http://www.columbiatribune.com/search/?q=&t=article&l=25&d=&d1=&d2=&s=start_time&sd=desc&c%5B%5D=news/local*&f=rss Your RSS for article results from the news/local section TNCMS 1.12.4 http://backend.userland.com/rss 30 tncms-asset-37278f70-c025-11e2-9d25-0019bb30f31a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/PUI4x_qbqlM/article_37278f70-c025-11e2-9d25-0019bb30f31a.html News VICKSBURG, Miss. — The Missouri Confederates who had reached the trenches of this now-besieged river bastion were issued new Enfield rifled muskets just in time to use them against the Federal divisio<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/PUI4x_qbqlM" height="1" width="1"/>Sun, 19 May 2013 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/years-ago-grant-orders-attack-intended-to-take-vicksburg-by/article_37278f70-c025-11e2-9d25-0019bb30f31a.html tncms-asset-896a1910-c039-11e2-8fa6-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/Zp6bdHKRro0/article_896a1910-c039-11e2-8fa6-10604b9f6eda.html News A local effort to send 500 dresses made from pillowcases to girls in Haiti isn't about assembly-line production, but rather creating quality clothing with a personal touch.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/Zp6bdHKRro0" height="1" width="1"/>Sun, 19 May 2013 02:00:00 -0500

407 E. Broadway

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/help-for-haiti-takes-a-creative-form/article_896a1910-c039-11e2-8fa6-10604b9f6eda.html tncms-asset-88ddc064-c039-11e2-8f74-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/D3S44Oai7fc/article_88ddc064-c039-11e2-8f74-10604b9f6eda.html News A majority of Columbia residents who took a city survey about where high-voltage electric transmission lines should be installed said they prefer the original option presented in 2010 over two alterna<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/D3S44Oai7fc" height="1" width="1"/>Sun, 19 May 2013 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/plans-for-transmission-lines-resurface/article_88ddc064-c039-11e2-8f74-10604b9f6eda.html tncms-asset-6f8737f4-bfd4-11e2-92b4-001a4bcf6878 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/EvnphhbJIYc/article_6f8737f4-bfd4-11e2-92b4-001a4bcf6878.html News A Fulton woman was injured Friday night when she lost control of her sport utility vehicle on Highway 63 in Columbia and the vehicle overturned several times. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/EvnphhbJIYc" height="1" width="1"/>Sun, 19 May 2013 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/highway-crash-sends-woman-to-hospital/article_6f8737f4-bfd4-11e2-92b4-001a4bcf6878.html tncms-asset-b44333f2-bf7a-11e2-810d-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/Nfbj7fURD8M/article_b44333f2-bf7a-11e2-810d-10604b9f6eda.html News When they aren't trading good-natured, verbal barbs, the flintknappers at this week's Osage Spring Knap-In east of Boonville are connecting with each other and ancient stone arts with a seemingly sacr<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/Nfbj7fURD8M" height="1" width="1"/>Sat, 18 May 2013 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/flintknappers-gather-to-share-practice-craft/article_b44333f2-bf7a-11e2-810d-10604b9f6eda.html tncms-asset-b46697e8-bf7a-11e2-8111-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/lq7fr0tDung/article_b46697e8-bf7a-11e2-8111-10604b9f6eda.html News Children dressed as their favorite Harry Potter characters turned their view skyward last night as they got lessons about the night sky during the Hogwarts Astronomy Night at the Columbia Public Schoo<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/lq7fr0tDung" height="1" width="1"/>Sat, 18 May 2013 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/harry-potter-aids-kiwanis-cause/article_b46697e8-bf7a-11e2-8111-10604b9f6eda.html tncms-asset-0e5010a6-bf6f-11e2-b2ff-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/zl9raGQTPgM/article_0e5010a6-bf6f-11e2-b2ff-10604b9f6eda.html News The 107 FastCAT route switched to a new schedule last night after the end of the spring semester at the University of Missouri.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/zl9raGQTPgM" height="1" width="1"/>Sat, 18 May 2013 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/fastcat-alters-route-as-mu-semester-ends/article_0e5010a6-bf6f-11e2-b2ff-10604b9f6eda.html tncms-asset-a68fb656-bf6e-11e2-a2f2-0019bb30f31a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/qIMpSf7gGX0/article_a68fb656-bf6e-11e2-a2f2-0019bb30f31a.html News VICKSBURG, Miss. — The Missourians in Brig. Gen. John Bowen’s division, who had been fighting Maj. Gen. Ulysses Grant’s advance through Mississippi since his landing at Bruinsburg three weeks earlier,<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/qIMpSf7gGX0" height="1" width="1"/>Sat, 18 May 2013 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/years-ago-missouri-confederates-regroup-at-vicksburg/article_a68fb656-bf6e-11e2-a2f2-0019bb30f31a.html tncms-asset-d560a59a-bf1d-11e2-8de0-001a4bcf6878 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/QHT784owa80/article_d560a59a-bf1d-11e2-8de0-001a4bcf6878.html News A boil advisory was issued yesterday for an area of northwest Boone County as a result of a water main break.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/QHT784owa80" height="1" width="1"/>Sat, 18 May 2013 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/boil-advisory-affects-northwest-boone-county/article_d560a59a-bf1d-11e2-8de0-001a4bcf6878.html tncms-asset-dc62e146-bf1d-11e2-a510-0019bb30f31a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/ywQtjzf1MHU/article_dc62e146-bf1d-11e2-a510-0019bb30f31a.html News Randal Clark, right, points out a columbine flower growing in a rock face as he leads a wildflower walk on Thursday in Rock Bridge Memorial State Park.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/ywQtjzf1MHU" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/wet-and-cool-spring-affects-local-wildflowers/article_dc62e146-bf1d-11e2-a510-0019bb30f31a.html tncms-asset-f1ae78c0-bf1e-11e2-a7a9-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/Sol81oxbUM4/article_f1ae78c0-bf1e-11e2-a7a9-10604b9f6eda.html News Representatives of the regional unit of the Boy Scouts of America voted 50-28 on Thursday to support a proposal from the organization's national office to allow membership for boys who identify as gay<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/Sol81oxbUM4" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/scout-council-weighs-in-on-gay-membership/article_f1ae78c0-bf1e-11e2-a7a9-10604b9f6eda.html tncms-asset-1d1b326e-bf1f-11e2-a31d-0019bb30f31a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/ehM402sWA-o/article_1d1b326e-bf1f-11e2-a31d-0019bb30f31a.html News Columbia firefighters tend to injured driver Sharon Kile of Columbia after a three-vehicle accident at 9:06 a.m. Friday on Business Loop 70 East. Police and fire officials said Kile was turning left f<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/ehM402sWA-o" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/crash-at-burger-king/article_1d1b326e-bf1f-11e2-a31d-0019bb30f31a.html tncms-asset-2dd9f988-be74-11e2-915c-001a4bcf6878 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/oON8OlDmMKs/article_2dd9f988-be74-11e2-915c-001a4bcf6878.html News Columbia's Downtown Community Improvement District on Thursday announced the launch of its free Wi-Fi service, one of the main goodies it promised from its new half-percent sales tax.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/oON8OlDmMKs" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/free-downtown-wi-fi-service-covers-broadway-and-beyond/article_2dd9f988-be74-11e2-915c-001a4bcf6878.html tncms-asset-f1b178f4-bf1e-11e2-a7ab-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/zdRr3eryZkE/article_f1b178f4-bf1e-11e2-a7ab-10604b9f6eda.html News An 18-year-old man who escaped from University Hospital on Thursday led law enforcement officers on a foot chase near a University of Missouri baseball game and was captured inside a nearby home.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/zdRr3eryZkE" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/man-leads-chase-from-mu-hospital/article_f1b178f4-bf1e-11e2-a7ab-10604b9f6eda.html tncms-asset-a4cc3612-bf20-11e2-9682-0019bb30f31a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/MVcipHjtADs/article_a4cc3612-bf20-11e2-9682-0019bb30f31a.html News VICKSBURG, Miss. — A disastrous attempt to defend a river crossing 8 miles east of this Mississippi River bastion left a portion of the 1st Missouri Cavalry, including Col. Elijah Gates, captives of U<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/MVcipHjtADs" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/civil_war/years-ago-disastrous-attempt-to-defend-river-crossing-leaves-confederates/article_a4cc3612-bf20-11e2-9682-0019bb30f31a.html tncms-asset-f1ccbd76-bf1e-11e2-a7b3-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/LjAFhSrX8MA/article_f1ccbd76-bf1e-11e2-a7b3-10604b9f6eda.html News A few factors that will play into Columbia Public Schools' budget for the next school year, which must be set by June, are still up in the air.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/LjAFhSrX8MA" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/education/schools-face-budget-uncertainty/article_f1ccbd76-bf1e-11e2-a7b3-10604b9f6eda.html tncms-asset-50f2758c-be4f-11e2-85a9-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/y2-8K5OiIK4/article_50f2758c-be4f-11e2-85a9-10604b9f6eda.html News Officials are beginning the long and complex task of transferring control of Columbia/Boone County Joint Communications from the city of Columbia to Boone County and building a new 911 call center fun<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/y2-8K5OiIK4" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500

705 E Walnut

38.952831 -92.32959 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/leaders-plan-for-transition/article_50f2758c-be4f-11e2-85a9-10604b9f6eda.html tncms-asset-83218b76-be4d-11e2-b380-001a4bcf6878 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/5OB_cJctosU/article_83218b76-be4d-11e2-b380-001a4bcf6878.html News Columbia Transit riders board buses Thursday morning at Wabash Station. Free rides are available to everyone Thursday on city bus routes as part of Bike, Walk &amp; Wheel Week.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/5OB_cJctosU" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500

126 North Tenth Street

38.953499 -92.326111 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/free-for-all/article_83218b76-be4d-11e2-b380-001a4bcf6878.html tncms-asset-31c864f8-be4c-11e2-a210-001a4bcf6878 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/gw1c1LqEEuE/article_31c864f8-be4c-11e2-a210-001a4bcf6878.html News CHAMPION HILL, Miss. — Capt. Harvey McKinney of Rocheport was mortally wounded, and at least 16 men from Central Missouri were killed as 25,000 Confederates tried to hold back Union forces that grew s<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/gw1c1LqEEuE" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/civil_war/years-ago-more-than-a-dozen-central-missouri-men-killed/article_31c864f8-be4c-11e2-a210-001a4bcf6878.html tncms-asset-50619f1c-be4f-11e2-8591-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/1aiMK0SGQlY/article_50619f1c-be4f-11e2-8591-10604b9f6eda.html News An interim vice president of finance has been named for the University of Missouri System.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/1aiMK0SGQlY" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500

801 Conley

38.944408 -92.32901 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/education/um-system-names-interim-finance-vp/article_50619f1c-be4f-11e2-8591-10604b9f6eda.html tncms-asset-50490e70-be4f-11e2-8589-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/L-cMDWe9GpE/article_50490e70-be4f-11e2-8589-10604b9f6eda.html News With more than 5,000 University of Missouri students set to graduate this weekend, some MU staff members have been working to lend them the skills to manage their student debt via a new counseling pro<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/L-cMDWe9GpE" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500

Conley Avenue

38.94593 -92.328842 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/education/students-get-advice-on-looming-loan-debt/article_50490e70-be4f-11e2-8589-10604b9f6eda.html tncms-asset-aac36b46-bd7f-11e2-bf53-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/sJiSYPiVazg/article_aac36b46-bd7f-11e2-bf53-10604b9f6eda.html News The attorney for Ash Street Place tenants who were displaced by an April fire says as many as nine more plaintiffs might join a lawsuit against complex owner Mills Properties by next week, bringing th<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/sJiSYPiVazg" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500

109 N Stadium Blvd

38.956699 -92.371452 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/more-tenants-join-apartment-fire-lawsuit/article_aac36b46-bd7f-11e2-bf53-10604b9f6eda.html tncms-asset-4fb60c5c-bcc3-11e2-8de2-0019bb30f31a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/491UU_mwlEs/article_4fb60c5c-bcc3-11e2-8de2-0019bb30f31a.html News A fire Tuesday in a vacant rental home in northeast Columbia is being treated as suspicious because witnesses described seeing activity around the house shortly before the fire started.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/491UU_mwlEs" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500

2113 Pleasant Way

38.9725 -92.271179 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/fire-in-basement-seen-as-suspicious/article_4fb60c5c-bcc3-11e2-8de2-0019bb30f31a.html tncms-asset-ab7fff90-bd7f-11e2-bf81-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/D8FZFuGYWK0/article_ab7fff90-bd7f-11e2-bf81-10604b9f6eda.html News A window air-conditioner exchange program began Tuesday for qualifying Columbia and Boone County utility customers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/D8FZFuGYWK0" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500

403 Vandiver Drive

38.97179 -92.332077 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/program-swaps-out-old-air-conditioners/article_ab7fff90-bd7f-11e2-bf81-10604b9f6eda.html tncms-asset-abb515cc-bd7f-11e2-bf99-10604b9f6eda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~3/NprVxOS11Sw/article_abb515cc-bd7f-11e2-bf99-10604b9f6eda.html News For some, ninth-grade civics class might just be another credit hour required for graduation, but 15-year-old Sydney Tyler said to her, it meant a new understanding of how government works.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/columbiatribune/local/~4/NprVxOS11Sw" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500

713 Rogers Street

38.956902 -92.329681 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/education/students-broaden-learning-through-civics-projects/article_abb515cc-bd7f-11e2-bf99-10604b9f6eda.html