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With a 10-5 come-from-behind win Wednesday at Taylor Stadium, Missouri completed its first season sweep of Missouri State since 2000 and extended its winning streak to three games.

Hickman senior Jessie Loch had been sidelined with an ankle injury for almost three weeks before returning for her last home game. She will play soccer for the University of Central Missouri next season.

Hickman's three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning wasn't enough in a 10-7 loss to Wentzville Holt on Wednesday at Hickman High School.

After a two-day Senate filibuster, the state House of Representatives and Senate came to a compromise Wednesday that includes the veterans' home funding and $35 million to early childhood education programs from a national settlement with tobacco companies.

At a short special session Wednesday, the City Council heard the first reading of an ordinance that would establish an Enhanced Enterprise Zone Advisory Board.

The Mormon population increased about 54 percent in Boone County between 2000 and 2010, according to the Association of Religion Data Archives.  

At MU's Senior Send Off,  the Missourian asked seniors what advice they would give to their freshmen selves. For the graduates out there, what advice would you have given yourself?

The investigation into the attack on the woman found walking down Range Line Street in late April is ongoing.

Columbia residents taking trips abroad for travel and charity purposes are not only enjoying helping communities but also changing their own perspectives on the world. 

Today's youth are too quick to complain and covet while not putting in the work required to achieve what they desire.

Columbia's gang problem has been growing for several years now, and the city has done nothing to help curb the problem. It is time to take action.

Here are some tips for people interested in becoming volunteer tourists that include finding the right destination and understanding exactly what the trip will entail. 

Robert "Bob" Pauley Jr. of Columbia died Wednesday, May 9, 2012. He was 89.

The garden, approved by Columbia City Council two years ago, was originally was slated to be done this spring. Other projects have caused it to be delayed.

Among today's top stories: Orangutans in Miami are learning to use iPads to communicate, polls show support for the war in Afghanistan is at a new low and Fannie Mae's finances improve amid slowing home price declines.

A budget gridlock that blocked the Missouri Senate from work for two straight days came to an end Wednesday afternoon.

The Stillman group will become the eighth owner of the Blues since the franchise came into existence in 1967. The group is buying the team from a group headed by Dave Checketts and his Sports Capital Partners Worldwide.

Each year, the Mid-Missouri Chapter of the Missouri Restaurant Association awards scholarships to MU hospitality management majors who have shown exceptional promise in working toward a career in the culinary arts.