The University of Missouri Extension began a new initiative Tuesday to bring rural communities together and improve rural economies through art. The Community Arts Pilot Project kicked-off with a ceremony...

For more than two years, members of MU’s Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security have held hopes of tackling the state’s food insecurity issues in pantries. Thanks to a five-year, $500,000 grant...

Some senators, both democratic and republican, are in shock this week after learning the Missouri State Highway Patrol recently purchased a $5.6 million plane for Gov. Jay Nixon and other state officials,...

Columbia Police Department officers responded to an armed robbery at 6:47 p.m. Thursday night at Casey’s General Store on Paris Road, a CPD news release issued Friday stated. A female victim reported...

The Cultural Association of India celebrated the 64th annual Republic Day to honor the anniversary of India’s independence on Jan. 26. Republic Day is a celebration of India’s independence. They officially...

After jury deliberation, James N. Woods, of Audrain County, was convicted of first-degree robbery, attempted second-degree robbery, two charges of first-degree elder abuse and two charges of first-degree...

####Intoxicated driver pulled over for faulty headlight Jared Riley, 19, was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated at 2:10 a.m. Saturday. A Columbia Police Department officer was traveling...

Nas'd CQs Sophomore Cavelli Thompson, Industrial Engineering Major http://www.missouri.edu/PF/pf.cgi?last_name=Thompson&first_name=Cavelli&email_address=&department=&phone_number=&Search=Find+Person Charlie...

“Movie 43” is not for the easily offended or queasy. From the producers of Hall Pass and Dumb & Dumber, Hollywood has unbelievably let this twisted comedy out of its vault. While definitely not an...

Helen Engelhardt, a woman widowed in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, publicly read her memoir for the first time Saturday in Jesse Wrench Auditorium. The reading was...

The Internet won’t shut up about Lena Dunham, actress, writer and mastermind of HBO’s series “Girls.” Dunham’s fat, Dunham’s racist, Dunham hates Rihanna. Hey, Internet: I don’t care. Dunham...

A Columbia Board of Health subcommittee on water fluoridation discussed whether to change the level of fluoridation in drinking water during its meeting Thursday. Fluoride naturally occurs in drinking...