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My Heart Belongs on a Backroad

Last year, looking for something to do during the height of COVID, my friends and…

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Wild, Wild Mid West

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a water themed roller coaster with a pond at night with fireworks lighting up the sky in the background. It is called "Moonlight Madness at Silver Dollar City".

Looking Forward to the Past

A few miles west of Branson nestled in the Ozark Mountains and atop one of…

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Back to the Future

It’s fitting that Carolyn Orbann was immersed in research about a global pandemic when COVID-19…

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Mid-Missouri Black Doula Collective

The Mid-Missouri Black Doula Collective was created and established as a response to learning about…

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In Our Own Backyard

Human trafficking, which includes both sex trafficking and labor trafficking, generates $150 billion a year…

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Art & Soul

The nine-square-block area north of Broadway makes up a small portion of downtown Columbia. But…

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Encouraging, Experimenting, Empowering

“When the lights dim, the conductor lowers their arms for the first downbeat of music,…

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Candidates You Should Know

Barbara Buffaloe Tanya Heath Randy Minchew Maria Oropallo David Seamon

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It Started with a Spark

Some might say he was lucky. Or that he was at the right place at…

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True (or False) COMO Royalty

It is easy to spot the glamorous Queue Queens while waiting in line at the…

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Curators of the Lost Art and Artifacts

To say that museums preserve history is accurate, although the statement often invokes a smell…