Nifong, Bearfield intersection could become four-way stop

The Columbia City Council approved a motion to draft an ordinance to reduce the speed limit on Bearfield Road to 35 mph and turn the intersection of Bearfield and Nifong Boulevard into a four-way stop.
At its meeting Monday night, the council received a report dated Nov. 20 indicating the need for a four-way stop because [...]

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Newspaper profits: not as bad as you may think

I know this post is a little dated (a week is a long time on the Web), but in case you haven’t seen this blog post on the Gannett Blog (not affiliated with the newspaper company) here’s the skinny on what “dying” newspapers are taking home. Hint: It’s in the millions.
Click here.

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Finding a loophole

I want to point you to Mike Martin’s The Columbia Heart Beat blog to read this article he published a little while ago.
“The Columbia City Council has voted to question Boone County assessor Tom Schauwecker about large property tax breaks his office provides developers that appear unjustified at best; egregious at worst. The breaks appear [...]

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Pinkel inks $2.3 million annual salary

UM System Board of Curators unanimously approved MU football coach Gary Pinkel’s new contract that will pay him $2.3 million a year for seven years.
ESPN reported last week that a $2.5 million annual salary deal was in the works.
Pinkel negotiated a contract last year to the tune of $1.85 million per year through 2012.
More details [...]

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Pinkel’s payday

The Associated Press reports that MU football coach Gary Pinkel cemented a new contract Monday. ESPN reported late last week that Pinkel’s deal included an annual salary of $2.5 million.
No official details of the offer have been released by MU. The contract awaits approval by the UM Board of Curators, who meet Tuesday.
Pinkel’s contract was [...]

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Judge continues murder trial of one charged in Bentley slaying

COLUMBIA — The murder trial of one of the five men charged in the June 10 slaying of a Columbia man was continued Monday in Boone County Circuit Court.
Quillan E. Jacobs, 17, is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree robbery and armed criminal action in connection with the slaying of 22-year-old Nathaniel Bentley.
Boone County Circuit Judge [...]

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Editor answers readers’ concerns over ‘Dating Chase’

If you picked up a copy of our Nov. 7 Missourian or read our Web site centerpiece that day, you know we prominently displayed a story on Chase Daniel’s girlfriend, Blaire Vandiver. This sparked a lengthy, meandering string of comments on our Web site with both praise and criticism of the story’s placement.
The extreme interest [...]

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Missouri Tigers remain 11, 12 after Iowa State win

The Missouri Tigers remained ranked No. 11 in the USA Today and No. 12 in The Associated Press and Bowl Championship Series  college football polls after routing Iowa State on Saturday. This is the second week the Tigers have been right outside the top ten.
Five of the top 15 teams in the polls are from [...]

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Move over crossword, facebook. Make room for Sporcle

As many of my readers are students living on Rolling Rock or in the Bearfield neighborhood, I’m taking some time to remark on a change I’ve noticed in college classrooms. (Those of you looking for Grindstone News, ignore this if you want).
As most I’ve talked to know, classroom reading no longer means textbook or workbook. [...]

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Obama visits MU

The lines to see Sen. Barack Obama are snaking down Ninth Street and winding down University Avenue more than 4 hours before the Democratic presidential candidate is expected to speak.
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News of Obama’s campaign stop broke earlier this week and crews began preparing for an expected large crowd on MU’s south quad Wednesday.
Both [...]

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