I’ve always considered myself a potato connoisseur, especially when those potatoes are in the form of fries. Curly or crinkle-cut, sweet potato or golden potato, if food could be a love language, fries would be mine. So when I was tasked with trying unique, piled-high fries from local restaurants, I knew that this — eating […]
According to Wayne McCoy, living at Linkside by Old Hawthorne is akin to driving a luxury car — minus the price gouging. “I relate it to a new Corvette,” Wayne says. “You buy a new Corvette. It’s $60k for a tremendous well-developed machine. To get anything comparable, you’re going to be well over $100k in
On June 19, 1865, Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived on the island of Galveston, Texas, with over 2,000 federal troops and announced a federal proclamation that declared all enslaved Black people free. This day became commonly known as “Juneteenth,” and would be celebrated to commemorate the liberation of the last enslaved Black people in
“A few years ago, Columbia residents Chuck and Michelle Dobbins started talking about getting older as they watched family, friends, colleagues, neighbors, and strangers aging in Mid-Missouri. The growing senior market looked like a solid space to invest their time and money, perhaps paying it forward to a time when they, too, might be unable
I arrived in Columbia on January 12 of 2015. I was 16 and had moved from Zimbabwe with my family. My arrival to Columbia was important not only as my first in-person interaction with America, but also as the beginning of a life lived in an environment where race more frequently colors my interpersonal interactions.
Jen Lee Reeves learned early on not to make assumptions about her daughter, Jordan. Jordan, now 14, was born with a left arm that stopped just above the elbow. Jen was the first one to notice. The doctor said Jordan was fine, and from the very beginning, her family knew, indeed, that Jordan was born
Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield Music Center MU recently completed phase one of a new building for the school of music, with a grand opening and ribbon cutting of the Sinquefield Music Center on February 1 of this year. They began teaching classes there at the beginning of the past spring semester. “The current music program
Pride is about the celebration of all the beautiful identities in the LGBTQ+ community, which is accompanied by an array of various expressions. We all know the iconic rainbow Pride flag that represents the gay communities around the world, but Pride flags go beyond this rainbow-striped symbol. Each sector of the LGBTQ+ community is represented
According to the United Nations, 79.5 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide by the end of 2019, whether by war, tyranny, or genocide. For most of us, it’s almost impossible to imagine living in a war-torn country, watching helplessly as our homes, families, and daily lives are destroyed, leaving us no choice but to flee
As a child, Columbia local Dr. Stephanie Logan could not have imagined where her life was headed. “I still have to pinch myself every day when I wake up,” she says. Stephanie is the mom of five beautiful children, the partner to an amazing wife, and the executive director of Columbia nonprofit DeafLEAD. “I have
