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MU men's basketball team set to move on
“One game does not make a season,” Tigers coach Mike Anderson said after his team's loss to Illinois.
MU football team makes trip to Dallas
The Tigers will start preparing for their first Cotton Bowl since 1946.
Committee pushes for free First Night event
As Columbia prepares for the 2007-08 version of First Night, a group of community activists is pushing for the event to be free next year.
After Christmas, stores still busy
Despite weeks of Christmas shopping, many Columbia residents didn’t miss the opportunity Wednesday to snap up some bargains during post-Christmas sales.
Columbia woman wins big lottery prize
Geraldine Jeffries, a regular player of the Missouri Lottery, won $25,027 during the Christmas holiday.
Holiday traffic program results in more than 260 citations
With high complaints of traffic violations at intersections along the Stadium corridor and adjacent streets, Columbia police cracked down on traffic problems during the holiday shopping season.
Vehicle stolen in armed home invasion
Two teenagers were victims of a home invasion by two armed people Wednesday in a northeast Columbia neighborhood.
Suicide rate not higher during the holidays, experts say
Suicide rates are not higher during the holidays than at other times of the year. Experts have the numbers to prove it.
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SCRAM device gets positive reviews in St. Louis
An ankle monitor that keeps tabs on the alcohol consumption of people bonded out of jail or on probation is getting high marks from court and probation officials in the St. Louis area.
Missouri-Rolla engineering students work on infrastructure projects abroad
The students were part of Engineers Without Borders, a national group that uses volunteers to help develop public infrastructure in poor and underdeveloped areas of the world.
Tigers fans see team off to Dallas
Blunt requests $28.4 million in federal disaster assistance
Two weeks after ice and snow knocked out power and damaged property in more than 40 Missouri counties, Gov. Matt Blunt is asking for $28.4 million in federal disaster assistance to help repair the damages.
Four people diagnosed with flu
Four people in Boone County have already been diagnosed with influenza, and the flu season has not yet officially begun.
Local view: Hiring the new UM System president
Research shows that war isn’t caused by instinct
Plans for world disarmament could bring about peace, if nations were willing to consider them.
Smoking ban hurts local economy
Business owners should not be subjected to a city ordinance that prohibits smoking because government wants to mandate public health and welfare.