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Same-sex couple breaks ground Hickman High School students Liz Brooks, center, and Shea Spence, right, were the first same-sex couple allowed to walk together during Hickman's homecoming crowning ceremony. Read the Article

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Air service is a hit so far
By KAT HUGHES of the Tribune’s staff
A month after more than 100 hopeful onlookers gathered at Columbia Regional Airport on Aug. 19 to celebrate Mesaba Airlines’ first flight from Columbia to Memphis, much of the fanfare is gone, but one thing remains: passengers, and more of them than the airport has had in awhile.

Same-sex couple breaks ground
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
She was at the top of her game, a respected social studies teacher who had just won a Fulbright scholarship to study abroad. Her students thought she was "cool," dubbing her in one Hickman publication a "favorite teacher."

Local peace rally draws 100
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
She kept her comments brief, but Dee Prince’s tears said it all.

Armed robbery
Two managers at Bandana’s BBQ restaurant were preparing to open for the day at 8:20 a.m. when an intruder entered through a back door, struck one of the managers on the head with a handgun, demanded cash, then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, Sgt. Ken Hammond said.

Armed intruder robs convenience store
Columbia police are investigating an armed robbery early yesterday at the Fast Lane 66 convenience store on West Boulevard.

I-70 crash injures Columbia woman
A 27-year-old woman was injured last night when she crashed her vehicle while driving eastbound on Interstate 70, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

Ex-girlfriend accused in Columbia stabbing
Police are looking for a suspect in a stabbing that happened yesterday morning in northeast Columbia.

Deputies investigate armed robbery report
Boone County sheriff’s deputies are seeking two suspects in an armed robbery last night in the Prathersville area north of Columbia.