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Missouri Theatre Production Manager Tyler Richardson takes down his ladder Monday after changing
the marquee to tout the upcoming True/False Film
Festival.
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Local News Stories
HUD alleges overpayment for Section 8
By GREG MILLER
of the Tribune’s staff
A government audit says the Columbia Housing Authority has to pay $216,352 to cover expenses incurred when the authority gave some Section 8 tenants too much room and some landlords too much rent.
Merchants hopeful ahead of True/False
By GREG MILLER
of the Tribune’s staff
Although the True/False Film Festival is popular, Kurt
Mirtsching, the co-owner of Shakespeare’s Pizza, said it’s hard to tell whether the event is increasing pepperoni sales.
Floyd, Bray contest funding for UMSL
By TERRY GANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
JEFFERSON CITY - University of Missouri system President Elson Floyd told the Senate Appropriations Committee today that he would work harder in the future to ensure that the St. Louis campus receives a greater share of university funding.
Commission to help pay for repair at fairground
By JACOB LUECKE
of the Tribune’s staff
The Boone County Commission will help pay for a broken air compressor that sparked months of debate about the future of the Boone County Fairgrounds.
Noce joins race for new slot on bench
By SARA AGNEW
of the Tribune’s staff
A Columbia attorney has announced his candidacy for a new judgeship on the Boone County associate circuit bench.
Resolution condemns
forest sale
By JACOB LUECKE
of the Tribune’s staff
State Sen. Chuck Graham of Columbia has filed a resolution opposing the Bush administration’s proposed sale of national forest land.
Burst pipe soaks class on holiday
By ANNIE NELSON
of the Tribune’s staff
A steamy surprise awaited the staff at Rock Bridge Elementary School yesterday morning after a frozen heating pipe burst overnight in a fourth-grade classroom.
Internet site contains data on needs of Boone County
By the Tribune’s staff
Instead of replicating the intensive Boone County needs assessment conducted in 1998, the Boone County Indicators Coalition opted to launch an Internet site that compiles data about the county from other sources.
Lack of quorum cancels city P&Z
The Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission will not hold its regular meeting tomorrow night because it will lack a quorum.
Family escapes fire sparked by embers
Barbecue grill embers falling on a deck last night set off an early-morning house fire on Princeton Avenue that caused an estimated $30,000 in damage to the home.
Woman, child hurt in one-vehicle crash
A Columbia woman and her 6-year-old child were injured last night when the woman’s car crashed through a guardrail on the Highway 63 overpass at Stadium Boulevard.
Man pleads guilty to teen sex offenses
A Montgomery City man pleaded guilty yesterday in Boone County Circuit Court to four charges in connection with the sexual exploitation of three teenage girls from Boone County.
