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Treading water A woman carries a suitcase on her head yesterday as she wades through a flooded street in Gonaives, Haiti, after Hurricane Ike struck, worsening flooding from earlier storms. Ike has since hit Cuba and moved into the Gulf of Mexico. Read the Article

Local News Stories
City tackles water woes
By KAT HUGHES of the Tribune’s staff
Armed with results from three months of water sampling, the city can now begin to address how it will decrease the level of a carcinogen found in Columbia’s drinking water.

Boy brings live bullets to school
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
A 10-year-old Grant Elementary student was taken into police custody yesterday after he brought a handful of bullets to school on Monday.

Parents dispute rosy picture of school bus service
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
Columbia Public Schools administrators might not be hearing as many complaints about First Student bus services as they did in past years, but that doesn’t mean problems don’t exist.

Harassment suit nets ‘significant’ award
By JOE MEYER of the Tribune’s staff
A Boone County judge last week awarded a Columbia woman more than $300,000 in damages in a lawsuit for harassment and abuse she suffered from more than two years from an Ashland man.

Education funding at stake on ballot
By JASON ROSENBAUM of the Tribune’s staff
A proposed ballot initiative pledges to provide tens of millions of dollars for Missouri schools, but some critics worry legislative cuts in state programs could wipe out those gains.

Sobriety checkpoint set for this weekend
Area law enforcement agencies plan to set up a sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed location in Boone County this weekend, the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.

Traffic fines payable online or by phone
Traffic law offenders in Columbia are now able to pay traffic fines online or over the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week for an added fee.

Suicide prevention workshop planned
The Boone County Mental Health Board will sponsor a suicide prevention workshop from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday in the commission chambers of the Boone County Government Center at Eighth and Ash streets. The event is free and open to the public.

Police chief meeting planned for tomorrow
Columbia residents interested in the qualities the next police chief should have are invited to a public meeting tomorrow.

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