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Turn onto Wilkes Boulevard from College Avenue and you’ll quickly see why North Central is called the city’s most diverse neighborhood. Bocomo Bay adult entertainment store is next...

Rick McGuire, the University of Missouri’s head track and field coach since 1982, is well known for helping coaches motivate athletes at the collegiate, national and international levels....

The North Central Columbia Neighborhood Association’s proposed development ordinance is the third neighborhood overlay district plan presented to the city, but it’s by far the most ambitious and...

Dissatisfied with traditional newspaper classified advertising and having experienced similarly disappointing results with eBay transactions, two Columbians decided to launch a Web site catering exclusively to local buyers...

Representatives of 12 counties surrounding Columbia and stretching down to the Lake of the Ozarks have agreed in principle to form a business-led organization that will promote economic...

A box full of phone cards sits under the counter at Alejandro Sánchez’s Columbia grocery store, Los Tres Hermanos. For the first time in seven years, he has...

Ethanol fuels derived from corn do not provide a long-term solution to the energy dilemma we face today, a prominent energy author said recently at Westminster College. “Corn-based...

The Roots ‘N Blues ‘N BBQ Festival generated an economic impact of nearly $6 million in Boone County, according to University of Missouri economist James Kaufman. The festival,...

The indistinguishable laughs and shouts of a large crowd swept down the hall in Columbia’s Upper Crust Bakery one bright Sunday morning, as patisserie customers, real-estate aficionados and...

Employment levels at 3M’s manufacturing plant on Paris Road in Columbia have fluctuated periodically since the plant opened 37 years ago, and plant manager David Robinson said the...