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Columbia Parks and Recreation Department plans to propose updated Master Plan

Mark Kim • July 30, 2013

The Columbia Parks and Recreation Department have proposed their 2013 update of the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan. Those changes are expected to be presented to the Columbia City Council...

Local Landmark Bank robbed yesterday

Mark Kim • July 30, 2013

An unidentified man robbed Landmark Bank on 202 North Stadium Boulevard Monday at 3:39 p.m. There were no customers in the bank during the time of the robbery, according to a Columbia Police Department...

Columbia Regional Airport one step closer to FAA funding for master

Jennifer Beatty • July 28, 2013

The Columbia Regional Airport is one step closer to potential FAA funding. The completed reconstruction of Taxiway Alpha on July 19 fixed ground water erosion problems, according to a press release. During...

Movie review: ‘The To-Do List’

Liz Brown • July 28, 2013

In "The To-Do List," overachieving high school valedictorian Brandy Klark realizes there is more to life than straight As — feeling pressured to make up for what she missed out on at her Boise, Idaho,...

Country Club Plaza welcomes AY-MusiK

Tess Hart • July 28, 2013

A street performer who can attract 200-300 people with each performance while only playing positive music is almost unheard of, but rapper and hip-hop artist Aaron Young and his performance group, AY-MusiK,...

Obama talks economy in Warrensburg

Hannah Tinnin • July 25, 2013

President Barack Obama made his second stop in the campaign-style speech series at the University of Central Missouri Wednesday afternoon. Additionally, Gov. Jay Nixon and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.,...

MU hosts international conference on nuclear fusion

Crystal Duan • July 25, 2013

MU is hosting the 18th International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Fusion throughout this week. The event has rotated through Europe and Asia over the past three years, and this marks the first...

Reactions to ousting of Mohammed Morsi vary

Ida Sophie Winter • July 25, 2013

More than two weeks after after Egypt's military ousted the country's first democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi, a panel began the task of amending the country's constitution Sunday, according...

Chancellor search forums come up with list of desired characteristics

Rachel Trujillo • July 25, 2013

While many diverse and opposing opinions about the new chancellor arose during two forums this past week, one quality held strong: the new chancellor must have a strong passion for MU. Two public forums...

Stabbing lands west Columbia man in hospital

Joe Clougher • July 24, 2013

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department responded early Tuesday morning to a stabbing near Bethany and Bellview drives. The victim, an 18-year-old man, told deputies that he was walking in the area when...

Craft Studio coordinator to buy used bookshop

Jack Howard • July 24, 2013

Kelsey Hammond and Joe Chevalier said they didn’t feel “settled” in Columbia when they moved from the San Francisco Bay Area in 2006 without a dog. It wasn't until Hammond rescued Scout in 2007 at...

Campus “bear hugger” pleads guilty to assault, stalking charges

Tracy Cook • July 24, 2013

Timothy Anderson, the man notoriously referred to on social media as the campus “bear hugger,” was sentenced to 10 days in the Boone County Jail and two years of probation on July 16. The charges...