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The chamber's 11-member Recruitment Task Force is looking to encourage citizens to run for open City Council seats.

The Tigers players say they have not forgotten a one-point loss last season at Oral Roberts.

Missouri men's basketball player Michael Dixon has been suspended indefinitely for violation of a unspecified team rule. Dixon will not play in Thursday's game against Oral Roberts.

Wednesday marks the 15th year the Marines will fly to the Havasupai reservation — only accesible by foot, mule or helicopter — to deliver Toys for Tots.

Some residents near what will be Muriel Williams Battle High School are excited to have a school across the street. Others are concerned about changes to the country setting.

Wikileaks brings into question the traditional role of a journalist.

The public information officer has been laterally reassigned to the Patrol Division, Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton announced Wednesday.

The Senate passed legislation on Wednesday to prevent the Jan. 1 income tax increase and to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, after disagreements arose over tax breaks for the wealthy.

The $858 billion package now goes to the House where many Democrats are unhappy with a provision that allows estates as large as $10 million to pass to heirs tax-free.

A commission appointed by Gov. Jay Nixon concluded last month that Missouri could eventually save up to $220 million annually by reducing, revamping or eliminating some tax credits.

Columbia lawyer Helen Wade is one of three candidates for the Columbia School Board election who filed on Tuesday. She will be placed first on the ballot in the April election as a result of a lottery.

Brock and Blake Walker, freshmen guards, came to the Cougars as a package deal.

As a sophomore guard on the Rock Bridge junior varsity basketball team last year, Carter Marcks' commitment stood out. "He’s improved in his game so much that he’s in a position to play a lot this year,” Bruins coach Jim Scanlon said.

Columbia Pride and the Carrera Soccer Club will go head-to-head in a charity match this Saturday, with proceeds going to Coyote Hill, a local home for abused and neglected children.

The fire, in southeast Columbia, caused $3,000 worth of damages according to the Columbia Fire Department. No one was home at the time. The Fire Department is still determining the cause of the fire.

The U.S. Census Bureau's first five-year American Community Survey included a range of characteristics that frame Columbia's social and economic conditions.

Unite for Healthy Neighborhoods will meet at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

The EPA has recommended that Columbia reduce stormwater runoff into the Hinkson Creek by 39.6 percent. City, county and MU officials will meet with the EPA to talk about those recommendations in Kansas City on Monday.

Sheldon Richardson, a former Missouri football recruit that had previously announced that he would attend University of Southern California, has reversed his decision and signed a letter of intent to attend Missouri.