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It’s hard to call the third game of the Big 12 Conference season a must-win game. But when you’re 0-2 going into the game and its followed by a trip to Lawrence, Kan., that might be the best way to describe it.

Martin Rucker finally knows where he will play next year.

K-Kay Pickens dances to music no one else hears. She grooves in the locker room, at teammates’ houses and even on the court.

Some high school seniors just can’t wait to get to college.

Matt Pell is a three-time NCAA qualifier. He’s an All-American with over 109 wins in his college wrestling career with a chance to move into second in career wins all-time at Missouri, behind Ben Askren. He’s also a cheap baby sitter.

The Big 12 Conference season is just a week old, but the league’s top team might already be apparent.

Saturday's 3 p.m. men's basketball game against Kansas State is still scheduled, according to the Missouri sports information office.

Those who gather this morning for Columbia’s 14th annual diversity celebration will leave with words of wisdom from the younger generation.

Marian Ann Lenz used to race to the telephone office downtown after school with her friend Patty. The first one there got to run the switchboard. The office was just down the street from their school on the bustling Main Street of this tiny Cooper County town.

JEFFERSON CITY­ — I­n a surprise development Wednesday, Gov. Matt Blunt endorsed the proposed audit of MOHELA in a letter to State Auditor Susan Montee. Blunt also commended Montee on her efforts to audit the loan company, which has never been audited before.

Enjoy it while you can.

Representatives from three national firms will meet in closed session with the University of Missouri Board of Curators this morning to try to convince the board that their firm should handle the university’s search for its next president.

Missouri needed the shot to count. They needed it for more than the three points it would have provided. They needed something, anything, to feel good about going into halftime.

After Wednesday night, it’s hard to believe the All-America Honorable Mention player was on the No. 23 Texas women’s basketball team.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The suddenly surging St. Louis Blues are even winning on the road.

ST. LOUIS — On his way home after the St. Louis Cardinals’ World Series parade, Mark Mulder told manager Tony La Russa that he wanted the team and the town to see him at his best.

Eighty acres at the southeast corner of New Haven and Rangeline roads could become the site of a new public school.

No complaints were reported through late afternoon of the first day of Columbia’s smoking ban, and local health officials said they would continue to rely on educating the public and proprietors as a key to successful enforcement.

As the hours counted down toward the official start of Columbia’s smoking ban, many customers at local bars Monday night and early Tuesday morning saw the last chance to light up in public places as a special occasion.

The Boone County Library District Board of Trustees will vote Thursday on whether to place a tax increase of 21 cents per $100 of assessed property value before voters this April.