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A photo gallery images from when President Barack Obama addressed a crowd at a POET Biorefining facility in Macon on Wednesday, talking about the importance of biofuel, among other topics.

A California high school pushes their student-athletes academically by posting the varsity teams' grade point averages online.

A judge's job is to be impartial and make fair, unbiased judgments, not to represent a special interest. The influencing of judge selection by partisan elections should be avoided.

The next step is convincing Gov. Jay Nixon that funding the center has long-term benefits.

Students today take for granted recycling bags and rivers they can swim in. In 1970, I marched for the chance to ask about a better way to take care of our Earth.

The Tigers' offense stays hot in big wins against the Cyclones.

Grinfield's view on the new Arizona immigration law was dramatized.

Giving is not a new concept in the Mims household. With a four-time Olympian mother, Lana Mims, a senior on the MU track and field team, grew up giving 100 percent of her effort. And then she gave more.

The community theater's stage is still undergoing repairs after being damaged by last month's fire. The head of the board of directors says they would rather wait until the stage is repaired, even if it pushes the opening of "Arsenic and Old Lace" back a week.

The Harrisonville native caught a 2-pound, 4-ounce black bullhead.

Columbia Parks and Recreation will be improving parking lots at six Columbia parks.

Renovations will begin at the Central Missouri Humane Society during the first week of May. During construction, many animals will be housed at Mid-City Lumber on Paris Road. The renovations are funded by Zootoo.com.

President Barack Obama talked about alternative energy on Wednesday during a visit to POET Biorefining, an ethanol plant east of Macon, as part of his White House to Main Street Tour.

On Tuesday, 59 representatives filed to discharge the ethics reform bill from its original committee onto the House floor where Republican leaders declared the issue dead. Multiple House Rules Committee members said they wanted ethics reform but not with the $5,000 cap on individual campaign donations attached.

AT&T's sales license has been reinstated in Missouri after being revoked less than a month ago.

While good in a technical sense, President Barack Obama's speech in Macon was disappointingly short and devoid of concrete goals.

Rainy weather has delayed repairs to the stage and electrical wiring that was damaged in a fire on April 5.

President Barack Obama will visit the small farming community of Macon on Wednesday, and residents are showing mixed emotions regarding the event.

The MU Research Reactor Center will be reconfigured to use a safer, low-enriched uranium fuel as part of a national push to minimize security threats.