Elena Landa said Mister, her 6-year-old soft-coated wheaten terrier, is a natural in competing.

Kristina Abovyan
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Social justice reporter, spring 2023
Graduate student in journalism
Reach me at k.abovyan@mail.missouri.com or in the newsroom at 882-5720.
Languages spoken
English, Russian, Armenian
Missouri makes an effort to include people with disabilities in emergency planning, but there's still more to do as a nation.
Diana Willard and her cat, Skipper, sit in their recently-bought Joplin house on April 19. When looking for a new house, Willard made sure it …
Diana Willard shows her emergency "go bag" April 19 in her Joplin house. Willard added more clothes to the bag after the Joplin tornado. "You …
The Butterfly Memorial at Cunningham Park in Joplin honors more than 160 victims that lost their lives to the tornado. The memorial is where t…
Robert Blitz, Robert Fry and Jeanne Sinquefield officially joined the UM System Board of Curators Thursday.
Three Ukrainian students held a discussion in response to Russian propaganda they said was shared at an MU event in December.
About 300 people came out to Douglass Park on Saturday to meet the Easter Bunny and take part in the egg hunt.
Nine teams competed in the tournament, which was hosted by MU fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha.