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The number of burglaries in Columbia increased during the week many went on Spring Break when compared to lastyear’snumbers. Thepolicedepartment released those numbers Monday. Twenty-five homes and businesses were broken into during the12-dayspan. On College Avenue, four houses in a row were burglarized. Twohomeownersson the 100blockof College Avenue “springbreak-proofed”their homes before leaving. They locked the

(AP) – Luke Hancock made all five of his 3-pointers and led Louisville to its first NCAA men’s basketball championship since 1986 with a 82-76 victory over Michigan on Monday night. Coach Rick Pitino added this title to the one he won at Kentucky in 1996 and is the first coach to win a championship

A man convicted of sex crimes in Callaway County turned himself in to his bondsman Monday. Sean Price failed to show up to a March sentencing hearing and never returned to his Calwood home. Since then, deputies have been looking for him and feared he had fled the state. Price was convicted on two counts

Two people in Eldon are behind bars as investigators are trying to figure out how a two-month old Eldon baby died. Graham Bond and Elizabeth Burnett were arrested on drug charges and endangering the welfare of a child. Burnett was arraigned on Monday. An autopsy was done on the child in Columbia on Monday. ABC

The man charged withkilling a fellow patient at Columbia’s VA hospital told a Boone County judge he is not guilty Monday. Rudy Perez is accused of beatingRobert Hill to deathin a common room inside the veteran’s hospital Feb. 1. Defense attorney David Smith said Perez suffers from schizophrenia and was off his medications during the

Ervin Santana pitched eight strong innings, Alcides Escobar doubled home the go-ahead run and the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 3-1 on Monday in their home opener. Santana (1-1), who the Royals acquired in an Oct. 31 trade from the Los Angeles Angels for minor-league left-hander Brandon Sisk, gave up a

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Brandon Phillips kick-started a nine-run ninth inning with a tiebreaking bloop double and Shin-Soo Choo made amends for two botched fly balls with a three-run double, and the Cincinnati Reds spoiled the St. Louis Cardinals’ home opener with a 13-4 victory on Monday. Mitchell Boggs (0-1), the stand-in closer for St.

Columbia’s cultural affairs manager is stepping down. On Monday Assistant City Manager Carol Rhodes announced that Chris Stevens will resign his position. It will be effective at the end of July. Stevens and his family will be relocating to Denver where they will continue their work with the arts. Stevens was hired in December of

Just before 8 a.m. Sunday, the body 39-year-old Christie Ottowas found in Jefferson City on West McCarty Street near Industrial Drive under the overpass. Jefferson City police said the death is not associated with any train. As of 2:30 p.m., police were doing leg work to investigate if the death was suspicious or not. At

Some random and varied observations from the weekend in sports. 1) I had Louisville and Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament final Monday night with the Cardinals winning it all. Saturday, Rick Pitino and his boys took care of business. Their pressure defense was too much for the Wichita State Shockers to handle, especially in the

Chelsea Thomas may have had her worst softball outing in her otherwise perfect career. Chelsea Thomas gave up 11 runs off of 11 hits in the No. 7 Tigers 14-6 loss to No. 4 Alabama. Bama had a three-run homer in the first inning, and added six more runs in the second. The Tigers drop

(AP) – Billy Butler hit a grand slam that was confirmed by video review and tied a Royals franchise record with seven RBIs, and Kansas City held on for a 9-8 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. Butler’s fifth-inning homer, the first slam of his career and the first ever allowed by Philadelphia left-hander

AP – Matt Cain became the first Giants pitcher to allow nine runs in an inning since 1902 when Matt Carpenter and the St. Louis Cardinals tagged him Sunday in a 14-3 romp over San Francisco. After Cain and the Giants received their 2012 World Series rings before the game, they got trounced. The Cardinals

Go ahead and call them the “comeback kids”, because once again Mizzou baseball found a way to win. Senior Dane Opel hit a three-run, go-ahead triple in the top of the ninth, as Missouri rallied back to defeat Georgia 8-5 Sunday at Foley Field. Pitcher Keaton Steele retired the last 15 batters he faced while

A Columbia man was killed in an early morning accident on Mexico Gravel Road. Columbia police say a car driven by 25-year-old Rodolfo Rodriguez was traveling westbound near the 4200 block of Mexico Gravel Road when it left the roadway. Police say the car hit a raised concrete drain, causing it to become airborne before

Pinch-hitter Kevin Frandsen hit a bases-clearing, three-run double with two outs in the ninth off closer Greg Holland to lift the Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night in front of the smallest crowd in Philadelphia in four years. The Phillies had just two hits and trailed 3-1 to

Carlos Beltran hit a go-ahead two-run single in the fifth against his former team and Shelby Miller beat the reigning World Series champion San Francisco Giants in his second career start, spoiling Buster Posey’s MVP party with a 6-3 win for the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday. Pete Kozma had three hits, drove in a

The No. 7 Mizzou softball evened the series at No. 4 Alabama with a resounding 9-4 victory at Rhoads Stadium on Saturday. The Tigers took a 9-0 lead over the Crimson Tide into the seventh inning on an initial 6.0-inning scoreless stint in the circle from standout senior pitcher Chelsea Thomas. The Tigers were led

Columbia police are looking for the driver of a truck caught of surveillance cameras after an alleged sexual assault. According to a Saturday night news release, officers were called to University Hospital just after 7:30 a.m. for a report of a sexual assault victim. The attack happened near the 900 block of Curtis Avenue, but

Drivers should expect delays on Highway 63 on the weekends between Ashland and Jefferson City, as road crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) blast away a bluff that is too close to the roadway. Several rock slides were reported along the northbound stretch of the highway near S. Westbrook Drive. But the entire