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Jacob Mingus, 14, right, and Brandon Casteel, 14, center, toss theater seats into a dump truck next to the Missouri Theatre yesterday in downtown Columbia. Mingus recruited and coordinated more than 100 volunteers and 500 man-hours over four days for the seat removal as his Eagle Scout project. “In a few years I’ll come back and be able to say I took out all those seats,” Jacob said. He is one merit badge away from gaining the rank of Eagle Scout. Read the Article

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Constructive destruction
By SARA SEMELKA of the Tribune’s staff
Less than a week ago, Jacob Mingus, 14, walked into the Missouri Theatre with a mission.

Former chief of staff sues fire district
By JOE MEYER of the Tribune’s staff
A second former employee of the Boone County Fire Protection District has filed a federal lawsuit against the fire district, claiming he was fired as retaliation after making complaints about former Assistant Chief Sharon Curry.

Career center annex expands options
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
Construction crews are putting last-minute touches on the Columbia Area Career Center’s addition three weeks before the school opens to high school students.

A year later, mom continues search for daughter
By SARA AGNEW of the Tribune’s staff
At first, Debra Shultz dismissed her daughter’s ups and downs as teenage angst.

MU-created drug set for new market
By JACOB LUECKE of the Tribune’s staff
A locally developed heartburn drug will begin soothing stomachs in Europe.

Baker returns from Ghana
By JASON ROSENBAUM of the Tribune’s staff
For a number of days in July, Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, was in a place starkly different from the columned halls of the Capitol.

Crash on 63 injures Sturgeon woman
A Sturgeon woman was injured yesterday in a two-car crash in northern Boone County.

More area firefighters join fire crews in West
Two Boone County firefighters have been deployed to Oregon to fight wildfires for the next two weeks.

Bomb threat closes First Student office
A bomb threat yesterday morning caused an evacuation of First Student Transportation in northeast Columbia.

Peaceworks marks bombings’ anniversary
Mid-Missouri Peaceworks will commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings during a community event tomorrow evening.

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