Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri News

MU class sets record; Freshmen boost total enrollment.
Thousands of elated college freshmen broke through an imaginary barrier yesterday to start a new life. Upward of 90 percent of the University of Missouri’s record 5,812 freshmen were believed to have walked through the Columns on the Francis Quadrangle toward Jesse Hall just before 7 p.m. yesterday.
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Schools talk security after gun incident; Skirmish stemmed from ongoing feud.
Columbia school administrators are reviewing safety procedures at high school athletic events after a Hickman student brandished a gun at Friday night’s football jamboree.
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Warrens agree to keep funeral home closed
Warren Funeral Chapel will remain closed indefinitely under an agreement reached this morning between the state attorney general’s office and Dan Viets, the attorney for Harold Warren Sr. and Harold Warren Jr.
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School board probably won’t conduct survey
Columbia Board of Education members have shelved the idea of hiring a professional company to conduct a communitywide survey, at least for now.
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Salvation Army goes on offensive against trash
Monday mornings, which herald the beginning of another work week, are tough for most people, but for staff at the Salvation Army thrift store on Parkade Boulevard, there’s often the added unpleasantness of finding garbage bags full of clothes, moldy couches and broken bed frames littering the parking lot.
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Organizers pleased with balloon event; Weather clears for Sunday competition.
About 30,000 people watched the second annual Columbia Balloon Invitational in south Columbia, organizers said.
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Woman killed in racetrack accident
A St. Charles County woman died Saturday night at a racetrack near Moberly after she was run over by a Bobcat skid-steer loader, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.
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Rocheport woman killed in SUV wreck
A Rocheport woman was killed yesterday when her vehicle overturned while she was traveling on a country road in Howard County.
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Stolen medication at issue in assault
Boone County sheriff’s deputies on Saturday arrested two Hallsville women after a Boone County man reported they had taken his wife’s medication during a visit to his home the previous night.
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Teen arrested in attack with knife
A 19-year-old Columbia man was arrested Saturday after a man was stabbed multiple times, Boone County sheriff’s deputies said.
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