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ey, Super-size that Food (Bank) order! Peggy Kirkpatrick, executive director of the Central Missouri Food Bank, is trying hard to hide her smile. This time of year always...

The struggle for control of valuable Weldon family properties in Jefferson City, Fulton and California, Mo., may have reached its end—at least in the courts. Three judges of...

Columbia Public Schools are adapting to the city’s changing demographics. This summer, the district began the process of re-drawing school attendance boundaries and picking locations for a third...

The University of Missouri-Columbia has raised tuition for the 2007-08 school year at a rate higher than the inflation rate for at least the eighth consecutive academic year....

Engineers are problem-solvers. And so are entrepreneurs. In both disciplines, professionals look for solutions. Engineers seek ways to make things stronger, more powerful or more efficient. Entrepreneurs see...

Over a half century, Woody’s Auto Center has serviced vehicles of all makes and models and customers from all walks of life Mike Dennison remembers the time several...

On May 23, 1992, I announced the appointment of Greg Geissler as our first administrator of the new Office of Cultural Affairs. Creating an office to assist and...

Talk about timing. When Larry Neill decided it was time to leave the corporate world and open his own business in 1985, he chose to invest in an...

Homegrown title expert addresses new law, housing market and his company David A. Townsend, president and CEO of Farmers National Title Insurance Co. in Columbia, was named this...

Hy-Vee spokesman Chris Friesleben says it’s not personal. Last year, Wal-Mart opened a Supercenter with a grocery right across the street from Hy-Vee grocery on West Broadway. Last...