Lifestyles

Look at a breakdown of some of the key issues and where Missouri senators and representatives stand on pieces of health care reform.

Columbia Entertainment Company produced the 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning play "Rabbit Hole" about a couple coping with the death of their son after he was hit by a teenage driver.

Look at a breakdown of some of the key issues and where Missouri senators and representatives stand on pieces of health care reform.

Gabriella Garbero, who joined Kappa Kappa Gamma after sorority rush in August, was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2. Panhellenic officials believe she is the first woman at MU to participate fully in the recruitment process while managing a wheelchair.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate 100,000 or more people die every year from pulmonary embolism. Caused by blood clots, the weakened heart is forced to work against gravity, making clotting in the lower extremities such as the legs and pelvis more likely.

Pat Martino, regarded as one of the best jazz musicians in the world, was at MU on Wednesday afternoon to tell his story about undergoing surgery for an arteriovenous malformation, a cluster of abnormal blood vessels and the journey through this process.

Two Columbia elementary schools began distributing the H1N1 vaccine to students who received parental consent. Columbia Public Schools will offer the vaccine to all students in the district as it becomes available.

The state will begin collecting sales tax on yoga and Pilates classes. The decision was based on a 2008 clarification of a statute taxing recreational classes, but some practitioners say yoga and Pilates are more spiritual than athletic.

An MU researcher spread radioactive material from a lab on his shoe Monday evening, which led MU to cordon off portions of a campus building. MU's environmental health and safety department is locating and removing affected material and will conduct an investigation into the accident once all radioactive material has been removed.

Arrow Rock, a village north of Boonville with less than 100 residents, has tried to establish a 2-mile buffer around the village upon which concentrated animal feeding operations cannot encroach. At the behest of the Missouri Farm Bureau and a nearby hog farm, Attorney General Chris Koster has filed an appeal contesting that buffer zone.

November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. The Sol House's events include an essay contest, photo exhibit and documentary screening.

Next week's clinics are still on the calendar for now, but the health center will cancel clinics again if the H1N1 vaccine isn't available.

MO-X shuttle service has come a long way since its first trip in October 1999. It now has 78 employees and makes daily trips to St. Louis and Kansas City.

MU will host Clint Black, country music celebrity and recent television personality, as part of the University Concert Series.

Twenty years ago, Pat Martino suffered from an aneurysm that threatened to take away the musical career he created. After surgery, he recovered his abilities and will perform in Columbia this Wednesday to showcase his relearned talent.

As breast cancer remains a disease affecting hundreds of thousands of people every year, three women in Columbia tell their tales of battling and overcoming the disease and what they do today to stay active.

The Columbia City Council voted Monday to allow more time to study well placement because of evidence that treated wastewater is cycling back into the supply.

A 14-year veteran billboard installer describes his work above Missouri highways and interstates.

The Day of the Dead, also known as “El Dia de los Muertos,” is a celebration of a time when the dead are believed to return to their families.