Local News Stories
Tables turned on would-be thief, intruder
By T.J. GREANEY of the Tribune’s staff
Two more potential victims and two more cases of people fighting back.

MU professor reveals secrets of vocal longevity
By ABRAHAM MAHSHIE of the Tribune’s staff
If you’re a shower singer hoping to make the big time or a schoolteacher whose voice fails by the end of the day, you might want to consider vocal exercises.

Police move forward with training center project
By JOE MEYER of the Tribune’s staff
The Columbia Police Department is moving forward with plans to create a training center separate from a firing range amid complications with finding a location for the range.

University, city seek to predict population shift
By KAT HUGHES of the Tribune’s staff
To help meet the needs of a growing city, Columbia has entered into a partnership with the University of Missouri to develop a computer model that will predict population growth.

IN OVATION
Magic at midnight
By SARA AGNEW of the Tribune’s staff
When organizers in Boston planned the inaugural First Night in 1976, they wanted to offer a meaningful alternative to the traditional New Year’s Eve party.

•	First Night Columbia 2008 map and schedule

IN PULSE
Devastating emerald ash borer marches its way toward Missouri
By JAN WIESE-FALES
Sometime in the early to mid-1990s, an iridescent green wood-boring beetle known as the emerald ash borer arrived in North America, presumably in packing materials - crating or pallets - from its home territory of northeastern China, Mongolia, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and eastern Russia. But the little critters weren’t detected until 2002, when huge numbers of ash trees in southeast Michigan began dying.

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