relievers to beat the Minnesota Twins 1-0 on a steamy Thursday afternoon.

­ Cardinals utility player Scott Spiezio voluntarily sought treatment for “possible problems related to substances” that the team did not specify.

On Thursday, MU opened the doors of the newly renovated Hatch and McDavid residence halls. University staff, students and parents toured the revamped halls and dorm rooms and glimpsed a vision for dorm living for coming generations of students.

The UM System Board of Curators interviewed three to five presidential candidates in a closed session on Thursday in St. Louis. This is the second try for the curators to replace Elson Floyd as UM System president.

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius warned Thursday that a new Missouri tax law that hits Kansans in the pocketbook could lead to legislative retaliation. Gov. Matt Blunt responded that he favors repealing the law.

Gov. Matt Blunt plans to call lawmakers into a special session starting Aug. 20 to consider an economic development package and a measure that could help speed up repairs to Missouri’s bridges.

To help The Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Verizon Wireless is holding its first backpack drive to provide backpacks to children in need and prepare them for school. Although The Shelter is not directly involved with organizing the drive, it is the only beneficiary.

OvoControlP, which comes as a ready-to-use bait, was developed by California-based company Innolytics. Pigeons fed OvoControlP still lay eggs and sit on them, but the eggs simply don’t hatch.