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The case will be remanded for further proceedings to determine if the animals can be considered dangerous.

Sarah Dresser of the Office of Cultural Affairs tells us about a craft beer tasting and gallery crawl that will take place this week.

On Monday, a tornado swept through Moore, Okla., killing at least 24 people and injuring hundreds. One current MU student and one recent graduate shared how the tornado affected them. 

A pignut hickory tree fell on a house on Cunningham Road early Monday morning.

The fire chief said he was confident there are no more bodies or survivors in the rubble.

At the end of the 2012-13 school year, Columbia Public Schools is saying goodbye to some familiar faces. But when one person leaves, another is ready to carry on the school's legacy and take on the challenges ahead.

Quaemonn Wilkerson, 18, was arrested and faces charges of second degree assault of a law enforcement officer, armed criminal action and resisting arrest.

George Justice has been dean of the graduate school since 2010 but will be leaving to serve as dean of humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University.

While dropping school to pursue entrepreneurship has panned out for Tumblr creator David Karp, passing up an education is risky business.

The National Weather Service gave it the top-of-the-scale rating of EF-5 for wind speed and breadth and severity of damage.

The high court said states had to consider an offender's upbringing and role in the crime before sentencing a juvenile to life without parole.

Gov. Jay Nixon sent a letter Tuesday to supporters of Medicaid expansion calling this year's defeat a "temporary setback."

The bill would require the Joint Committee on Legislative Research to do an actuarial analysis of the costs associated with the potential coverage mandate.

A bill restoring the commission's authority cleared the legislature before it adjourned last week.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 71 percent of the corn crop in key grain states is sowed.

The estimated death toll was cut by more than half. A spokeswoman said some victims were counted twice in the early chaos of the storm that struck Monday afternoon.

The council approved to disburse $951,741 among 20 departments in Columbia, honoring an incentive it had made to return half the unspent funds saved by city departments during fiscal year 2012.

Missouri Task Force 1 is the fourth-closest team to Moore, Okla., and has been put on alert. The task force has readied a team of 80 people, which can deploy in a few hours should it be asked to respond to the situation in Moore.

Officials said the death toll was expected to rise. The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, south of the city. Block after block of the community lay in ruins. Homes were crushed into piles of broken wood. Cars and trucks were left crumpled on the roadside.