Almost 25 percent of Missouri children live in households experiencing food insecurity, according to a study released Aug. 25 by Feeding America and the Missouri Food Bank Association. This means an estimated...

Sick of listening to your roommate blast Nicole Scherzinger’s single, “Wet”? Sick of listening to your _own_ iPod shuffle to the “Hannah Monatana” songs you _swear_ you got for the kids you babysit? Thankfully,...

With the Columbia Transit system facing a $1 million deficit for the next fiscal year, City Hall has turned to the Missouri Students Association for help. MSA President Eric Woods and Senate Speaker Jake...

Boone County: the music capital of the world. Well, not exactly, but it might be after this weekend's first annual Missouri Muzic Fest comes to town. It might not be a familiar event in the Columbia area,...

**OU research team receives $1.28 million biofuel grant** UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA – An OU-led research team has received a $1.28 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to promote biofuel research. The...

Ragtag Cinema's upcoming series spans the globe from Sweden to Argentina, and it includes the first film to hit the United States from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 25 years. The sixth annual...

When the devastating tornado ripped through Joplin this spring, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., firmly reassured those affected that they would not be forgotten. “I warned FEMA and assured victims in...

1. Man flees on foot, runs through daycare Columbia Police Department officers chased a man on foot through Douglass Park on Thursday after identifying him as the suspect in an assault with his on-again,...

A man robbed Boone County National Bank on Friday, taking an undisclosed amount of money with him.  Columbia Police Department officers were dispatched at 1:18 p.m. to the robbery in progress at the...

With college textbook costs totaling upwards of $500 per semester for some, many students have resorted to saying, "Enough is enough." Some students have settled for other money-saving and practical ways...