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Agencies await decisions on ’07 funding
If the City Council approves the funding recommendation made by the Boone County Community Services Advisory Commission, 18 social service programs would see an increase in city funding and four programs would lose all city funding. After hearing from agencies and community members Tuesday, the commission finalized its recommendations for the amount of city and county funding 55 service programs should receive in the 2007 fiscal year. The City Council will consider the recommendation at its Aug. 21 meeting.
Three court employees vie for clerk position
If it were up to a human resources director to pick one of the three women hoping to become the next Boone County Circuit Court Clerk, it would be a tough call.
Meet the candidates: Christy Blakemore
Q. What are your plans for dealing with the increasing case load in Boone County?
Meet the candidates: Missy Marlett
QWhat are your plans for dealing with the increasing case load in Boone County?
MIP enforcement rankles minors
A year ago today, Gov. Matt Blunt expanded minor-in-possession laws by signing Senate Bill 402. The new law made a minor’s body a “container” for alcohol.
Remedy for rural medicine
When Bill Simpson went in for his annual physical exam, the only familiar face he expected was his physician. He was pleasantly surprised when he saw his former high school chemistry student, 23-year-old Andy Basnett.
Columbia’s new sister city gains praise
Columbia may not have beautiful mountain ranges or the ocean, but its newest sister city has both.
Professor finds link between estrogen, regaining muscle
As she ages, Marybeth Brown wants to be able to get dressed, prepare food and do life’s fundamentals for herself, but she is afraid of one day losing her independence because of a loss in muscle mass.
Meet the candidates: Beverly Steelman
QWhat are your plans for dealing with the increasing case load in Boone County?
Director chosen for YouZeum science center
Before Gwen Robbins had even moved to Columbia a year ago, she had read about the YouZeum, an interactive science center being built downtown. Now, she will be its first executive director.
Art group taps library to receive collection
On May 27, 1983, a fire leveled the Columbia Art League’s Tenth Street location, destroying a collection that Betty Robins, a founding member of the league, started in the early 1960s.
Suspect arrested after downtown bar shooting
A man pulled a gun on and fired a shot at three Willie’s Pub & Pool employees early Wednesday morning, according to a news release from the Columbia Police Department.
Spot removal
Only five years after it was first unveiled, MU officials said this morning they are replacing the Tiger Spot mosaic, located in front of the north entrance of Ellis Library.
LPGA hall honors longtime Stephens teacher
Ann Casey Johnstone’s career began when most women didn’t step foot on a golf course.
Extra Points
Former Missouri men’s basketball standout and NBA hopeful Thomas Gardner will learn if he has a future with the San Antonio Spurs today.
Few favor defensive driving
NASCAR has made significant safety strides since the death of Dale Earnhardt, and many drivers credit recent innovations for an improved safety record: no deaths and few serious injuries in NASCAR’s top three series in the past five years.
Teenage driver following Edwards’ footsteps
Canadian driver Peter Shepherd didn’t win Roush Racing’s made-for-TV Driver X competition last year, but he still came out of it a winner.
