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State lawmakers wrapped up their annual session Friday without passing a proposed 1-cent sales tax for transportation or a state bonding package. Both would have required voter approval had they cleared the legislature.

The top four finishers in each event qualified for state, which will be held next weekend at Lincoln University.

Nancy Pike, 56, of Columbia, died Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Nancy Pike, 56, of Columbia, passed away May 16, 2013.

The woman overcorrected to the right and then to the left causing the SUV to overturn several times before it came to a stop on its top in the northbound lanes of U.S. 63, police said.

Missouri's Chelsea Thomas and Hofstra’s Olivia Galati, who face each other Saturday in the NCAA Columbia Regional at University Field, have a combined 22 career no-hitters and eight perfect games.

Typically steady Lance Lynn had his second non-quality start of the season, lasting just five innings while giving up four earned runs on eight hits and two walks in St. Louis' 6-4 loss to Milwaukee on Saturday.

Ervin Santana was denied in his third attempt at earning his 100th career victory in Kansas City's 2-1 loss at Oakland on Saturday night.

Thanks to Oxbow's wire-to-wire win Saturday over Kentucky Derby winner Orb, trainer D. Wayne Lukas has another classic to add to his stellar resume. "I get paid to spoil dreams," the 77-year-old Lukas said after his record 14th win in a Triple Crown race.

Thirty-one-year-old Stephanie Wiebold of Meta was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to careless and imprudent driving.

The budget approved by the Joplin school's Board of Governors on Thursday includes expenses of $76.4 million, with expected revenues of $74 million.

The statue, which had been missing from its pedestal at Indian Foothills Park for more than a year, was returned to the park Friday.

Squeezed by a poor economy, Missouri has come up short in its Amtrak payments since 2010. State transportation officials say they owe Amtrak more than $2 million in overdue payments for this year's service.

The Kansas City museum's Constellation, or "Connie," is one of only a handful of the 856 that were built and is still airworthy — with a little work. The museum is planning to fly it on April 17, 2014.

Baron Calmese was arrested in July after he took more than $500 from his nephew's piggy bank to use for drugs and prostitutes.

Courtney is one of hundreds of new moms in Buchanan County attempting to balance her school work, social life and her baby's needs.

Children from four Chesterfield elementary schools will showcase their creativity by decorating the blades of snow plows.

Candidates for graduation, along with their friends and families, gathered for Friday's commencement ceremonies.

George Smith and A. Mark Smith are both curators' professors at MU — George in the Department of Biological Sciences and Mark in the Department of History.

With her teammates struggling at the plate, senior Nicole Hudson stepped up in Chelsea Thomas's absence to lead the Tigers past Stony Brook 3-0 in Friday's NCAA regional opener.