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A mother renewed
The last thing Patricia Kent, 47, expected to be sending out with her son Juan’s
graduation invitations was a bundle of birth announcements.
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Local News Stories
A mother renewed
By SARA SEMELKA
of the Tribune’s staff
For the past year, Patricia Kent has been preparing herself for an "empty nest" as her 18-year-old son, Juan
Pelaez, made plans to move to Colorado to pursue a degree in neuroscience.
Chase, staff differ with school board on cuts to budget
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
Columbia Public Schools administrators will present a list of budget cut
recommendations Monday that includes some, but not all, recommendations
Columbia Board of Education members gave last month.
Grad’s walk across stage breaks barrier at college
By JOE MEYER
of the Tribune’s staff
Dacia Luck summed up why she decided to participate in
Saturday’s graduation ceremony at Columbia College instead of skipping it the way some graduates do.
Stephens diploma plays off digital era
By SARA SEMELKA
of the Tribune’s staff
As an incoming college freshman, Sarah Whorton decided at the last minute to change her major from theater to the newly introduced digital filmmaking major, a choice that four years later has made her a part of Stephens College history.
Unity desired by Democrats at convention
By JASON ROSENBAUM
of the Tribune’s staff
While this year’s Democratic fight for the White House seems unprecedented in length and acrimony, U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton noted that the Missouri party’s most famous son also dealt with election heartburn.
Sisters killed in crash described as ‘real close’
By JOE MEYER
of the Tribune’s staff
Shabonia Hamidi could not believe it when a state trooper visited her Columbia home on Friday and said her mother, Aquilla Britt, and aunt had died in a head-on collision.
One-vehicle wreck results in DWI arrest
A Harrisburg woman was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after she was injured in a rollover accident Friday night on Highway 124 in Boone County.
Rider injured when pickup clips Harley
A Fulton motorcyclist was critically injured Saturday in a collision with a pickup northeast of Columbia.
Parked vehicle yields arrest for nonsupport
A motorist in a vehicle parked on a Missouri River boat ramp near Hartsburg fled early
Saturday as Boone County sheriff’s deputies approached and was subsequently caught and arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest, possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana and a warrant for felony nonsupport.
Motorist leaves hurt
passenger after crash
Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle who fled on foot from a two-vehicle collision early
Saturday in northeast Columbia, leaving behind an injured passenger and the other injured
motorist.
In Features
Bridge for sale?
By TERRY GANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
BOONVILLE - One day last month, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill huddled in her Washington, D.C., office with Jim Young, CEO of Union Pacific
Railroad.
In Ovation
Content, not technique, drives Rock Bridge students’ art work
By ANNIE NELSON
of the Tribune’s staff
Rock Bridge art teacher Sharyn Hyatt-Wade said she and her students don’t call Room 317 a classroom; they call it Studio 317.
Music on the brain
By JANESE HEAVIN
of the Tribune’s staff
In Lee Elementary School’s music room, math fractions become rhythmic drumbeats, solar systems are something to sing about and social studies can be found tucked in the songs that captured historical moments..
