A Japanese legend says that if 1,000 paper cranes are folded and tied together with string, a wish will be granted. Thursday, members of the Asian American Association had one wish: to help Japan recover...

A 60-year-old Columbia resident was arrested Saturday afternoon after threatening another motorist with a knife on Stadium Boulevard.   MU Police Department Capt. Scott Richardson said officers responded...

As the United States is about to hit a debt of $14.3 trillion, Americans continue to banter about how to cut the budget. U.S. Sen. Paul Ryan, R-Wi., has proposed a new budget plan titled the "Plan to Prosperity."...

The Columbia Police Department began searching for a teen Friday after his mother reported him missing. 17-year-old Kylan P. Stubler was last seen being picked up by an unknown friend at his father’s...

Scholar and speaker E. Patrick Johnson will cover issues members of the black and Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer and Questioning community face for Pride Month's final event Tuesday. His lecture,...

The winners in the first MU Libraries Undergraduate Research Paper Contest presented their papers Tuesday in Ellis Library. This is the first year the contest was held, librarian Anne Barker said. It...

The current Missouri Students Association Senate session concludes this week amid discussion about how to improve senator accountability for the future. Senate Speaker Jake Sloan, MSA committee chairpersons...

Black Love Week, hosted by the Legion of Black Collegians, closed Friday evening with a dinner appreciating minority faculty. Saturday’s originally planned balloon release was cancelled due to weather...

As students continue tweaking their schedules for the fall 2011 semester, Steve Borgelt, associate professor of biological engineering and agricultural system management, hopes they might take new courses...