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The MedZou free clinic, which opened Oct. 16, serves uninsured patients who are usually referred by the Family Health Center. It will hold a community open house Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. at its location in the Central Missouri Community Action agency's building at 400 Wilkes Blvd.

The decision process for which Missouri school system employees will be exempt from paying additional Social Security continues in Washington, D.C.

On Thursday, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel and Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald met at Silverhorn Golf Club in San Antonio as headline participants at the AT&T Golf Classic. 

The nationwide decrease in the value of recyclable goods has caused private buyers of the city’s recyclables to either make bids below the city’s cost of processing or not bid at all. As a result, processed and baled recyclables have piled up at the city’s landfill.

The first phase of the ban, which takes effect Jan. 20, prohibits smoking within 20 feet of any entrance, exit, window or air intake system on MU property. The new policy will also offer help for those trying to kick the habit.

Isaac Miles almost played basketball at MU two times before transferring to Murray State. Saturday night, he will play against Missouri.

Cole County Judge Patricia Joyce revised her August ruling to lower the original 15-mile buffer zone to a 2-mile zone.

The four-bed observation area would be used to help avoid committing patients to in-hospital stays unnecessarily as the mental health center, now the only of its kind in Columbia, operates with 14 fewer inpatient beds.

Boone County’s Regional Economic Development Inc. board received a pitch on Wednesday to collaborate with a similar group representing the Kansas City region.

Anna Osborn, a reading teacher, is among only 29 National Board Certified teachers in the Columbia Public School District.

Sophomore guards Allison and Megan Marshall are twins and two of the many Bruins that are being forced to take on a new role for this season's title defense.

Moon Belly Dance Studio presents "Woman," a fusion of hip-hop, belly-dancing, jazz and theater, this Saturday at The Blue Note.

Real estate transactions for November were the lowest they’ve been for any one month since 1993, according to the Boone County recorder of deeds. Housing data for the year shows homebuilders have struggled just as much as homebuyers.

The U.S. Senate has approved Sen. Claire McCaskill’s bill to strengthen government oversight of the $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan, but its fate in the House is uncertain.

Nixon's gubernatorial transition team sent a letter dated Tuesday to about 600 employees whose jbos are not covered by the state merit system. The letter directs employees to Internet site to re-apply and asks them to describe their current job duties, their qulifications and "the importance of your current position to the mission of your agency."

The judge had previously ruled that concentrated animal feeding sites couldn't breach a two-mile perimeter around Arrow Rock; the new perimeter is 15 feet.

Five Missouri casinos took in less money in November than they did a year earlier, according to figures released by the Gaming Commission. But five others had higher revenue.

The Missouri Department of Transportation is rebuilding an 8-mile stretch of I-64 over the next two years, which will cost about $535 million.

Nixon announced Thursday that he will host a potluck dinner from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Jan 12, immediately after he is sworn in as governor.