Local News Stories
Curator supplements Alden’s salary
By TERRY GANEY of the Tribune’s staff
A member of the University of Missouri Board of Curators is financing a $50,000 annual salary supplement for Athletic Director Mike Alden.

Relics recall a buried history
By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff
SALINE COUNTY - Piecing together the history of slavery in Little Dixie happens one pottery shard, bone button and mussel shell at a time.

Farmers group rails against corps’ spring rise
By GREG MILLER of the Tribune’s staff
After listening for more than two hours to speeches panning the spring-rise plan, Army Corps of Engineers Col. Michael Rossi said he knew that most of the audience of farmers and levee district representatives weren’t his best friends.

Attorneys announce bids to replace Kelly
By SARA AGNEW of the Tribune’s staff
Three Columbia attorneys have announced they will seek to replace Associate Circuit Judge Chris Kelly, who is stepping down from the bench.

Youths’ mural a bright idea
By GREG MILLER of the Tribune’s staff
Fifteen-year-old LaTassa Stevens might have a future in public relations.

Peace disturbance becomes pot bust
A peace disturbance complaint in the East Campus neighborhood early yesterday turned into a narcotics investigation after officers observed suspicious behavior, obtained a search warrant and seized a small marijuana-growing operation.

Stovetop fire damages El Chaparral duplex
A stovetop fire spread and caused $60,000 in damage Friday night to a duplex east of Columbia, the Boone County Fire Protection District said. No one was injured.

Deputies find plants, pounds of marijuana
A month-long investigation into marijuana-related activities in a Prathersville trailer park resulted Friday in Boone County sheriff’s deputies searching a home and seizing an indoor marijuana-growing operation and more than 16 pounds of the substance.