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Pool fight draws out bad blood
Angela Anderson, with 23-month-old son Brayden, contends the pool near her property line at 1251 Cedar Grove Blvd. is a threat to the safety of her children.
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Blunt family has ethanol ties
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Republican Gov. Matt Blunt has been a big supporter of the ethanol industry. He pushed for passage of an ethanol mandate for Missouri vehicles and increased state aid for ethanol and biodiesel producers.
Pool fight draws out bad blood
By JACOB LUECKE
of the Tribune’s staff
Although Angela Anderson’s complaints about a neighbor’s swimming pool spurred new fencing rules in Boone County, she still hasn’t gotten what she really wants: a permanent barrier around the pool next door.
Public safety workers cite job troubles
By MATTHEW LeBLANC
of the Tribune’s staff
Most of Columbia’s municipal employees are satisfied with their jobs and say supervisors give them "useful feedback," according to a survey released yesterday.
City OKs
Mesa Air proposal
By MATTHEW LeBLANC of the Tribune’s staff
The Columbia City Council voted last night to endorse a plan from a Phoenix-based airline to offer federally subsidized commercial flights to Kansas City and St. Louis.
Stabbing death gets Martinez 15-year sentence
By SARA AGNEW
of the Tribune’s staff
On the night 19-year-old Alejandro Flores-Ramirez was stabbed to death, he told friends he planned to return to high school the next week to complete his education.
Timing questioned in federal marriage move
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
Some say it’s a moral cornerstone, others a constitutional right. But many agree that marriage is the match needed to light a fire under lukewarm conservatives.
Charge more to lease school space, Gadbois says
By JANESE HEAVIN
of the Tribune’s staff
A Columbia school board member wants district officials to look into raising building rental fees to generate extra revenues.
Fake subscriptions net restitution order
A Joplin man who sold magazines door to door last year but never delivered them has been ordered to pay more than $4,600 in restitution to consumers and the state.
Beating death suspect sentenced to 12 years
A man who planned the robbery of Fernando Olivares was sentenced to prison yesterday for his part in the January 2005 attack, which led to the victim’s beating death.
Murder suspect waives arraignment
The second of three men charged in the killing in March of 34-year-old Carlos Kelly waived formal arraignment yesterday in Boone County Circuit Court and pleaded not guilty to first-degree robbery and second-degree murder.
Eager readers
Katelynn Veach, 5, reaches for a pencil next to John and Paul Gillis as they apply for a summer reading
program yesterday at the Columbia Public Library.
