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Duane Porterfield, center, watches as Sarah Stege, a volunteer with Responsibility Hall, wheels away items belonging to his granddaughter Carly Comer yesterday at the University of Missouri-Columbia.   Read the Article

Local News Stories
Back to campus
By MATTHEW LeBLANC of the Tribune’s staff
Things are bustling once again on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus.

For cross-country fundraisers, the hike is all uphill
By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff
It has taken Preston Barden 51 days hiking across the United States to raise money for the National Children’s Cancer Society, and he’s a little disappointed.

Initiative’s supporters rally faithful
By JASON ROSENBAUM of the Tribune’s staff
The Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures is gearing up its campaign to place an amendment in the Missouri Constitution that stops the General Assembly from curtailing embryonic stem cell research.

New teachers among chosen few
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
Marcus James’ goal as a first-year teacher this school year is lofty but achievable.

Search for drugs results in arrests
Columbia police arrested two local men on suspicion of drug charges Saturday night after finding cocaine and drug paraphernalia while searching a home on Madison Street.

Crash kills passenger along College Avenue
University of Missouri-Columbia police are investigating a one-vehicle accident early yesterday on College Avenue that killed one person and sent the driver to the hospital with critical injuries.

In Business
SABEW receives $25,000 grant
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers, which is based at the University of Missouri-Columbia’s School of Journalism, has been awarded $25,000 from Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation to launch several ethics-based initiatives.