Missouri deer hunters need to be aware of several regulation changes this fall, including a reduced buck limit for nonresidents, an earlier youth season and changes to chronic wasting disease management practices. The Missouri Department of Conservation said in a news release that nonresident hunters using nonresident deer hunting permits will now be limited to […]
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Here come the Florida Gators. The No. 8 team in the nation, which rocketed up 13 spots in the polls after its 52-28 shellacking of previously No. 4 Ole Miss last Saturday, takes on No. 25 Mizzou as part of a nationwide tradition started at the University of Missouri in 1911. Homecoming. The challenge is
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In August, Columbia made a little history. With the swearing-in of our newest member, Sharon Geuea Jones, Columbia’s seven-member City Council is now made up entirely of women. I recognize the significance of that moment. I also recognize what an extraordinary honor it is to serve alongside these six women. For most of our nation’s
This is the time of year when I am getting the last vestiges of my vegetable garden out before the weather finally turns cold. There are some lettuce plants, green beans, and a few habanero peppers left, and not much else. It was a pretty good year for the garden, with copious quantities of cucumbers,
Boone County Family Resources celebrates its 50th anniversary What started as a group home housing eight people 50 years ago has blossomed into an organization that today serves nearly 2,500 Boone County residents with developmental disabilities. Boone County Family Resources, which was founded when voters approved a special property tax levy in 1976, has
Helping journalists in exile Photography by Nguyen Long In 1984, when Alfred Friendly had the idea to start a foundation that would help journalists in developing countries, he could not have known that it would evolve into a four-week residential program helping journalists in exile get back into the field. Current president of Alfred Friendly
Growing older, it turns out, has a marketing problem. Ask most people what they picture when they hear “get older,” and the images are not exactly aspirational — slower, smaller, quieter. A room at The Para Project, full of partygoers watching ridiculous dares for charity, tells a different story. That room held the first annual
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It was a beautiful spring morning in downtown Columbia, where I often go for a morning cup of coffee. I was walking up Ninth Street with my usual paper cup filled with a dark single-origin roast when this beautiful car pulled up. Well, beautiful to me. It was a sport trim from a luxury brand,
