After the UM System Board of Curators, the governing board of the four-campus UM System, approved $16.5 million for the project in December, construction on the Monk stream line will begin Monday and will...

**CSUF celebrates Earth Day with the Earth Week Expo** CAL STATE FULLERTON — The Cal State Fullerton Environmental Advocacy program is planning an Earth Week Expo featuring films, workshops and art...

Social media has brought to light many unfortunate trends. I, too, was annoyed to see 80 or more statuses declaring that is had, indeed, snowed this winter. Thank God for that Facebook friend who will...

Sheriff’s deputies arrested two Columbia residents after they discovered a cocaine distribution operation during a search of a residence, a Boone County Sheriff’s Department news release stated. Investigators...

MU Health Care allergists are expecting an exodus of pollen in the air this spring due to the amount of moisture Columbia received in the winter.   In preparation for the intense spring allergy season,...

The 7 percent cut to state higher education funding proposed by Gov. Jay Nixon could be softened to a cut of 4.8 percent, pending final approval from the Missouri Senate and House of Representatives. The...

Police are investigating a case of a Columbia resident who was targeted in a phone scam asking for bond money, the second scam of its type reported locally in six months. According to a Columbia Police...

Lakeisha Williams, Missouri Students Association Multicultural Issues Committee vice chairwoman, presented two resolutions to Senate on Wednesday in support of a non-discrimination policy. “The legislations...

Partisanship aside, Missouri House Democrats and Republicans came together in unanimous support of combined House Bills 223 and 231, pertaining to a new Nursing Education Incentive Program for higher education. House...