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Long shot  Iranian armed forces test-fire a missile at an undisclosed location in a picture released today. Iranian Defense Minister Mohammed Najjar said today on state television that the Sajjil high-speed missile has a range of about 1,200 miles, capable of hitting southeastern Europe. Read more

Local News Stories
Stepdad accused of abusing teen
By JOE MEYER of the Tribune’s staff
A Columbia woman and her husband have been arrested after a 13-year-old boy told a school resource officer he had been abused by his stepfather for years, most recently over lost video games.

Preparing for growth
By SARA SEMELKA of the Tribune’s staff
Two local development groups are seeking to rezone and annex about 270 acres east of Columbia for commercial and residential development in anticipation of growth around the site of the new high school.

Pharmacist accused in pill scam
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
A Mexico, Mo., pharmacist was arrested Monday on warrants for allegedly filling fraudulent prescriptions for painkillers.

OSHA starts investigating scaffold fall
By JOE MEYER of the Tribune’s staff
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today began investigating the fatal collapse of a hydraulic scaffolding system Monday at a construction site in northeast Columbia.

Web retailer draws advisory from business bureau
By T.J. GREANEY of the Tribune’s staff
A local businessman and former radio personality is in hot water with the St. Louis-based Better Business Bureau after the watchdog group received an avalanche of complaints about his online gift business.

Fire damages another Columbia vacant home
The Columbia Fire Department is investigating the second fire in less than 24 hours at a vacant home in central Columbia.

Boone Electric has hourlong outage
About 800 Boone Electric Cooperative customers experienced a power outage this morning after a circuit malfunctioned in the Columbia substation off Range Line Street.

Columbian named Nixon chief counsel
Ted Ardini, a lawyer who lives in Columbia, will become chief legal counsel to Jay Nixon when he becomes governor in January, it was announced today.

Traffic violation leads to parole absconder
Boone County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man last night on a parole absconder warrant when he ran from deputies who had stopped his vehicle in traffic north of Columbia.

Confrontation involves screwdriver, beer cans
A man who allegedly tried to stab another man with a screwdriver before throwing beer cans at him and brandishing a knife was arrested by Boone County sheriff’s deputies at a trailer park south of Columbia.