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Jason White, left, and Jeremiah Settles prepare murals to be installed today in the Tiger Hotel VIP Room for the Roots ‘N Blues ‘N BBQ Festival in downtown Columbia.
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Mid-Missouri transfixed by VP candidates
By T.J. GREANEY of the Tribune’s staff
In what was predicted to be the most-watched vice presidential debate ever, Mid-Missouri like most of the rest of the country was transfixed by the spectacle of a 25-year Senate veteran debating someone who was a virtual unknown just weeks ago.
Jury deliberates in murder trial
By JOE MEYER
of the Tribune’s staff
A Boone County jury was deliberating this morning in the capital murder trial of a man whose DNA matched a sample taken from the clothing of an 18-year-old woman, whose body was found in a rural area northwest of St. Louis in 1991.
BBQ teams ready to smoke competition
By JEDD ROSCHE
of the Tribune’s staff
Although visitors to the Roots ’N Blues ’N BBQ Festival might expect a relaxing time, today and tomorrow will be anything but quiet for nearly five dozen cooking teams converging downtown for a barbecue-themed brawl.
Traveling
exhibition
By T.J. GREANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
As a child, Denise McGill remembers moving from her rural home near Joplin to an inner-city St. Louis neighborhood while her father pursued his Ph.D.
School board kicks around key qualities
By JANESE HEAVIN
of the Tribune’s staff
Columbia’s next superintendent of schools needs to have expertise in curricula and instruction and also be savvy when it comes to school finances, said Steve Calloway, vice president of the Board of Education.
Hickman groups raise money for park, field turf
By JANESE HEAVIN
of the Tribune’s staff
A Hickman High School parent group is raising money to beautify the west entrance of the building while another Kewpie club continues to solicit funds to pay for the artificial turf on the school’s football field.
‘CSI: NY’ actor, author
to speak this weekend
Actor and best-selling author Hill Harper will speak at Lincoln University in Jefferson City this weekend.
River float to feature sneak peek of musical
Participants in Sunday’s Gumbo Bottoms River Float, a four-hour float on the Missouri River from Rocheport to Katfish Katy’s in Huntsdale, will get a sneak peek at select scenes from the new musical production "Gumbo Bottoms: A Big Muddy Musical."
Actors to stump for Obama at MU
More Hollywood celebrities will visit the University of Missouri this weekend to stump for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
