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Freshman quarterback Blaine Gabbert scrambles up the sideline in the fourth quarter of the sixth-ranked Tigers’ 52-3 victory over Southeast Missouri State last night on Faurot Field. Gabbert, a true freshman, alternated offensive series with senior Chase Patton in the second half.
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Local News Stories
Nazis’ letter insists march a legal right
By KAT HUGHES
of the Tribune’s staff
A leader of the National Socialist Movement said in a letter to interim Police Chief Tom Dresner that his group intends to march Nov. 8 in Columbia - with or without a special event
permit
City to share in hospital street projects
By KAT HUGHES
of the Tribune’s staff
Boone Hospital Center’s $125 million project to build a 900-space parking garage and a 128-room patient tower will dramatically alter the landscape of William Street and Broadway when the projects are finished in 2011.
‘Next-generation university’ a Forsee target
By ABRAHAM MAHSHIE
of the Tribune’s staff
Gary Forsee, University of Missouri System president, sat down with the Tribune during a break at the University of Missouri Board of Curators meeting on Thursday in Kansas City to reflect on his first six months leading the four-campus system.
Event cyclists have a mission
By JOE MEYER
of the Tribune’s staff
The Express Scripts MS Bike Ride fundraiser this weekend strikes a personal note for Rebecca Northern of St. Louis.
School board shuffles order of meetings
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
Tomorrow night’s Columbia Board of Education meeting will follow a new format that puts hot topics further up the agenda and could adjourn hours earlier than meetings held last year.
Dean at MU seeks to mobilize Democratic effort
By JASON ROSENBAUM
of the Tribune’s staff
Howard Dean might have been ahead of his time when he ran for president in 2004. He sought to stake a claim to voters opposed to the war in Iraq. Along the way, the former managed to grow a grass-roots organization that used the Internet to raise funds and organize.
UM spokeswoman to have ‘strategic’ role for system
By ABRAHAM MAHSHIE
of the Tribune’s staff
University of Missouri System President Gary Forsee often speaks about the university’s need to tell its story more frequently. Last week, he hired Cindy Pollard to help get that message out to Missourians and, in the process, convince them that the school is worth supporting with their tax dollars.
McCain, Palin to rally KC-area supporters
Republican presidential nominee John McCain and vice presidential aspirant Sarah Palin will be traveling today to Missouri, with scheduled stops today in Kansas City and tomorrow in Lee’s Summit.
Gunfire damage found at trailer park
Police are investigating shots fired early yesterday at a mobile home park in northeast Columbia that resulted in property damage but no injuries.
Man, woman arrested
as police seize crack
Two Columbia residents were arrested Friday night on suspicion of drug charges after a traffic stop north of downtown.
Sturgeon woman hurt in Route B collision
A Sturgeon woman was injured Friday afternoon in a rear-end collision on Route B in Boone County.
In Features
Justice Derailed
Despite a pardon, a man remains in prison
JEFFERSON CITY - Deep inside the Jefferson City Correctional Center, in the protective custody unit of the state maximum security prison, Michael Wayne Ford Sr. prays for his release.
