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Edward King, an employee of the Columbia Recycling Center, rips open blue recycling bags and dumps recyclables on a conveyor belt where they lead to other workers who separate plastic, paper, aluminum and tin cans.
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Local News Stories
Brawls keep local police busy
By DEREK KRAVITZ
of the Tribune’s staff
A feud between Columbia and St. Louis youths resulted in a string of fights involving baseball bats and beer bottles over the weekend, police say.
When trash won’t become treasure
By KAT HUGHES
of the Tribune’s staff
By volume, plastics account for more than 34 percent of trash thrown into Columbia’s landfill, according to a study released in January by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Show raises $120,000 for autism center
By JOE MEYER
of the Tribune’s staff
A fashion show held this weekend helped raise about $120,000 for University of Missouri’s Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
Lawyer considers run for state Senate seat
By JASON ROSENBAUM
of the Tribune’s staff
Kurt Schaefer, former deputy director and general counsel at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, is considering a run as a Republican against state Sen. Chuck Graham.
City doesn’t test for pharmaceuticals
By SARA SEMELKA of the Tribune’s staff
Barry Kirchhoff, plant superintendent for Columbia Water and Light, said the city is not required to test for pharmaceuticals in the water but has a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Geographical Survey to monitor the ground water used to supply the city’s customers.
School board candidate Q&A
The Tribune sent a set of three questions to the five candidates running for one of three open seats on the Columbia Board of Education. What follows is the full text of each response to one question. Candidates are listed in the order in which they appear on the April 8 ballot.
Pantries benefit from food drive
Boone and Cole county Boy Scouts on Saturday hit the streets to collect thousands of pounds of groceries for area food pantries.
Police accuse man of trafficking drugs
Columbia police arrested a man Saturday suspected of trafficking cocaine in central Columbia.
Boonville fugitive caught in San Diego
A Boonville man sought for violating his parole for a 1980 murder conviction was apprehended over the weekend in San Diego.
I-70 driver falls asleep just west of Columbia
A St. Louis woman was injured yesterday morning after she fell asleep at the wheel and wrecked her vehicle on Interstate 70.
Ex-Tribune columnist takes Post-Dispatch job
Former Tribune columnist Tony Messenger has accepted a position as a state Capitol reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Web safety program planned for Thursday
An Internet safety program for parents is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday in the Hickman High School media center.
