With poor market, Columbia recyclables pile up

I just wanted to point this out to those of you — myself included — who fill those blue bags or use those big tan bins. Going green is piling up instead of paying off in Columbia. And, it may mean the city will have to lease out space to accomodate all those water bottles [...]

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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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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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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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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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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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