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Registered Nurse Eduardo Crespi draws a drop of blood on Tuesday for a hypertension screening and diabetes test during ‘Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day’ at Centro Latino de Salud, Educacion y Cultura. The center is part of Latino Link, which provides access to affordable medical treatment for Latinos, and is sponsored by the Columbia/Boone County Department of Health. This year’s ‘Doctor Day’ focused on Latinos, while last year’s reached out to the black population.

Rock Bridge coach Ben Loeb reached a milestone Tuesday at Jefferson City.

The Bruins defeated the Jays 9-0 for Loeb’s 400th tennis win in his 15th year in coaching.

Traffic surged Tuesday off the Outer Banks island chain as more than 100,000 people were urged to evacuate the North Carolina coast before the arrival of Hurricane Isabel.

Meanwhile, Missouri Task Force One sent a 32-member team to Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Tuesday morning to help with the potential disaster. The deployment is scheduled to last 10 days but could change with the severity of the storm.

Gary Pinkel has no problem waking up. Most nights he doesn’t make it past 3 a.m. before he wakes up. His offense, though, has made a habit of sleeping in.

Missouri has had few problems winning its past two games, but a lack of early game offense has given Pinkel some tense moments.

When you’re short on time and hunger sets in, an energy bar might look appealing. However, it’s important to know the caloric and nutritional content of the bar to avoid potential weight gain.

It was an aggressive night for the Columbia College soccer team.

In a game littered with fouls, the Cougars defeated Benedictine 5-1 on Tuesday at Owens Soccer Stadium.

The Kewpies got two hits and one runner to third base in a 4-0 loss to Helias on Tuesday at Cosmopolitan Park.

Outfielder Shana White reached third in the first inning, but she was stranded, and Helias pitcher Lauren Delaney took over. Delaney, a sophomore, had 16 strikeouts and one walk.

Bad starts are difficult to overcome, whether it’s giving up early runs or leaving the umpire with a bad first impression.

The Rock Bridge softball team did a little of both in its 6-4 loss to Fulton on Tuesday night at Rock Bridge.

Hickman finished third and Rock Bridge finished seventh in the Smith-Cotton Classic at Sedalia on Tuesday.

Notre Dame (Kansas City), the defending Class 2 state champion, led the field of 23 teams with a 339. Hickman shot a 361 and the Bruins shot a 383.

David Graham told his Rock Bridge soccer team to start quickly.

It listened, and it did.

MU faculty members are concerned that the university might be involved in a game not worth playing, an “arms race” that is drawing money away from the academic mission of the university and into an increasingly commercial athletics program.

Chancellor Richard Wallace shares faculty members’ concern. He forwarded an MU Faculty Council resolution to colleagues in the Big 12 Conference and around the nation last week in an attempt to encourage discussion and cooperatively find a solution to a problem with its roots in athletics’ sometimes-conflicting roles within the university.

Payge Pleimann is going to need a longer string.Pleimann won medalist on Tuesday at L.A. Nickell Golf Course, adding another bead to her string, which is close to full.

It’s the fourth straight match Pleimann has led the field. The Kewpies shot 172 to win the triangular meet. Rock Bridge finished second with a 182, and Mexico shot a 278.

The fate of the controversial Grindstone Plaza development, which would put a Wal-Mart Supercenter on Columbia’s south side, remains uncertain.

After nearly three hours, the Columbia City Council tabled the rezoning of the controversial 53-acre Grindstone Plaza project proposal, which includes a Wal-Mart Supercenter and accompanying development along Grindstone Parkway.

Gary Pinkel doesn’t care much for rankings, even when his team is in them.

It would be an understatement to say Pinkel played down his Missouri football team’s No. 23 ranking in the Associated Press Top 25 released on Sunday.

Nestled in the residential 100 block of East Sexton Avenue, three-story John Ridgeway Elementary is an imposing structure. Here the roar of traffic on Providence Road is faint despite its close proximity. More dominant is the laughter of children playing during recess. It’s clear the brick building has been around for some time, long enough to have been designed to serve as a fallout shelter in times of war.

Built in two sections — one in 1923, the other in 1934 — the school will celebrate its 80th anniversary and dedicate its newest addition, a media center, tonight.

Some nights, even a team’s best effort isn’t enough.

That was the case on Monday night at Rock Bridge as defending state volleyball champion and perennial powerhouse Hermann rolled to a 25-17, 25-18 victory against the Bruins.

A Springfield-based nonprofit group that provides support to independent businesses is lending a voice of opposition to proposed plans to build a new Wal-Mart in Columbia.

The Hometown Merchants Association met Monday with area business owners, urging them to form a Columbia chapter of the organization. Only four people attended the afternoon meeting with the group’s director, Donna Kennedy, who also spoke at Monday night’s City Council hearing on Grindstone Plaza, a 53-acre development in south Columbia that would be anchored by a Wal-Mart Supercenter.

A sick player and another slow start could not stop Hickman from continuing its winning streak.

The Kewpies fell behind early and overcame Paige Ely’s departure to defeat Cole Camp 25-17, 25-20 on Monday at Hickman.

The University of Missouri’s new arena looks like something between a giant hole in the ground and an abandoned interpretation of the Coliseum.

The concourse looks down into a mud hole. Steel trusses jut in different directions. Ladders are the only connection between levels. Wood beams support and divide the club level from the main concourse level from the suite level.

Homeowners refinancing to cash in on low interest rates this summer unwittingly have bailed Boone County out of a sluggish year in sales tax and investment income, all thanks to fees collected by the Recorder of Deeds’ office.

Think of it as a bonus, County Auditor June Pitchford said. The income, expected to total nearly $1 million, is almost twice what the county expected from Recorder Bettie Johnson’s office when the fiscal year began in January.