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Kathryn Remington, 51, is feuding with management at Lakewood Apartments,
where she contends mold inside her home has made her ill enough to require
medication. Her landlord, Yarco, has replaced kitchen cabinets, repaired
Sheetrock and replaced carpeting, but Remington says her illnesses persist.
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Local News Stories
Fungus a homegrown conflict
By T.J. GREANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
It can lurk inside walls, under carpeting and flow through air vents. Mold is everywhere, and in disputes between landlords and tenants, the existence of mold spores might be the toughest complaint of all to fix or disprove.
Collision puts man in lockup
By T.J. GREANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
A head-on collision Friday night on Route VV at Wildwood Street injured one motorist and resulted in a four-hour search for the other driver, who was later identified as an illegal immigrant.
Patrol honors guardsmen for giving aid
By T.J. GREANEY of the Tribune’s staff
A Jefferson City man was named an "honorary trooper" of the Missouri State Highway Patrol last week for stopping to help stranded motorists in an accident that took a tragic turn.
Hope for a solution
By JANESE HEAVIN
of the Tribune’s staff
A former Rock Bridge High School student is organizing an international summit in Jordan this summer in hopes of resolving America’s conflict in Iraq.
Holidays a crunch time for local animal shelter
By JANESE HEAVIN
of the Tribune’s staff
Hundreds of homeless animals, mainly litters of puppies, were dropped off at the Central Missouri Humane Society last week, forcing staff to euthanize older animals to make room.
Traffic fatalities markedly decline in Mid-Missouri
By JONATHON BRADEN
of the Tribune’s staff
Traffic fatalities in the 13-county Mid-Missouri region plummeted 24 percent from fatalities that occurred in 2006. If that trend holds up through the last days of December, that region will have the fewest traffic deaths in four years, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.
Developer learns a planning lesson over size of sewer
By SARA SEMELKA
of the Tribune’s staff
A local developer learned a lesson Thursday at a meeting of the Boone County Commission - costing tens of thousands of dollars - about making formal agreements with the sewer district before deeding a wastewater treatment facility to the district.
Gunfire at home prompts teen arrest
A dispute between a teenage girl and her mother erupted in gunfire as the girl allegedly fired a handgun at their central Columbia residence yesterday.
Crayton returns home after stay in hospital
First Ward Councilwoman Almeta Crayton, 48, returned home Friday after being released from Boone Hospital Center, where she said she was treated for kidney problems.
Clark Lane motorist treated and released
Just before 8 p.m. Friday, two vehicles collided on Clark Lane. The accident resulted in minor injuries to one of the drivers.
13-year-old girl found in California
A 13-year-old Warsaw girl who’s been missing was found Wednesday in a California park.
In Features
Goodbye,‘Mayberry’
By JOE MEYER
of the Tribune’s staff
Figures show Columbia’s crime rate is increasing slightly faster than the population’s growth.
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW
Hillary is done for
By HENRY J. WATERS III, Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune
The only reason I can pose as a qualified pundit on this matter is because the situation among the Democratic candidates is so fluid. In this vacuum of certainty, we country bumpkins can pontificate with impunity, acting as if we have a clue.
In Commentary
Mayor, council members deserve to be paid
By BOB ROPER
In the late 1940s some reformers were fed up with the way
Columbia was governed, and voters agreed.
