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Land along the north side of Vawter School Road near Scott Boulevard would be developed for a convenience store and eventually a bank under a plan approved last night by the Columbia City Council. The site is next to Boone County Fire Protection District station that has access to Scott Boulevard.   Read the Article

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Council OKs development off Vawter
By MATTHEW LeBLANC of the Tribune’s staff
The Columbia City Council last night approved plans for a small development off Vawter School Road that eventually will include a convenience store, gas pumps and a bank. 

Columbia gives check to incubator
By LIZ HEITZMAN of the Tribune’s staff
After the Columbia City Council pledged in May to give $150,000 to a University of Missouri-Columbia business incubator, project leader Jake Halliday said the money had raised total project fundraising to $6.6 million.

Lawmakers set to start session
By JOSH FLORY of the Tribune’s staff
Missouri lawmakers returned to the Capitol today as the 2006 legislative session got under way.

County developing expansion plan
By GREG MILLER of the Tribune’s staff
Kay Roberts wanted to know last night when Boone County officials had last asked the public to pass a sales tax-supported bond issue such as the one proposed for the expansion of the Boone County Courthouse and Boone County Government Center.

Man, 50, suffers cuts in domestic conflict
Columbia police today arrested a 40-year-old woman after she allegedly attacked her boyfriend with a knife during a disturbance at their home.

Johanns, Talent set for MU flu virus talk
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns and U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., are scheduled to participate in a round-table discussion on the avian flu virus from 12:15 to 1 p.m. tomorrow at the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine.

Woman, 78, reports robbery in mall lot
A 78-year-old woman was robbed of her purse at knifepoint yesterday afternoon in the parking lot of Columbia Mall.