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Nikki Longdon displays a photo of her parents, Billy and Penny Briscoe, while holding her pet Chihuahua on Thursday in the home she shares with husband Chris Longdon. The Briscoes died last March when a tornado struck their home near Renick.  Read the Article

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Life after a tornado
By JACOB LUECKE of the Tribune’s staff
RENICK - For most of March 12, Nikki Longdon had her old life. A stubborn, 18-year-old high school senior, she was a self-described "daddy’s girl."

Corps amends design for chute
By JACOB LUECKE of the Tribune’s staff
A plan to build a Missouri River chute to help the pallid sturgeon is changing after farmers across the river complained that the project might endanger their land.

State plans to give city pavement
By MATTHEW LeBLANC of the Tribune’s staff
Columbia municipal road crews would maintain more than nine miles of streets now controlled by the state under a plan recently aired by the Missouri Department of Transportation.

Grounded
Columbia police officers handcuff motorist Randell Bradford, 33, of Columbia at Providence Road and Ash Street as off-duty Columbia fire Division Chief Dean Martin makes a radio call. Bradford allegedly made a U-turn on Providence and collided with a Buick driven by Larney Parham, 75, of Columbia.

Rear-end collision results in treatment of motorist
A Columbia man was injured in a two-vehicle collision last night, police said.

Bins for recyclable materials relocated on MU campus
The Columbia Public Works Department has moved drop-off containers for recyclable materials to a new site at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Fayette developer admits guilt in murder-for-hire conspiracy
A Fayette developer pleaded guilty yesterday to hiring a hit man to kill the husband of a former business partner.

Suspect in local bank robbery caught by police along I-70
Columbia police and state troopers worked together to catch a robbery suspect after a bank customer alerted police to a holdup yesterday at a branch of the Boone County National Bank.

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