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Trials and tribulation People gather in prayer outside police tape Feb. 13, 1994, the morning after three people were slain in the Casey’s General Store on Ballenger Lane. Ernest Lee Johnson was convicted in the murders and faces a third penalty-phase trial this week.  Read the Article

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Trials and tribulation
By SARA AGNEW of the Tribune’s staff
Ernest Lee Johnson is a killer. No question about that.

House leader’s income sources include lobbyist
By JOSH FLORY of the Tribune’s staff
JEFFERSON CITY - The second-ranking Republican in the Missouri House of Representatives earned money last year from a lobbying firm that does business at the Capitol.

Schools’ reserves help budget for staff, technology
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
With operating expenditures exceeding revenues by about $6.6 million next year, Columbia Public Schools officials plan to use reserve funds to pad a $205 million spending plan that calls for increases in teacher pay, technology upgrades and an expansion at the Columbia Career Center.

Aviatrix inspires Stephens crowd
By MATTHEW LeBLANC of the Tribune’s staff
Listen to Wally Funk for only a short time, and it becomes clear she is not likely to take no for an answer.

Columbia College sets diploma mark
By JOSH FLORY of the Tribune’s staff
The Southwell Complex was packed yesterday afternoon as a record number of students went through graduation ceremonies at Columbia College.

Motorist, 60, injured in two-vehicle wreck
A Columbia man was injured Friday when his car collided with another vehicle that was turning onto Grindstone Parkway from Falling Leaf Lane.