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Hard running Rob Heath, a third-generation Hickman football player, is on the verge of setting the Kewpies’ single-season rushing record in the team’s last two games.

After leaving the Hickman football team, former coach Gregg Nesbitt has settled down at the University of Central Missouri, coaching with both sons, Ryan and Kellen Nesbitt.

As fires destroying much of southern California continue to rage, one conservationist urged for a more flexible approach to fire during a meeting at MU on Thursday.

A nonprofit volunteer organization hosted the third annual event at the Fieldhouse.

A 65-year-old man who was trapped in his burning SUV after crashing it into a ditch Thursday afternoon died at University Hospital shortly afterward, Columbia police said. That marked the fourth fatality after a car crash this month.

With Halloween closing in, bloggers are beginning to take notice of the CIA’s official “Terrorist Buster” logo. Some say the CIA logo resembles the logo from the 1984 comedy film “Ghostbusters.”

Before the Maryland Invitational, the second tennis tournament of the season, Missouri senior Chrissy Svetlic and freshman Mallory Weber had never played together competitively. Since then, however, the pair has claimed two doubles titles.

What do a group of four Ph.D.s do for fun? Well, Bob Kvam, Joe Kunce, Jim Craigmile and Earl Lundgren head to the Senior Center every Tuesday and Thursday for a game of pool.

Shoes That Fit is a national organization that provides shoes and clothes to children in need. In 2006, the charity collected 786 pairs of shoes in Columbia.

On Oct. 18, the Missouri Court of Appeals received a filing asking the judge to delay a Taum Sauk reservoir collapse hearing because state officials and Ameren Corp. are in “the final stages of negotiating a settlement.”

A Columbia man shares his real-life ghost story. Three audio clips are included with the story.

Aaro Froese, owner of Gotcha costume shop, is zany, creative, and the go-to guy for anything “dress up.”

Local pet stores sponsor events for pets to participate in Halloween.

Here are some little-known facts about these creepy crawlers to get you ready for Halloween.

Read a rundown of trick-or-treating do's and don'ts in Columbia.

A mid-Missouri chapter of the United Nations Association of the United States of America will work toward improving literacy on global issues.

Gov. Matt Blunt terminated the state contracts of Sam’s Janitorial Services in Jefferson City following a raid that resulted in the arrest of 25 employees. The owner of the service said the governor overstepped his authority.

The juror’s oath should be standardized and inclusive of believers and non-believers.