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All proceeds from the beer, which is being released for Memorial Day, will be donated to Operation Homefront, a national group that provides emergency financial assistance to military families.

Capital punishment opponents say the state's lengthy death penalty procedure is costing taxpayers millions of dollars in legal fees and other expenses without significantly improving public safety.

An E-book guide to the annual airshow event.

Among this year's graduates of Hickman High School, twins Bianca and Nicole Mello will run competitively for MU next year. Hickman graduated 547 seniors at its commencement at 6 p.m. Thursday in Mizzou Arena.

On Thursday, MU announced a $22.85 million project to renovate Jesse Hall, Swallow Hall and Pickard Hall, sending hundreds of staff and faculty to different buildings on and off the main campus.

New roads in the area around the high school are planned to help relieve the congestion, and homeowners there may see a silver lining in the coming years with increased property values.

Defensive errors by Missouri and late rallies by Washington allowed the Huskies to win the first game of the series 2-1.

Local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization. Gay adults will remain barred from serving as Scout leaders.

The Memorial Day Weekend Salute to Veterans Corporation is sponsoring its 25th annual Two-Day Salute to Veterans Airshow at the Columbia Regional Airport. The show will be from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission and parking will be free.

With a career ERA of 1.22 and the most strikeouts in Missouri softball history, Chelsea Thomas has led an illustrious college career, but her days as a Tiger are nearing an end.

An MU police officer was dispatched to University Hospital on Thursday morning after a man demanded money of a hospital employee and then kicked her in the shin.

The Boone County Fire Protection District was called to a fire at an abandoned duplex at 4:20 p.m. Thursday. No one was hurt, but the investigation is ongoing to determine the cause.

The 35th annual Bianchi Cup pistol competition opened Wednesday at the Green Valley Rifle and Pistol Club in Hallsville. The event, is one of the most prestigious pistol competitions in the world, continues through Saturday.

After Monday's Oklahoma tornado, Columbia residents have received calls from scammers claiming to be from the American Red Cross and The Salvation Army.

John Liner get his hair cut by barber Seth Reynolds while drinking a beer at The Buzz Barbershop on Thursday. The Buzz Barbershop is unique to downtown Columbia in that it serves beer for $2 each to customers as they are getting a haircut.

By definition, Ellie Ragland is an atheist, a word that annoys her. She finds atheism to be an adversarial word that presumes a God to begin with. She prefers “non-believer” because how could she be against a God that doesn’t exist?

The Bruins lost 3-2 to Willard on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Class 5 state tournament.

Michele Dillehay, who changed her name to Ma Gna-nadevi Ananda, was an avionics technician from Oklahoma City who served in Iraq, died Friday, May 10, 2013. She was 57.

Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive has checked off two huge items from his to-do list: completing the admission of Missouri and Texas A&M and cutting a deal for an SEC Network.

Michele Dillehay served in Iraq as a civilian aircraft technician during "Operation Iraqi Freedom."