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Painting of young MU chemist now on exhibit. In 1927, a petite, lively redhead entered the virtually all male chemistry program at MU. Two years later, the same...

Charity Goodwin overcomes perfectionism to embrace love for herself and others. For as long as she can remember, Charity Goodwin, pastor of discipleship at Missouri United Methodist Church...

Sarah Lockwood and Rebecca Burkholder make love look effortless. How did you meet? Rebecca: We first met at a friend’s wedding. Sarah asked if she could cut my...

Hap Hairston recalls that when the Columbia Public Schools Foundation was founded, he was the principal at Rock Bridge Elementary. Back then, one of the school’s teachers, Laura...

I recently had the opportunity to travel to our nation’s capital with the Columbia Chamber of Commerce on its inaugural D.C. Fly-in. The two-day advocacy and relationship-building tour...

As someone who does not have children, I was somewhat oblivious to the fact that some school districts were not teaching cursive writing as part of their curriculum....

During the past 18 months, the City of Columbia has experienced an unprecedented level of interest from homeowners who want to “downzone” residential properties. Some say reclassifying properties...

The call for a municipal performance audit costing upwards of a million dollars won’t go away. Proponents believe there’s a geyser of cash squirreled away that could be...

Jefferson City is a company town. The company is the State of Missouri. You cannot throw a rock and not hit someone who works for the state, or...

1. What’s your background? I grew up in a blue-collar family in Redding, CA, where my dad was a mailman and my mom was a waitress. Both had...