Funding hard to find for repairs to Boone County private dams

Wednesday’s story about the Welch Lake earthen dam just outside Columbia’s city limits that is in need of some costly repairs was a follow up to a story I wrote a couple of months ago.
The dam’s been in disrepair for about a decade, but the dam’s owner, Danny Miller, said he doesn’t have the estimated [...]

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Condoms and texting, a little news for students in Rock Quarry

A perusal of Columbiamissourian.com this morning would kick up two items that may be interest of to students living in the Grindstone-Rock Quarry neighborhood. Texting and condoms.
Missourian higher education reporter Sarah Flagg reported on the problems posed by texting and driving. While the story is framed around reputable research conducted in the United Kingdom, Flagg [...]

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Pile on the dire economic news

Bad news on the doorstep…
Dana Corp. announced it will lay off 50 workers at its Columbia plant. The factory makes axles and other parts for Nissan, Ford and General Motors.
MU announced guidelines on its hiring freeze, including that the freeze will apply to graduate teaching assistants and student staff. MU Chancellor Brady Deaton outlined criteria [...]

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Deaton clarifies UM System hiring freeze conditions at MU

The UM System-wide hiring freeze will not apply to fully-funded grant and contract positions, fully-endowed positions or work study student positions at MU, Chancellor Brady Deaton said in a e-mail Tuesday.
No other positions will be filled unless the department can meet seven criteria showing sufficient need for the position. High-level administrators will have final say [...]

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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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Spokeswoman says UM System hiring freeze a ‘prudent’ measure

UM System President Gary Forsee’s announcement of a system-wide hiring freeze may have come as a surprise to those who vary their online news reading.
Jefferson City television station KRCG reported on Nov. 13 Forsee as saying he had “no plans for a hiring freeze on any of his four campuses or any of his health [...]

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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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Blunt’s aide raised concerns about deleting e-mails before firing

An analysis of over 60,000 pages of documents released by Gov. Matt Blunt’s office following a legal settlement with some new outlets in the state shows that an aide to governor was fired after raising concerns about the deletion of e-mails.
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