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COLUMBIA — The Missouri baseball team gave up four runs in the final two innings against Illinois-Chicago on Tuesday night at Taylor Stadium and dropped the opener of a two-game series with the Flames 6-4.

The pastor of New Life Community Church says the film shows a realistic view of marriage, not the Hollywood fairy-tale ending most people see. The church will show a free screening at 9 a.m. Sunday.

Three Missouri softball players hit home runs accounting for five Tigers runs in a 9-1 victory Tuesday against host Houston.

The hospitals have agreed to tax themselves $52.5 million and use that money as the match to draw more than $90 million of federal funds to Missouri.

Passionate about math, Marc Bledsoe thinks teachers should have the freedom to teach in ways that work best for students.

Fans of all ages crowded into the Clinton Room at Mizzou Arena on Tuesday to wish the Missouri men's basketball team good luck on the journey to Arizona for the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16.

Board candidate Sam Phillips wants to see more interaction and conversation between the Columbia School Board and the district's teachers.

The $312 million midyear spending bill was approved Tuesday and is now heading to Nixon.

His proposal would use $2 million from the finance board to establish a loan pool that could provide up to $25,000 each to businesses with five employees or fewer.

The group aims to help states and cities recover from the 2008 flood.

Yvonne Pampellone faces charges of commercial burglary, grand theft and identity theft.

Willie, a Quaker parrot, was honored with a Red Cross Animal Lifesaver Award.

$196,000 was stolen from the Carl Junction school district after a computer virus enabled cyber thieves to access the district account.

 Lawmakers are considering legislation that would cap damages at $300,000 per claim for most lawsuits related to the underground storage of carbon dioxide.

Helen Sun, 37, had changed the locks on their bedroom door and handcuffed herself to her estranged husband as he slept.

One reason critics are mad is that the $250,000  that Sen. Kit Bond helped secure for a factory farm in Missouri went through the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The school will triple the number of classes offered and will reduce tuition by almost 40 percent.

Four suspects have been taken into custody.

As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, about .95 of an inch of rain had fallen in Columbia.