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Mill Creek Elementary is a Columbia public elementary school. Located at 2200 W. Nifong Blvd., Mill Creek serves students between Forum Boulevard to the southwest edge of Route KK.

For anyone who's ever hopped on U.S. 63 from eastbound Interstate 70 during rush hour, it's an expected game of bumper cars with drivers exiting from Business Loop 70 East.

A Meta boy, 2, was in critical condition Saturday afternoon at University of Missouri's Women's and Children's Hospital in Columbia after he was hurt in a one-vehicle accident on U.S. 50 West in Jefferson City.

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Baylor opened the week with dreams of grabbing control in the Big 12 Conference.

Between 20 to 25 shots were fired early Saturday morning in downtown Columbia. One victim suffered a nonlife threatening gunshot wound.

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Add one more to the list of shuttered restaurants at 10 Southampton Drive. Swan Lakeshore Dining, which opened in December 2010, lasted only a year.

Sidney Kimmel, founder and chairman of The Jones Group, donated the money through his charitable organization.

The turnout was the lowest ever for a presidential primary in Missouri. The lack of participation likely stems from the fact that the Republican results did not count toward awarding any delegates to the Republican National Convention.

Odon Guitar's call for volunteers to fill his regiment of "mounted riflemen" was published in the St.

This October 15, 2011 picture by photographer Samuel Aranda of Spain is the World Press Photo of the Year 2011 in the 55th annual World Press Photo Contest Spanish freelance photographer Samuel Aranda has won the coveted World Press Photo Award for his moving portrait of a veiled woman cradling a wounded relative in Yemen, judges said yesterday.

Punxsutawney Phil has done it again. The groundhog that predicted six more weeks of winter has forecasters predicting at least a weekend's worth of it in Columbia.

Dawn Heese has been piecing her quilting business together since her early years.

Authorities are trying to track down some suspects in connection with 4 cases of gunfire in and around Columbia this week.

Columbia, MO: For the past two years, the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival has brought visionary composers and musicians to Columbia in July for a week of concerts and workshops.

Missouri will offer $10 million in competitive grants for public colleges and universities to develop programs that will allow students to graduate more quickly and affordably with skills that can more immediately land jobs, Gov.

Melinda Manson teaches her second-grade students about chemical reactions using a pancake as an example.

A Knob Noster driver was taken via helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia, following a Feb.

The money was distributed by the organizers of the Columbia-area CROP WALK. It is a result of the CROP WALK that was held in downtown Columbia last October 2. People from over 20 faith communities walked through downtown Columbia and raised $16,459 to address hunger around the world through Church World Service.

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