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High grain prices help corn farmers, hurt livestock farmers and consumers Terry Hilgedick, a farmer from Hartsburg, owns what appears to be one of the modern gold mines...

Organizers work toward encore of blowout birthday bash Organizers of the Roots ‘N Blues ‘N BBQ Festival predicted that about 35,000-40,000 people would attend Boone County National Bank’s...

On the heels of a dire report from MU Truman School economics professor Judith Stallmann about declining sales taxes, Boone County government has purchased yet another expensive downtown...

As residents interact with local government, they walk away from the experience either exasperated or satisfied. Unfortunately, middle ground is in short supply. Over the last several years...

Municipal electric utilities are unusual enterprises. They were generally set up at times when there was no ability to gain electrical service. In the true municipal context, communities...

Tony Marrero and Curtis Stelzer were high school buddies and played soccer at Hickman High School in the late ’80s. After the two friends returned to Columbia in...

Since he bought Play It Again Sports from Kim Humphreys Aug. 6, Neil Copeland hasn’t had much time for recreational activity. The MU grad has been on his...

Sports marketing is a huge field, accounting for billions of dollars in advertising and other promotional fees each year. And one of the most fascinating stories in the...

In the fifth century B.C.E., a Thracian physician named Herodicus declared that physical activity was the key to maintaining good health and avoiding disease. He is often considered...

It was midnight when Jina Yoo stepped off a plane from Las Vegas, where she had just eaten a tuna tataki entrée that was out of this world....