Missouri lawmakers are proposing bigger scholarships for students with financial need, allowing more universities to grant engineering and medical degrees, and supporting aid to victims of hazing. Ahead of the 2025 legislative session’s launch on Wednesday,

Boone County's delegation to Jefferson City talked on Thursday about how future budget cuts might affect the University of Missouri. The Boone County Mizzou Alumni Association hosted the forum, to discuss how lawmakers might support higher education and the university.

Founded in 1839 as the first public university west of the Mississippi River, the University of Missouri-Columbia, aka ‘Mizzou’, has many academic, research and social opportunities that college-bound students hope to find at a large flagship state university.

Missouri's athletic department reported a $15.2 deficit for the 2024 fiscal year. Here’s what you need to know about the department’s annual report.

A few months ago, children in the Child Development Lab on the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus were taking orders, measuring ingredients, cooking and reading menus with a server. A cow was scheduled to visit the lab at the end of the year for a lesson about farming.

Columbia received roughly 5 inches of snow, which was still within predictions but far less than the potential foot of snow.

The Missouri Tigers men’s basketball team won its 13th straight home game on Saturday afternoon, beating the Vanderbilt Commodores 75-66 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. The Tigers led throughout. Vandy clawed within a point late in the game, cutting the score to 61-60 with about 5 minutes, 30 seconds remaining.

Lincoln fell to UMSL, 69-51. Their win streak ends at 5. The Columbia College Cougar men's team hosted Central Baptist at Southwell Complex. Central Baptist came in ranked 17th in the NAIA. The Cougars fell behind early and could not complete a comeback. They fall 85-81.

The University of Missouri-Columbia named its dean’s list for the fall 2024 semester. Named from Texas County are: Lilly Hope Scheliga, Bucyrus, freshman, health sciences; Casey James Merckling, Houston,

The next challenge for coach Dennis Gates’ MU squad arrives Saturday in the form of coach John Calipari’s Arkansas Razorbacks.

At UNC, if the pellets fully replaced coal, levels of some pollutants, such as sulfuric acid and fine particulate matter, would decrease according to the university’s draft air permit reviewed by the N.C. Division of Air Quality. Greenhouse gases would also fall by 12 percent. Under this scenario, the UNC plant would still burn natural gas.

The Red Cross chapter serving Mid-Missouri is planning to build a new facility in south Columbia. Rebecca Gordon, executive director of the Central and Northern Missouri chapter, said the new building on South Providence Road will serve as the nonprofit's headquarters for its service area.