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Council members didn't want to vote on purchasing the land until financial details for the garage were clearer.

Local efforts to fight obesity are funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Goals include ways to make produce more accessible and affordable.

The experienced players on the Missouri men’s basketball team are giving advice to their younger teammates on how to handle all of the extra things that players need to deal with during the Big 12 Conference Tournament.

Missouri returned to the football field Tuesday minus quarterback Blaine Gabbert and defensive end Aldon Smith. Coach Gary Pinkel and his players said this year's team is very experienced with many returning starters.

Four Boone County friends are keeping a sense of humor while they lose weight. Each week, they get together, watch "The Biggest Loser" and eat healthy meals.

Whether you're 14 or 64, it's never too late to fall in love with music.

The Missouri women's basketball team gave up 48 first-half points on its way to a 79-66 loss to Texas in the first round of the Tuesday's Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City.

MU alumna Rehab El-Buri died of cancer Sunday. She inspired many people at MU and ABC News, where she worked, and helped broaden people's understanding of the Islamic community.

The True/False Film Festival has branched out into the community, bringing to light the importance of voting and other important issues to Hickman High School students.

The Missouri men's basketball team will play Texas Tech at the Sprint Center.

Texas A&M coaches scouted the Missouri women's basketball team's 79-66 loss to Texas on Tuesday in the first round of the Big 12 tournament. The Aggies will play the Longhorns on Wednesday.

Two people were assaulted early Tuesday afternoon in the Futures Lab at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at MU.

The 2011 True/False Film Festival illustrated how the event continues to grow, with more films, special events and moviegoers than in years past.

City Council candidates discussed a variety of issues during a forum Tuesday night at the Columbia Public Library. The forum was sponsored by the League of Women Voters.

The district suggested creating a committee during the meeting with the assistant city manager Tuesday about the financing and parking space issues of the proposed Short Street parking garage.

A change to the hotel's tax-increment financing agreement will allow the current owners to sell the property, which the city would like to see reopened to overnight visitors.

Gov. Jay Nixon made the announcement at the fairgrounds in Sedalia on Tuesday. The Doobie Brothers and Jason Aldean are also scheduled to perform.

The bill would lift a limit of 50 dogs per breeder, which is scheduled to take effect later this year with the rest of Proposition B.

Although the budget for public schools will not be approved until May, the state plans to include funds to keep the current summer school program intact.