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Strawberry Shortcake, Gooseberry Pie: Looking Toward Its 100th Year Is Hickman High

Extra!, In This Issue, September/October 2026

David H. Hickman High School (Burton L. McNeil Photographs, P0025. P0025-17. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Photograph Collection.) Part 2: HHS works through its integration struggles and hones the “Hickman style.”   Like it or not, by 1960, all of Columbia’s Black high schoolers were now officially Kewpies. Though Hickman’s white students tended not […]

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Strawberry Shortcake, Gooseberry Pie: Looking Toward Its 100th Year Is Hickman High

August 2026, Extra!, In This Issue

Part 1: HHS is born and comes to grapple with its original sin.   Next year, Hickman High School will graduate its 100th set of Kewpies. This is also a period of transition for Columbia’s grandest, oldest public high. Many veteran teachers retired in the wake of COVID-19, and many more are getting close to

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Extra!, In This Issue, July 2026

Photos provided by Missouri State Parks  When it comes to natural wonders and majestic scenery, Missouri doesn’t have the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, or a Mount Rushmore. But the state’s depiction as a flyover state makes the mistaken assumption that our natural wonders are easy to ignore. Folks who already embrace the emphasis on

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An Evening of Flavor and Charm: From Curry-osity to Magnolia’s

Extra!, Gourmet, The Dish

Columbia is a town that knows how to surprise you. Just when you think you’ve tried every restaurant or bar, a new establishment opens its doors and adds something special to the city’s ever-growing cultural and culinary scene. On one warm summer evening, I found myself on a two-stop journey through Columbia’s newest gems: dinner

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