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George Smith and A. Mark Smith are both curators' professors at MU — George in the Department of Biological Sciences and Mark in the Department of History.

More than 1,400 iPad Minis will be provided to high schoolers taking Advanced Placement courses in the fall. 

Flat Branch Park provided fruit from Sonic Drive-In, water from Focus on Health, and coffee from Kaldi's Coffee as well as food from Sunflower Waffle Company.

A tax-increment financing agreement with the city soon will begin funneling tax money to the owner to help cover the costs of the renovation.

All three people were taken by ambulances to University Hospital. Business Loop 70 East between Garth Avenue and Providence Road was closed for about an hour because of the accident.

Free breakfasts will be offered Friday morning at Flat Branch Park, the MKT Nature and Fitness Trail Forum Trailhead, the Activity and Recreation Center, Lion-Stephens Park, Garth Nature Area and Wabash Station as part of Bike, Walk and Wheel Week.

Groundbreaking for the elementary school next to Battle High School is anticipated for the fall.

The decline of two traditional sources of revenue — state money and tuition collected from rapid enrollment growth — complicates MU's quest to balance a budget that faculty say is already constricting.

The Boone County Commission is looking for a project manager to hire from a company that specializes in 911 centers.

Five MU students relieved finals week stress and enjoyed the sunny afternoon on Wednesday at Indian Hills Disc Golf Course.

The Chihuahuas Gertie and Maude, who were part of Stephens College's "Legally Blonde: The Musical," have been adopted.

The Black Crowes recently released a live album and has been on tour in the United Kingdom and the United States.

A Missourian analysis finds blacks are stopped by Columbia police for "investigative" reasons four times more than the state says they ought to be, based on their share of the population.

Columbia police asked to search Henry Durst's vehicle after questioning him about a nearby disturbance, said Public Information Officer Latisha Stroer.

Representatives for Collegiate Housing Partners and city staff discussed the proposed six-story student apartment complex south of Conley Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets.

At Pendulum Bob's Clock Shop, the only large clock repair shop in mid-Missouri, Bob King examines clocks handcrafted as early as the 1830s and brings broken parts back to life.

This three-sided battle might seem like the grumblings of overly focused academics. But all agree in the enormity of what’s at stake: Children must learn to read.

Residents enjoyed temperatures in the high 80s on Tuesday.

Officers were dispatched to the restaurant at 10:57 a.m. The robber fled the scene without any money in a silver four-door vehicle heading north on Providence Road, according to a news release.