Lauren Kelliher

Some confusing news about mammograms has muddied the picture for some women about whether — and how frequently — to get the screening. 

The MU Student Recreation Complex was originally built to comfortably service 26,000 total members. Ten years since its construction, the complex is struggling to serve MU students after the university switched conferences and increased its enrollment.

A confrontation between protesters and journalists on Mel Carnahan Quadrangle on Nov. 9 called into question the rights of press and protesters under the First Amendment. Ken Paulson, president of the First Amendment Center, clarified the boundaries.

Ten years ago, Columbia College professor Joseph Carrier responded to the Hurricane Katrina disaster by collecting and packing more than 3,000 books bound for Biloxi, Mississippi.

Besides adding a "power shift," the Columbia Police Department switched from two- to one-officer cars last week, Assistant Chief John Gordon said. The department would need to hire 26 patrol officers if it wanted to reach an "effective" level of proactive policing with two-person patrol units, according to a study by Matrix Consulting Group.

A syndrome that makes it difficult for pigs to gain weight and reproduce was thought to be incurable. A team of researchers at MU, Kansas State University and Genus have bred pigs that are immune to the disease, an MU release announced on Tuesday.

The wireless UbiDuo device allows two people to hold a text-based conversation in person.

The unit seeks coordination among local groups and the police department.

The Mayor's Task Force for Pedestrian Safety heard a presentation on Vision Zero, a global traffic safety initiative that started in Sweden in 1997.

Vision Zero was unanimously approved 14-0 at the Mayor's Task Force for Pedestrian Safety meeting Tuesday afternoon.

During World War II, Joanne Johnson Jones went to a flight school in Cape Girardeau and learned to fly. She is remembered for her love of adventure, travel and people.

The city is holding the symposium to educate residents on current and future options for affordable housing with guest presentations and public input.

The two were arrested in St. Charles County in May after police found a pound of methamphetamine in their car.

An 18-year-old man was charged on Monday with eight felony counts in connection with the robbery, kidnapping and assault of his roommate with a gun last month.