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Time off? For faculty, not exactly Literacy Coach Susan Kohl and another staff member organize books on Thursday in the Book Room at Parkade Elementary School. Kohl and other faculty plan to spend most of the summer enhancing professional skills.  Read the Article

Local News Stories
Jury finds McKinney guilty
By SARA AGNEW of the Tribune’s staff
FULTON - A Callaway County jury didn’t buy the defense this week of a Columbia man who testified he was too busy working two jobs as a nurse’s aide to notice open festering burns on his young stepson’s back and arms.

Time off? For faculty, not exactly
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
Jeanie Buschjost is looking forward to her vacation this year - or rather the four days in a row she has off in July.

Man charged in small-town gunfire spree
From staff and wire reports 
A St. Peters man has been charged in connection with a Montgomery City shooting spree yesterday that left a woman dead and a police officer and another man wounded.

MU launches senior care program at The Intersection
By LIZ HEITZMAN of the Tribune’s staff
Day-care options for aging adults in Columbia are expanding.

Talent’s kickoff cites pills, meth
By TERRY GANEY of the Tribune’s staff
Two Columbia residents gave credit to U.S. Sen. Jim Talent yesterday for helping pass Medicare legislation they said would lower their annual drug bills by $3,600.

School officials deny injury suit allegations
Columbia Public Schools is denying that unsafe conditions caused a West Junior High School student two years ago to fall and suffer permanent injuries.

14-year-old earns MU High diploma
A 14-year-old Joplin student will graduate from University of Missouri-Columbia High School today.

Drug search results in Demaret arrests
Three Columbia residents were arrested Thursday night after Boone County sheriff’s deputies searched a Demaret Drive apartment for evidence of a crack cocaine distribution organization.

Burned up
A Boone County sheriff’s deputy investigates a domestic dispute that broke up after a man set a woman’s GMC Safari on fire at about 8 a.m. yesterday outside 700 E. Demaret Drive.

In Saturday Business Magazine
Owner keeps comics coming
By GREG MILLER of the Tribune’s staff
Michael Matthews didn’t expect to work in a comic shop, but when Rock Bottom Comics needed more help, the store decided to promote fanboys.

STREET TALK
Moe’s Southwest Grill sizzles on Ninth Street
By KEVIN COLEMAN of the Tribune’s staff
It’s the battle of the burrito.