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Alumnus honors family by giving combined $1.7 million to Mizzou

Two financial gifts to the University of Missouri will honor an alumnus’s family.  Mizzou announced Thursday the $1.7 million combined donations from Ken Donohew, a 1967 industrial engineering graduate, and his wife, Ellen Kippel.  A $1.4 million gift will honor Donohew’s father by creating the Maj. Gen. Jack Donohew Fund for Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering.  MU

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Committee gives final report on bringing Hyperloop to Missouri

A state public and private committee gave its final report on bringing the Virgin Hyperloop One to Missouri. The Blue Ribbon Panel on Hyperloop outlined impacts the high-speed rail system could have on the state. Its report shows Hyperloop would benefit Missouri with $1.67-billion to $3.68 billion of annual economic impact, create between 7,600 and 17,200 jobs, increase real

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Warming centers, overnight shelters available as colder weather moves into mid-Missouri

Cold weather will move through mid-Missouri to round out the month of October and warming centers and overnight shelters are available to help keep people without shelter out of the cold. Columbia’s warming centers are open during normal business hours and offer access to restrooms, drinking fountains and other publicly available areas. Those centers include

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CPD officer hit by Taser misfire

An officer of the Columbia Police Department was inadvertently hit with a non-lethal weapon Thursday night while taking a person into custody. The incident occurred when two officers responded to a disturbance call at Moser’s Foods grocery store on N. Keene Street just before 7 p.m. “The two officers attempted to take a person in

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