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Columbia residents braved the heat to enjoy the first in what Thumper Entertainment hopes will become a series of concerts at Stephens Lake Park. Lucinda Williams headlined the event.

The Enhanced Enterprise Zone Board voted to recommend a higher level of job creation for businesses to qualify for the program in Columbia. Members also discussed job accountability reports and eligible industry codes.

Columbia City Manager Mike Matthes unveiled the proposed spending plan on Tuesday morning. The City Council will hold a work session and a series of public hearings on the budget.

A group of faculty members, authors and graduate students strategized Tuesday morning and decided to get MU Faculty Council's backing for the "Save the University of Missouri Press" petition.

Matthew Barnes, 11, the winner of last year’s Rabbit Show, will bring his two five-month-old rabbits to participate in this year's Rabbit Show at the Boone County Fair.

Residents of 10 Missouri counties — all in the south-central region — are poorer and less educated than the rest of the state.

Campaign funding may be the main factor in determining the 2012 election, but Americans haven't yet allowed it to decide the outcome.

The governor authorized the state Soil and Water Districts Commission to implement an emergency program to help farmers drill or deepen wells to produce more water for livestock and crops.

Roger Dale Baker, a registered sex offender, could face up to life in prison if convicted of 12 counts of statutory sodomy involving a child under the age of 14. 

Cardboard boxes left on a stove caused a fire at 2 a.m. Tuesday at the Links at Columbia apartment complex in Columbia. 

Joe Dillard shares his experiences growing and preserving the Missouri gourd, a gourd native to Missouri that can be hard to find.

The Cardinals beat the Angels 8-2, ending Los Angeles' five-game winning streak.

The Summer Olympics, which begin Friday, will feature 5,535 hours of coverage, but even more will be available through online streaming.

Today, four of every 10 new HIV infections occur in people younger than 30, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — and the teen years, just as many youths become sexually active, are key for getting across the safe-sex message.

About 250,000 service members leave the military each year, and all must attend a transition program reconnecting them to the civilian workplace. President Barack Obama announced Monday that this program will be redesigned, and assistance will be offered earlier in a military career.

The weather, security and transportation are still big concerns three days before the opening ceremony.

Los Angeles rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to beat Kansas City 6-3 on Monday night in Anaheim, Calif. 

Kansas City Chiefs players Charles, Berry and Moeaki will attend training camp after injuries kept them from competing last season.

The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that "Obamacare" will reduce deficits, rather than raise them.