The life of Charlie Digges Sr., citizen of the century
For Charlie Digges Sr., lifelong Columbia resident, home is the place that made him.
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December 3, 2013
Online companies create a brick-and-mortar presence
Businesses that began operations online, such as MarketVolt and Columbia Safety, have expanded to include a physical presence in Columbia.
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By the Numbers: December
Innovation is one of those oft-used business buzzwords. But, by the numbers, it looks like Columbia truly is a change-making community.
Biz Crossing provides business brokerage services to mid-Missouri
Channeling his previous entrepreneurial spirit, Gerald McKinney opens Biz Crossing, a business brokerage firm in Ashland, Mo.
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PYSK: John D. Bucksath
Name: John D. Bucksath Title and company/organization: President and CEO Age: 47 Job description: Lead executive Years lived in Columbia/mid-Missouri: I moved to Columbia in 1989 to pursue a career in life sciences. Original hometown: Slater, Mo. Education: B.A. in biology/chemistry from Central Methodist University (1989), EMBA from Washington University’s Olin Business School (2007) Community
The JFK Assassination: Fifty Years Later
Fifty years ago, you couldn’t buy a mixed drink in Columbia, Blue Laws closed stores on Sunday and the city of some 40,000 was nothing like it is today. Nov. 22, 1963, was overcast and unseasonably mild as temperatures nudged into the 60s and I walked to an early afternoon class on the University of Missouri campus. Somehow the bulletins of “shots fired in Dallas” didn’t penetrate the