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Heese has been quilting for 13 years but has only just recently started her own business. She has created a fabric line and published three books in her first three years as a professional quilter.

Starting Monday, credit cards and phones will be eligible for use to pay for some downtown parking.

Temperatures will drop well below freezing Friday night and continue to be low throughout the weekend.

Walsh's presentation Thursday gave parents advice on nurturing infants, keeping their children healthy and teaching them effectively.

Columbia resident Cheryl M. Darrough was appointed by Gov. Nixon to the Appellate Judicial Commission. Residents Jeffrey Nichols and Russell Unger were nominated for other commissions.

After raising funds from its Mid-Missouri Restaurant Week, the Mid-Missouri Restaurant Association will present the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri with a donation for the Buddy Pack program.  

At the second day of the Missouri Law Review Symposium named "Cyberbullying: Emerging Realities and Legal Challenges," three experts shared the effects of cyberbullying on youth.

Households with incomes of $50,000 or less are eligible to receive free tax assistance from local volunteers.

The Missouri Grand Prix, in which Olympic hopefuls compete, started Friday at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.

The meet, which runs Friday through Sunday, will be headlined by 19 U.S. national team swimmers, including Lezak, Matt Grevers and Amanda Weir. The event is the third meet of seven in this year's Grand Prix Series, which will lead up to the Olympic Trials, to be held June 25 to July 2 in Omaha, Neb.

Portrait artist Joe Vick of Lyles, Tenn., was at the Boone County Draft Horse and Mule Sale this weekend, selling his art to customers of the sale. Vick, a father of 10 children, travels around the country selling 5-minute portraits as well as other original art.

The Columbia School Board will vote on Scenario B for secondary attendance boundaries at its meeting on Feb. 13. The board will also hear readings on budget parameters, proposed transfer policies and student and staff relations.

The records of Missouri soldiers who served between 1812 and WW I are available online through the secretary of state's website. 

At his lecture, John Palfrey said concerns about the safety of children tend to drown out positive aspects of use of the Internet by youth.

Farmers in Missouri are preparing to enter the truffle industry by preparing Burgundy truffle orchards in the Ozarks with the help of a MU researcher.

A request for rezoning was approved with specifications from city staff, including room for a 10-foot sidewalk and a maximum of 150 units in an apartment.

The 69th annual Pictures of the Year International competition unfolds in the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the MU School of Journalism.

Lamb was also the executive vice president during Gary Forsee's tenure. 

The House voted to prevent MoDOT from using a private company to pay for road repairs Tuesday.

The Boone County Fairgrounds hosted the Boone County Draft Horse & Mule Sale on Thursday. Horses, mules and tack were all auctioned off to the highest bidder.