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 As attention turns from the Olympic Games to political party convention coverage, America looks for its new leader.

High school students will need a student ID to enter games, and middle school students will need to be accompanied by a parent. The new security measures go into effect Friday when the team plays Lee's Summit North High School.

Mama Bessie's Dry Cleaners owner Margaret Hickem-Smith organized a back-to-school supply drive and party to benefit the community and Columbia public schools.

A Moberly man died Thursday after he was shot with a Taser by Moberly police, officials said.

The suspect tried to flee the scene on his bicycle.

The St. Louis Zoo’s newest addition is a 105-pound baby zebra.
The birth of the male Grevy’s zebra was announced Thursday, a week after he was born. It is named Kalama after a community in northern Kenya.

Twenty people were injured on Thursday night at a church function when strong winds caused a tent to collapse onto them, a Columbia Fire Department news release stated.

Columbia residents voiced comments and concerns on three of GetAbout Columbia’s new project plans at a meeting Thursday night in the Gentry Middle School auditorium.

The annual show is open to the public and runs from Aug. 26 through Sept. 18 at the George Caleb Bingham Gallery.

Donald Mount was struck by a car at the intersection of Vandiver Drive and Rangeline Street.

“It’s glorified street hockey on bikes,” Drew Deubner said, a member of Columbia’s bike polo team. Created in February 2008, the still unnamed bike polo team practice every Sunday and Wednesday evenings, frequently using parking garages as their practice space. This weekend the team will participate in the 13th annual North American Cycle Courier Championship bike polo tournament in Chicago.

Four people, including a 2-year-old girl, were shot Thursday afternoon while on their porch.

Conversations with patrons of The Senior Center reflect the myriad opinions of older Columbia residents.

COLUMBIA — A 17-year-old is dead after fire crews pulled him from Stephens Lake Thursday, a Columbia Police news release stated.

Columbia Police have arrested one man after the Bank of America on West Broadway was robbed,  Acting Police Chief Tom Dresner said.

Two St. Louis police officers suffered minor injuries after pursuing a suspect they believed had stolen a car.

After a second baby in Missouri was killed by a Simplicity bassinet within a year, the CPSC says the company has failed to make necessary changes to prevent future incidents.

A proposal to renovate the courthouse in Gasconade County, which has a population of 15,300, is reigniting old north-south tensions between Hermann and Owensville.

Moberly police officers pulled over a man for erratic driving. He resisted arrest and police deployed two Tasers to make him cooperate. He then stopped breathing and was later pronounced dead.