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Missouri’s neighboring states make up 8% of ACEP-ALE acres
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Sixth ambulance base in Columbia opens on Fairview Road
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Out of the 1,234 gun deaths in Missouri in 2024, 730 were suicides
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NY training police how to detect insurance fraud amid claims its rising Original
Kurt Strassberger, left, a State Police senior investigator in the Financial Crimes Unit, and Milton Yu, deputy superintendent for insurance fraud at the state Department of Financial Services, discuss efforts to crack down on auto insurance fraud on Wednesday at the State Police Training Academy in Albany.
The Dissenters — meet 7 organizers, activists and change seekers in Columbia
The United States is the result of dissent. We exist as a country because of one of the highest levels of dissent — a revolution against an empire 250 years ago. That ethos continued to shape the young nation and lives on in a myriad of ways today. That might mean a sign taped to a storefront window in solidarity or a sea of voices chanting in unison on a capitol’s lawn. Progress does not happen on its own. It has always been fiercely fought and advocated for.
Columbia Housing Authority emphasizes fair housing upon 70th anniversary
The Columbia Housing Authority and the city of Columbia hosted their annual fair housing event in the City Council chambers Wednesday in observance of Fair Housing Month. The month marks the passage of the Fair Housing Act, signed into law in April 1968, which prohibits discrimination in housing, financing and rentals based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status or disability. kAm%96 6G6?E 7@4FD65 @? 65F42E:?8 E96 AF3=:4 2?5 =@42= 25G@42E6D @?
Muslim students navigate ramadan in Columbia
Zakariya Gohary, 7, offers dates to the attendees at the iftar event on Feb. 27 at Columbia Independent School. Everyone at the event broke fast together with the dates at sunset and enjoyed a shared meal after. Before the first hint of dawn begins to lighten the horizon, Zahraa Imam wakes up like clockwork. It is 4:50 a.m. A chill greets beyond the covers. She rises anyway, slipping into her jacket. In the bathroom, the water startles her skin. She cups it in her hands and rinses her mouth.
Mizzou researcher receives $1.9M federal grant to develop bird flu vaccine | Jefferson City News-Tribune
A University of Missouri researcher has received a $1.9-million federal grant to develop a new vaccine aimed at curbing highly pathogenic avian influenza, a virus that has driven economic losses for farmers and contributed to rising egg prices. The funding, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, will support a three-year project through February 2029 led by Wenjun Ma, a professor at the MU School of Medicine and College of Veterinary Medicine.
Mizzou researcher receives $1.9M federal grant to develop bird flu vaccine
A University of Missouri researcher has received a $1.9 million federal grant to develop a new vaccine aimed at curbing highly pathogenic avian influenza, a virus that has driven economic losses for farmers and contributed to rising egg prices. The funding, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, will support a three-year project through February 2029 led by Wenjun Ma, a professor at the MU School of Medicine and College of Veterinary Medicine.
Prayers were just the beginning at an interfaith potluck
Throughout her many years of attending church, Annabelle Simmons had never seen a Muslim person pray. That changed on a cold Sunday evening as she climbed the cushioned stairs of the mosque barefoot among an assembly of women wearing colorful hijabs and dressed in cloak-like garments that covered their bodies.
Prayers were just the beginning at an interfaith potluck
Throughout her many years of attending church, Annabelle Simmons had never seen a Muslim person pray. That changed on a cold Sunday evening as she climbed the cushioned stairs of the mosque barefoot among an assembly of women wearing colorful hijabs and dressed in cloak-like garments that covered their bodies.
Brake light clinic aims to reduce traffic stops for Columbia drivers Original
Volunteers will pop open trunks and replace broken brake lights at no charge this weekend. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia's parking lot, at 2615 Shepard Blvd. Participants can have faulty brake lights replaced at no cost and receive free clothing, food staples and household items collected by volunteers and community members.
Food banks brace for strain as shutdown halts SNAP benefits
Food banks across Missouri are preparing for possible surges in demand as the federal shutdown nears the end of its third week, halting the issuance of November SNAP benefits and raising uncertainty among low-income families. The shutdown, now the third-longest in modern U.S. history after those in 1995 and 2018-19, continues with no resolution in sight after senators failed Thursday for the 10th time to break the impasse.
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