Good morning, Columbia.

At the New Educator Breakfast at Gentry Middle School — the Columbia Public Schools Foundation distributed $22,500 in $100 gift cards to 225 new teachers to support classroom needs.

Missouri education officials plan to ask lawmakers for roughly $300 million more for public school funding next year after state law changes raised costs.

The board will meet again this month to discuss the tight budget and address concerns over last year’s funding choices.

Thousands of Mizzou freshmen and families moved in Wednesday at the dorms, and 1,300 more will arrive today as volunteers in gold T-shirts managed special drop-off zones — campus officials reported good weather and smooth traffic despite downtown crime concerns.

Business owners in Columbia are challenging the state's seizure of video gambling machines at a hearing scheduled for Wednesday — they claim the current law's definition of illegal gaming is too broad and have asked for a temporary restraining order to pause the removals.

8-year-old Charlotte Medley rang the bell at MU Health Care's Children's Hospital on Wednesday, Aug.

19 to mark the end of more than two years of cancer treatment — a milestone celebrated by family, friends, and staff as she looks forward to camping and river outings.