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Former Missouri Representative Kenny Hulshof will joining the Kansas City-based law firm of Polsinelli Shugart PC on Sunday . He will specialize in public policy-related issues.

Free income tax preparation assistance will be provided beginning Monday and continuing through April 18 for students and families making less than $45,000 a year.  

The Citizen Oversight Committee meeting scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday was postponed due to the absence of all committee members but the chairman.

Fire investigators couldn't rule out discarded smoking materials or an electrical malfunction as the possible cause of a fire that claimed the life of one man on Jan. 20, a Columbia Fire Department news release states.

Governor Jay Nixon called for the need for more affordability in Missouri public universities in his State of the State address by using the example of Jennifer Long, a student who chose to go to Pittsburg State University in Kansas because of their flat rate tuition fees.

In her State of the Judiciary address, Missouri Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith urged lawmakers to increase spending for the state's public defender system, whch ranks last in the nation in terms of per capita funding.

About 100,000 power outages were reported in the aftermath of a two-day winter storm, which also was blamed for six deaths.

Missouri is beginning to offer tax deductions for residents who have their homes audited for energy efficiency.

The river bottom has fallen at an increasing rate over the last decade. A new study next month may help determine the primary causes and ways of fixing the problem. As of now, some bridges and levees could be in future danger.

Dwindling mail volume and rising costs have the U.S. Postal Service considering cutting a day of delivery.

Kip Kendrick, president of the Benton-Stephens Neighborhood Association, gave the first annual State of the Neighborhood Address on Tuesday. He said he hopes to make the speech an annual event.

Weather in the mid-teens and snow on the ground left residents bundled up and shoveling paths. A wind chill of 9 and temperatures between 11 and 17 is predicted for Wednesday with partly cloudy skies.

A 19-year-old woman was robbed on the 200 block of Unity Drive at 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to Sgt. Roger Allen of the Columbia Police Department

The Columbia Parks and Recreation Department is seeking bids for updated workout equipment along the Albert-Oakland Park trail.

Linemen from Columbia Water and Light traveled Wednesday to the city of Campbell in southeast Missouri to help repair lines damaged Tuesday morning during a winter storm that left the city's customers without power and under three inches of ice.

Locals say the overpass over Providence Road between East Ash Street and East Worley Street is a shining example of the wrong way to do things, and the city of Columbia has made its replacement a priority.

The Tigers continue their winning season, but they are still learning from their losses and not taking anything for granted.

An MU student arrived in Israel when rockets started to fly and riots began last month.

A quick closure of Guantanamo is beyond the parameters of simply executing an executive order. Of the 245 or so detainees remaining there, many are far too dangerous to be released here or in their home countries.

Missouri Republican lawmakers didn't completely agree with Gov. Jay Nixon's health care proposals as outlined in his State of the State speech, while Nixon's plan for job creation drew a better reception.