Al Germond

The numbers swim and dance before us in the most strenuous tome of the late summer — the 600-page budget for the city of Columbia. It’s certainly not...

The recently announced — presumably temporary — suspension of activity at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts has some of us wondering whether Columbia has the means...

The last time I took a train to Columbia’s Wabash Station was in April 1969. I was one of the last incoming passengers on Norfolk and Western Train...

The recent explosion and fire in Schweitzer Hall on the University of Missouri’s white campus reminds us that the practice of scientific research is fraught with risk. The...

The college athletic conference realignment scenario that almost cascaded this month proved to be a close call for the Columbia area business community. Although the media generally ignored...

Watching the claw of a backhoe nibble away at the old Cleeks building on the southwest corner of West Boulevard and Worley Street brought back memories. It also...

My first contact with Big Blue was in the early ’50s. Staring at a school wall clock emblazoned with the letters I-B-M, I remember watching its pulsing hand...

The Columbia area couldn’t have been blessed with finer weather for the recently concluded Bike, Walk and Wheel Week events. Several days with blue skies, perfect temperatures and...

Pick any day of the week, and at 4 p.m. you can watch the traffic jams start forming on Providence Road north of the intersection with Stadium Boulevard....