Driving down Broadway at night, it is hard to miss the illuminated sculpture outside City Hall. The sculpture, titled Keys to the City, was commissioned to act as a portal to city government and a reminder of the city’s rich history. Since its completion in 2010, it has become somewhat of a landmark. However, had […]
Chinese Delicacies Chinese Delicacies, which was opened in 1980 by David Chou, moved to 47 E. Broadway in June of 1985. The restaurant started as a simple takeout-style Chinese restaurant but later turned into a dine-in location called Chou’s Buffet. It featured more than 30 daily luncheon specials and 80 varieties of dinner entrées. Its
Airport to build second taxiway Columbia received a $702,000 federal grant to build a second taxiway, a windfall that Robert Selig, airport superintendent, says will cut down on crowded runways and make Columbia Regional Airport a more attractive spot for the aviation industry. The grant from the Federal Aviation Administration will fund 90 percent of
Heart of Missouri United Way narrows focus to at-risk youth
Many things we take for granted today simply weren’t around in 1985. Cellphones and Dick Tracy-like miniature devices, the Internet, flat-screen TVs, inexpensive computers, the social media explosion and so forth, though widely anticipated, were still the stuff of dreams in the mid-1980s. Cellular telephones arrived first a few years later, initially in your car,
