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(Re)discovering COMO

MU Museum of Art and Archaeology finds a new home after four years; reopening this fall. The University of Missouri’s Museum of Art and Archaeology will reopen this...

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A lifetime of love — and Harpo’s

Mizzou grads tied the knot, traveled the country, then — almost accidentally — saw the birth of Harpo’s. She was the first waitress at Harpo’s and he was...

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Home Sweet Habitat

Homeownership. It’s part and parcel of the American dream. Yet, barriers to owning a home are a nightmare to many people, including some families living in Columbia.  Since...

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The Last Word – June 2023

“I’ve definitely shown a house while the tenants didn’t get out of bed. Scheduled appointment, several knocks and yells later and they just slept right through it. I...

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Great Schools Mean Great Communities

Nothing is more important to a community’s economic stability, real estate and housing markets, and unemployment rates than great public schools. Great, strong public schools are essential to...

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Homeowning 101

I must have missed this day in high school … This is the class they need to be teaching in high school! Five years ago, coming out of...

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Estate Sales 101

What do you think of when you think of an estate sale? Perhaps a palatial home packed with untold treasures? Does it make you automatically assume that the...

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Hidden Houses

Katie Barnes is in the business of making tiny ceramic cities. In addition to showing and selling them at art events, she also hides them throughout Columbia. If...

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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OATS: new fee and cashless boarding begins July 1 

OATS Transit Mid-Mo Region will change fare collection process  COLUMBIA — OATS Transit’s Mid-Mo Region Office in Columbia has announced that it will stop accepting cash payments on...