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In Missouri, hunting is something of a holiday. There is a Super Bowl like buzz around opening weekend of deer season. Schools close. Families gather. Money is spent. People make statements like: “Northern Missouri has some of the best deer hunting in the world.” In the spirit of our good state, I asked, show me.

A study commissioned by The Volunteer Family and released in July reports that more than 70 percent of youths ages 12 to 17 have volunteered.

The board selected Alan Allert as its interim executive director while it searches for a permanent replacement.

Two water mains, one on Hitt Street and the other on Rockcreek Drive, have to be repaired after breaking Friday morning. Columbia Water and Light said repairs could take a couple of hours and nearby residents could lose water service while repairs are being made.

Columbia landlords will hold a meeting in December to talk about their role in reducing city crime.

Testimony of a black school teacher charged with assualting police officers and disturbing the peace at a Walmart in Kennett concluded Friday.

Mike Strausbaugh, a graduate student in classical guitar and music composition at MU, has won the Sinquefield Composition Prize for his guitar and cello duet, "Thermopylae."

The attorney for a teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old Missouri girl said she should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because showed signs of severe depression and anxiety.

Health officials have inaccurately predicted the amount of available vaccine and distributed the vaccine unevenly, critics say.

A petition has been approved by members of the existing Special Business District and Central Columbia Association that would create a community improvement district, if enough downtown property owners sign it. The petition drive will start in January.

The show starts Friday and is put on by Theater Reaching Young People and Schools. It turns the story into a musical and offers a softer version of the Charles Dickens' classic.

Friday marks the grand showcasing of the newly remodeled J.W. "Blind" Boone Community Center. The open house will go from 4 to 6 p.m.

A review committee found that the evening program no longer meets the need it was created for. The proposal suggests that MU in the Evening be absorbed into the traditional education structure of the university.

Two cars collided  at Providence and Stewart roads after one pulled out of a Taco Bell parking lot.

A man pulled a gun on the clerk at the Break Time on Paris Road on Thursday, police said.

The Boone County Regional Sewer District was able to approve a budget that will save users more than three dollars monthly from what was originally projected. Stimulus funding was a factor in the lower cost. The original rate increase was projected at 14 percent.

This is the full text of a statement from the Central Missouri Humane Society.

Patty Forister has resigned as the executive director of the Central Missouri Humane Society. Alan Allert, a veterinarian and environmental consultant, will be the interim executive director effective Tuesday.