A teacher in the Olathe School District created an entire curriculum around the FIFA World Cup to make sure students know about the tournament and the cultures that make it happen.
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The order ensures access to the overdose-reversing drug.
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Voters in 28 counties were assigned to new districts under the plan intended to boost GOP chances in the 5th District.
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Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway was the lead Republican attorney general behind the letter. Sent on Hanaway's office letterhead, the attorneys general state that "the upsurge in home-setting chemical abortions has serious implications for the Safe Drinking Water Act."
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Preis will lead the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which oversees about 500 public school districts and charter school systems in the state.
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The university broke ground on the Michael L. Parson Meat Science Education and Training Laboratory in April 2025.
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Several city services and departments will close in observance of the holiday. Emergency services will still be operational.
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A student-led group at Emory Law School has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the judiciary's system for policing bad behavior within its own ranks.
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It's often a derogatory term used to describe digital dinosaurs and technophobes. That wasn't always the case. NPR's Word of the Week looks back at the not so backwards-looking Luddites.
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The left winger Pulisic was key to the Americans' fluid and effective attack in last week's win over Paraguay. But he was kicked in the calf, left at halftime, and hasn't trained with the team since.
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Camp Bowers is back this summer, and it’s bigger than ever! Lawrence Bowers – founder of LBO Sports and E3 Sports Foundation – is bringing his popular three-day camp for kids to the Columbia Sports Fieldhouse July 13–15, with Baby Ballers (for the younger hoopers) running July 16–17. Sign up today! June 18, 2026
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The city of Columbia's Public Transit Advisory Committee met Tuesday about various recommendations to be made to the city of Columbia on the budget.
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Residents voiced opposition to government AI data center summit.
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The city's renewable energy ordinance requires Columbia to generate or purchase increasing levels of energy from renewable resources through 2029.
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MU Health Care announced today that it's undergoing an “organizational redesign” to protect the long-term financial sustainability of the system.
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Experience Maplewood Barn Theatre’s outdoor production of Kate Hamill’s hilarious and heartfelt adaptation of Little Women June 18-28 under the stars in Columbia. Follow the March sisters as they grow from little girls into little women with all the humor, heart, and family dynamics audiences love. Directed by Jamie Yelton and featuring Sarah Hurt as "Meg." Don’t forget your chairs and bug spray! June 17, 2026
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