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Paul Jackson of Columbia won first-place at the Missouri Watercolor Society Members’ Invitational opening reception and awards ceremony Sunday. The exhibition showcased 121 entries that featured both realistic and abstract subjects, all done using a water-based medium.

The two-day event raised as much as $2.4 million, said a chapter spokeswoman for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

The resident of the apartment suffered minor injuries after the suspects pushed her onto a glass table and stole some cash, police said.

Other topics at Monday’s meeting include discussing the process of selecting a permanent superintendent and recognizing Hickman High School teacher John Deken for receiving the James Madison Fellowship. 

A consulting firm will host a meeting to solicit input from citizens on the city’s police chief search.

Each year musicians, artists and environmental conservationists gather at EcoArtFest at Cooper's Landing to celebrate their connection to the Missouri river and its culture.

Register for Change, a Democratic Party voter registration effort, has been visiting college campuses in battleground states, and made a stop Saturday at MU.

Art the Vote is a grass roots organization aimed at encouraging the public, particularly young people, to use their right to vote through a very public medium: billboards.

The contractor for the Boone building's renovation cannot increase the price of the initial bid, regardless of increases in materials costs.

An ocean away from home, three French graduate students are finding their place among thousands of Tigers and at the MU School of Journalism. And they are taking advantage of the historical presidential race by creating a political blog, Rendez-voUS08.

National Commander Jeff Schoep said in a letter to Interim police Chief Tom Dresner that attorneys have assured him that police cannot interfere with the march planned for Nov. 8 but his group would prefer to work with officials.

Bullets damaged two properties at Pine Grove Trailer Park early Saturday morning.

During its meeting Thursday and Friday, the UM System Board of Curators heard about increased enrollment across the four-campus system, talked about increases in financial aid and future salary increases as boons to the university system.

Former MU basketball player Jason Horton, who originally pleaded not guilty to a charge of misdemeanor third-degree assault, changed his plea to guilty on a reduced charge of misdemeanor peace disturbance Friday in Boone County Circuit Court.

Members of our community sat down and talked about the media. What came up wasn't a surprise: People depend on the media but struggle to understand it. Trust, advertising, bias, financial troubles and journalism education were only a few of the innumerable topics that emerged.