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From left, Dexter King, Martin Luther King III, Bernice King and Yolanda King pay tribute to their mother, Coretta Scott King, yesterday as she lay in honor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Her deceased husband, Martin Luther King Jr., preached at Ebenezer Baptist Church in the 1960s.
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Council puts
development plan on hold
By MATTHEW LeBLANC of the Tribune’s staff
Facing opposition from nearby residents, Boone County public works officials and its own Planning and Zoning Commission, the Columbia City Council tabled for the second time last night plans for a large development along Howard Orchard Road.
Individual calls made before vote
By TERRY GANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
The acting head of Missouri’s student loan authority said today that a series of "one-on-one" telephone calls between the authority’s staff and individual board members helped craft the plan to sell $2.4 billion worth of the agency’s assets.
Ex-office manager charged with stealing
By SARA AGNEW
of the Tribune’s staff
A 23-year-old Centralia woman was charged yesterday with stealing more than $26,000 from Busenbark Carpet Inc., where she worked as an office manager and saleswoman.
Commission tweaks expansion tax plan
By GREG MILLER
of the Tribune’s staff
Boone County commissioners agreed to take a different approach to funding $14 million in office space expansion projects, but that still didn’t satisfy one member’s objection to the sales tax-funded plan.
Democrats pitch plan for pledges
By TERRY GANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
Some House Democrats, including Rep. Jeff Harris of Columbia, are sponsoring legislation that would award college tuition scholarships to students who pledge not to use alcohol or drugs.
Ethanol’s
fans favor MU study
By JOSH FLORY
of the Tribune’s staff
JEFFERSON CITY - Billy Gwaltney grew up in Benton County but spent more than two decades living in Iowa and Ohio as an employee of Cargill.
Teachers’ pay plan gets mixed faculty reviews
By ANNIE NELSON
of the Tribune’s staff
The hot topic of teacher salary discussions this year in the Columbia school district is the proposed minimum salary for beginning teachers.
Columbia College adds another site
Columbia College has added a 30th site to its network of off-campus higher education learning centers with the establishment of a facility at Fort Drum near Watertown, N.Y.
Graham hospitalized with staph infection
State Sen. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, will miss this week’s work in the Missouri Senate because of a staph infection on his left leg, his office said today in a news release.
Subway restaurant robbed at gunpoint
A man got away with an undisclosed amount of cash last night after he brandished a gun and robbed a Subway restaurant.
Investigators revise fire damage estimate
A weekend fire in southwest Columbia caused by embers from a fireplace coming in contact with shake shingles resulted in about $40,000 damage, according to a revised estimate by fire investigators.
