Local News Stories
Area troops lost in Iraq
By GREG MILLER of the Tribune’s staff
Josh Ennis would have given anything to not have built a memorial outside his former high school yesterday, but when his childhood friend was killed in Iraq, Ennis felt compelled to act.

Hearing sheds light on motive in Morgan case
By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff
FAYETTE - Developer Robert W. Morgan was having an affair with a former employee and tried to have her husband killed because he thought the man was a homosexual, the prosecutor in a murder conspiracy case said yesterday.

Blunt finds GOP less harmonious
By JOSH FLORY of the Tribune’s staff
JEFFERSON CITY - In his first year as governor, Matt Blunt watched the General Assembly implement his policy priorities with only the rarest of dissonant notes.

•	Legislature’s session ends with GOP wins
•	A look at major issues of the 2006 session

Higher ed results mixed
By TERRY GANEY of the Tribune’s staff
JEFFERSON CITY - In the General Assembly’s final hours, Sen. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, used his power to prolong debate to block legislation giving a state board the power to punish universities for not cooperating on programs.

Officials effusive about ABC move
By TERRY GANEY of the Tribune’s staff
Top government and University of Missouri officials crowded under a tent near Highway 63 south of Columbia yesterday to welcome the first tenant of the new Discovery Ridge Research Park.

Moser pulls grocery proposal in dispute over 5 feet
By MATTHEW LeBLANC of the Tribune’s staff
It doesn’t seem like much, but 5 feet apparently can make a big difference.

Hospital places stock in art
By JACOB LUECKE of the Tribune’s staff
At Boone Hospital Center’s new Center for Advanced Medicine, aesthetics are part of a good prognosis.

Jefferson City woman dies in Forum wreck
A Jefferson City woman died last night in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Forum Boulevard and Chapel Hill Road.

Motorist, passenger in critical condition
A Columbia passenger in a late-night accident Thursday was discharged from the hospital yesterday, while the vehicle’s driver and another passenger remained in critical condition.

Journal lists Hickman in high school ranking
Newsweek magazine has named Hickman High School as one of the top 1,000 school in the United States.