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What started out as a gathering of Eli and Lorna Perez's friends in Columbia now draws hundreds of people from central Missouri.

Craig Heimburger, a offensive lineman for the Cleveland Gladiators, has extended his professional football career by playing for the team.

Ryan L. Barlow, 26, was charged with three counts of second-degree assault, police said, when his car struck another vehicle from behind early Friday morning.

The 18-year-old woman's sister rescued her Sunday, and two people were arrested and charged Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

After chowing down funnel cakes and cold drinks at the Missouri State Fair in August, people for the first time will be able to recycle some of their trash during the 11-day event.

Twenty-two-year-old Bradley Burns was last seen around 2 a.m. Wednesday fishing with two friends.

A successful Save the Flame campaign will keep officials at the National World War I Museum from turning out the light atop the 217-foot tower.

More than 40,000 delegates, church leaders and visitors from around the world will meet for a convention of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest predominantly black denomination in North America.

As the manhunt for the ex-con suspected of bludgeoning eight people to death in Missuri and Illinois wound down, a disheveled Nicholas T. Sheley walked calmly into a Subway sandwich shop, asked to use the phone and called his lawyer — all but ensuring his capture.

The former suburban St. Louis teacher faces between two and 10 years in prison after being convicted of sexual misconduct with students.

The secretary of state's office said Thursday that the party has gathered enough petition signatures to qualify a slate of 18 candidates for the general election.

The state Supreme Court ruled pretrial proceedings in a defamation lawsuit against Gov. Matt Blunt should be in Jackson County.

The threshold for drunken boating on lakes and major rivers will be the same as for motorists as of Aug. 28.

It was a 70 percent increase over 2006.

Fifteen burglaries happened in the area between June 13 and July 3.

Police said the fire at the DeKalb County Record-Herald started when two men set off an explosion on the front porch of the building at about 1 a.m. Thursday, according to KMBC-TV in Kansas City.

The Columbia Police Department is still searching for two suspects in a May 7 armed robbery at 3100 Brown Station Road.

Pyrotechnician Marty Gillette and others put in hours of work and planning for 21-minute displays.

In response to the massive damage from recent flooding in Iowa, a group of college students from The Crossing, including myself, organized a mission trip to Cedar Rapids from Thursday through Sunday to help with relief efforts. Some people in our group have family there, and others know no one. Yet, we all share the common desire to help people in desperate need.

The Columbia Parks and Recreation Commission has recommended “Gans Recreation Area” and “Philips Park” for the names of a new regional park planned for southeast Columbia.