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Jodie Jackson Jr.

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Editor-in-Chief | COMO Magazine and COMO Business Times

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Fire in the Sky: Coming Up in COMO

25 things to do: FREE fireworks display at Stephens Lake Park, concerts, farmers market, and more. Coming Up In COMO is a brief peek at concerts, plays, art...

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Coming Up in COMO

27 things to do in Columbia this weekend – and beyond Coming Up In COMO is a brief peek at concerts, plays, art exhibits, events for families and...

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‘Mornings at the River’

Kids converge for Missouri River Relief’s hands-on, outdoor learning program. Four-year-old Knox Knierim dashed to a kiddie pool full of rubber duckies, sloshed the water just long enough...

co-chair of the Sharp End Committee and local historian.|Jacqueline Kelly and Sharon Brooks Miller take photos of the new marker along Columbia's African American Heritage Trail.

Marking Douglass football history

New African American Heritage Trail sign memorializes former Douglass football field On the same spot where he and other Douglass High School football players practiced, huddled, and played...

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No degree, no job? Not anymore.

Young people who don’t have a plan or a yearning to go to college: Listen up. It’s possible to find a career that will not require a college...

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Coming Up in COMO: 47 things to do

We’ve rounded up a few (well, 47 or so) things you can do in and around Columbia from now until next week, plus a handful of events even...

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Coming Up in COMO: Cinco de Mayo

67 things to do in Columbia this weekend – and beyond First Fridays AND Cinco de Mayo. And that’s just the start of a busy, fun-filled, culture-rich slate...

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Columbia Trails: Hiking With Ginger

COMO adventurer adds ‘author’ to list of titles. Ginger Schweikert is a self-described “weirdo.” She’s not big on handshakes, yet she’s a hugger. She could be a homebody...

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ALL RISE: From lock-up to looking up

When Julian Jackman and Lonnie Lockhart Bey listen to Columbia middle school gang members and other children and teens who are at risk of making choices that will...

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We brought back the Business Times!

CBT returns after a four-year hiatus with the 20 Under 40 Class of 2023 Your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. The April issue of COMO Magazine is...