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Consumer advocates have complained for years about drop-side cribs, which are now being recalled.

Almeta Crayton, hosting the event the past 12 times, continues to seek volunteers for the Everyone Eats! program.

Tiffany L. Zane, 31, has denied police's claims that she shook a baby under her care.

The Petro Mart on College Avenue was robbed by  a man with a handgun Monday morning.

An O'Fallon man has been charged with a hate crime following an incident in which police say he and his brother attacked black families coming out of a Columbia Walmart.

Police have arrested a man accused of sodomizing a sleeping woman at a party and are investigating a separate incident that occurred at a downtown night club.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri won for its volunteer recruitment campaign that focused on getting more men involved in the organization.

In a contest to raise money for United Way, MU students contributed significantly more than KU students to win the competition.

A spokeswoman for Nestle said that Libby's had a poor harvest this year despite planting 20 percent more acres of pumpkins.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has $320 million for farmers to slow agricultural runoff into the Mississippi River. The 12 targeted states make up more than 42 milllion acres of land, 5 percent of the river basin's area.

The lockdown and police response earlier in the month resulted from a false report called in to an elevator phone at a building where the state government rents space.

Gov. Jay Nixon told meeting participants to be bold and break from the status quo when seeking the federal funds.

A single vehicle accident occurred on I-70 Drive east of U.S. 63. The driver was alone and taken to the hospital.

The road will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday for repairs that will better align the bridge to the road.

The Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation is installing spraygrounds at the Douglass Family Aquatic Center, a project that staff members hope to complete before the onset of winter. The sprayground at Douglass Park will be the third of its kind in the Columbia area.

The agreement renews and furthers a long-running educational exchange.

Attorneys for a man accused of shooting a Kansas abortion provider are defending the suspect's right to argue that the killing was justified because it was necessary to prevent the harm caused by potential future abortions.

State Education Commissioner Chris Nicastro will convene a meeting today of several hundred education, business and government leaders to figure out how to best apply for the federal funds.

More than $4 billion in federal funds are available to improve education systems on the state level. Nixon and other Missouri lawmakers urge the state's education leaders to take a fresh start and be willing to break from the status quo.

Military researchers are searching for biological and environmental indicators that may show which soldiers are more susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder. Officials hope to use the data to help at-risk soldiers prevent the condition.