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Six classes of riders came out to the Grandstand arena on Saturday to compete for cash prizes in the Boone County Fair ATV races.

Former Missouri pitcher Nick Tepesch was as the Texas Rangers' Minor League Pitcher of the Month for June.

More than 28,000 athletes competed in last year's Show-Me State Games, and a similar turnout is expected this year.

A stadium-record 52,000 people are expected for the U2 concert scheduled for Sunday night. That will include fans with seats on the field.

This week's camp was the second annual wheelchair basketball camp led by the Missouri wheelchair basketball players and their coach Ron Lykins.

The Missouri Wheelchair Basketball Camp, which started Sunday and runs through Thursday at the MU Student Recreation Complex, helps players improve their skills while promoting independence and confidence.

The ESPN anchor hosted the second John Anderson Celebrity Golf Invitational on Monday, which raised more than $60,000 for Missouri school children.

Participants at the 27th Mid-America Open noticed an increase in the number of female competitors.

MU junior Adam Ryan, whose mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when he was 15, is making plans for next summer to hold Camp Kesem, a one week event for children whose parents have or have had cancer.

Automobiles weren't the only vehicles driving down Broadway and Seventh streets on Sunday.

Not many of Rock Bridge junior Tory Chasteen's classmates were there to watch him compete Saturday in the Missouri High School State Rodeo Finals, but he has always had the support of his family. 

After the completion of the bull riding competition Saturday at the Missouri High School State Rodeo Finals, Hickman sophomore Justin Smith has a good chance to make the national high school finals. He will find out Sunday if he made it.

Competitors from around the state went through their final go-rounds Saturday at the Missouri High School State Rodeo Finals at the Boone County Fairgrounds.

While Kelsey Eitel competed in the pole bending and barrel racing this weekend at the Missouri High School State Rodeo Finals, her family's trailer became a gathering place for meals and visiting with relatives.

Students competed in the Missouri High School State Rodeo Finals on Friday night at the Boone County Fairgrounds.  Competition runs through Saturday with the awards being presented Sunday.

Officials say it will take about 1,000 volunteers, as well as help from commercial sponsors, to pull off the games in each of the next four years.

Corrie Evans, a 15-year-old freshman from Centertown, is competing for the first time in the Missouri High School State Rodeo Finals this week at the Boone County Fairgrounds and hopes to see the final round on Saturday in breakaway roping and goat tying.

In a non-qualifier year, the Missouri State Senior Games saw a noticable drop in participation from last year

The Columbia Colts youth football team got a head start on its season this year by participating in this weekend's Show-Me State Games.

Darcy Marlow, 52, learned how to shoot from her husband, Jeff Marlow, 56, who also encouraged her when she completed a 60-mile fundraising walk for breast cancer awareness in November.