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Global contest is tough Maritha Hunter-Butler hugs son Christopher Winston,11, of Crestview Middle School in Ferguson after Christopher won the Missouri Geographic Bee yesterday in Memorial Union at the University of Missouri-Columbi   Read the Article

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Fairview traffic faces dual roundabouts
By MATTHEW LeBLANC of the Tribune’s staff
Armed with a folder full of reports, statistics and news articles, Blake Segafredo had some questions about two proposed roundabouts planned for west Columbia.

Global contest is tough
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
She wore a poker face, but the way she tapped her blue sequined shoe gave her away.

American Indian relics to rest at Rock Bridge park
By GREG MILLER of the Tribune’s staff
Fear not, nature lovers: The construction project at the entrance to Rock Bridge Memorial State Park isn’t for a new garage.

County tax advocates fund effort
By JACOB LUECKE of the Tribune’s staff
Though facing no organized opposition, the committee pushing a tax to expand the Boone County Courthouse raised more than $20,000 for its cause.

Firing at Rolla campus leads to bias litigation
By TERRY GANEY of the Tribune’s staff
ROLLA - For 30 years, Floyd Harris recruited minority and women students to the University of Missouri-Rolla and nurtured them toward degrees.

Eagle Bluffs swans were ‘problematic,’ state officials say
By GREG MILLER of the Tribune’s staff
Jim Loveless is torn over of the shooting deaths of two mute swans.

County clerk office open for absentees
People who have obligations that would prevent them from voting Tuesday can cast an absentee ballot today at the office of Boone County Clerk Wendy Noren.

Patrol’s PCP seizure reported as record
A tractor-trailer stopping for a routine inspection near Joplin on Thursday night was found to be hauling 40 gallons of liquid PCP and 12 kilograms of cocaine, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a news release.