On July 25 Phillip McDuffy walked precariously along the outside edge of the Providence Road bridge over Interstate 70, threatening to commit suicide by jumping. Police talked the man away from the center of the span to the edge, where the fall ...
Here are suggestions regarding items on tomorrows ballot. Take this list to the polls. Lieutenant governor: Choose as a partisan team with governor, Democrat Sam Page if you vote for Democrat Nixon, Republican Peter Kinder if you vote for Nixons main ...
Time comes when even dedicated centrist, middling independents must decide between presidential candidates, and this year from this corner Barack Obama is the one. The tentative deal is sealed rather late in the campaign, thanks as much to the ...
Columbia school officials will ask voters in April to approve a levy increase of 54 cents, costing $102.60 annually for the owner of a house assessed at $100,000. The increase would produce about $10.26 million per year for the district’s operation ...
Hillary is done for Here comes Barack The only reason I can pose as a qualified pundit on this matter is because the situation among the Democratic candidates is so fluid. In this vacuum of certainty, we country bumpkins can pontificate with impunity, ...
Coach Mike Anderson is producing an exciting University of Missouri basketball program, yet attendance at Mizzou Arena is among the worst in the Big 12. Athletic officials explain that weather has been a problem this season and early games against ...
Smoking ban Time for a public vote Opponents of the city’s smoking ban failed to collect enough signatures to force a public vote on the issue. Instead of scurrying to gather the additional names by the Monday deadline, the petitioners instead will ...
After Sen. Chuck Graham’s arrest on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, critics called for his resignation, at least from his position as assistant minority leader of the state Senate. Others gleefully anticipated his electoral demise. Republican ...
A good move by the council The Columbia City Council’s approval of recording cameras for 16 troublesome street intersections will provide needed law enforcement otherwise impossible. The council agreed to enter an agreement with LaserCraft Inc., a ...
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