Local News Stories
Teacher group wants bigger bump in salary
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
Columbia Board of Education members last night directed administrators to bring back a proposal boosting the district’s base pay by $1,000, but a teachers group wants to see a higher increase.

Artificial turf plan gets OK
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
The Columbia Board of Education gave the green light last night to a plan to lay artificial turf on the football fields at Rock Bridge and Hickman high schools by the start of next school year.

City taps purchasing agent as assistant manager
By MATTHEW LeBLANC of the Tribune’s staff
The city has hired its purchasing agent to be one of its assistant city managers, a position vacated when City Manager Bill Watkins left that job in December.

Forgery sentence set
By SARA AGNEW of the Tribune’s staff
A former finance director for the Mid-Missouri chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association was sentenced yesterday to three concurrent five-year prison terms for embezzling more than $96,000 from the agency to pay off her Platinum Plus credit card.

Residents protest forest sale
By JACOB LUECKE of the Tribune’s staff
ASHLAND - Nearly 150 opponents of the sale of National Forest land packed the Ashland Senior Center last night to express their displeasure.

Dometrorch stresses work in public safety
By SARA AGNEW of the Tribune’s staff
Shelly Dometrorch has spent a good deal of her life figuratively putting out fires and lending a helping hand. That the Rocheport business owner wants membership on a community board embroiled in controversy is no surprise to people who know her.

Senate bill would close lobbyist loopholes
By JOSH FLORY of the Tribune’s staff
JEFFERSON CITY - A bill aimed at overhauling Missouri’s ethics and campaign finance laws was approved yesterday by a Senate committee and could see floor debate as soon as this week.

Police seize crack, pot in house search
Columbia police arrested three people on drug charges last night after executing narcotics search warrants at two homes.

Griggs on board
Dave Griggs is sworn in as a member of the Boone County Fire Protection District board of directors by Assistant Chief Sharon Curry yesterday at the agency’s headquarters, witnessed by board member John Gordon Sr.