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Harrell Johnson, accused of killing a 3-year-old girl in 2001, won’t have to face the possibility of the death penalty after prosecutors ruled it out.

McCain will appear with his vice presidential choice and other Missouri legislators Sunday at a minor league baseball park in O’Fallon.

The Missouri basketball team is getting a head start on this season with three games in Canada.

A new scheme and plenty of new players are changing the face of the Hickman football team, even though the Kewpies had a successful 7-3 season last year.

Trey Millard, a two-way player for the Bruins, who has received interest from several DI colleges, figures to be hard to stop tonight when Rock Bridge takes the field for its 7 p.m. season opener against visiting Lee’s Summit North.

The suspect is described as a thin white male, 5-feet, six inches tall, to 5-feet, eight inches tall with brown hair.

Freshmen enrollment rates are up, but minority freshmen enrollment rates are even higher. Special outreach and attention to those students have increased their presence on campus.

The task force will provide assistance if needed at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, which is scheduled for Sept. 1 through Sept. 4.

Wilderness advocates are trying to win support for a plan to protect Missouri’s Mark Twain Forest. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, who represents southeast Missouri, strongly opposes the plan.

As rumors swirl of its demise, the record needs to be set straight on just what is going on with the Columbia Missourian.

Julianna Klein, an MU outside hitter who had 2.75 kills per game for the Tigers in 2006, was hurt on Sept. 7 of last season and missed the rest of the year. She was granted a medical redshirt and will be a sophomore this season.

The Columbia College women's basketball team rounded out its roster on Thursday by signing Brittany Taylor, a 6-foot-1 forward from Belleville, Ill.

The Missouri women's basketball team announced their schedule for the 2008-09 season Thursday.

The Rock Bridge girls tennis team defeated Hickman 5-1 on Thursday night.

The Hickman softball team defeated Westran 9-0 on Thursday night.

Saturday is the last chance to catch a glimpse of the activities at Jefferson Farm & Gardens before it closes until Spring 2009.

With the money won, she says she will help her granddaughter go to college.

The new cuts follow cuts in March and an offer of voluntary early retirement a year ago.