Generally, there is a pretty strong relationship between the amount of time a band spends practicing and the number of fans that band has. Not so for Zappy LaReel. The Columbia-based supergroup, comprised...

The MU Democrats and Mizzou College Republicans issued a joint news release condemning the Jan. 8 attack at a meeting for Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D), where six people were killed. “The executive...

The Society of Professional Journalists board of directors voted to retire its “Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement” award on Jan. 14, according to a news release. The retirement of the award,...

At risk of offending any professors reading this article, I probably do not want to be in your class. It’s not that I don’t want to learn, it’s just that I could be sleeping, for which I rarely...

What started as a verbal disturbance call turned into a marijuana bust on Sunday at the 8200 block of W. Trails West Drive. A woman, who deputies later identified as a suspect's sister, called the Boone...

The Columbia City Council voted 5-2 on Tuesday to amend the city code regarding rental properties by inspecting properties more frequently and requiring compliance certificates when a property changes...

A candlelit celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday attracted nearly 200 Columbia community members to St. Luke’s United Methodist Church Monday evening. With representatives from 14 different...

When the stars of Hollywood meticulously dressed in designer gowns and tuxedos, draped themselves in borrowed diamonds and stepped lightly into their limos to go to the 68th Golden Globe Awards ceremony,...

“Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me” is not your typical radio show. It’s loud, it’s irreverent and much of it has nothing to do with news. “We’re very different, I think, from anything else on...