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Well, we’re right in the middle of Major League Baseball’s Interleague Play, one of the key reasons the season isn’t as good as it could be. The other...

When I returned to Columbia after years of living all over the country, I wanted to live downtown. There’s just nothing better than living within a few blocks...

For a news conference intended to celebrate high points of the 2007 legislative session, the questions recently posed to Gov. Matt Blunt and House and Senate Republican leaders...

After being shortened because of drought, the barge traffic season on the Missouri River has lost another 10 days due to flooding. Relentless rainfall in the upper Missouri...

For years, textbooks and restaurant consultants have contended that menu item placement directly influenced how frequently customers chose certain dishes. Not so, according to two independent studies by...

To Mike Cooper, a riverside resident since 1981, the muddy Missouri River means business. As the owner of Cooper’s Landing—full-service marina, campgrounds, lodge, country store and live-music venue—his...

Central Bank ended months of speculation about its leadership when the parent company’s chairman, Sam Cook, announced that Kenneth Littlefield would take over as president when Bob Robuck...

Manufacturing-friendly town adapts to change At first glance, California appears to be a typical small town in the rural Midwest. It has one stoplight, a central square with...

While Columbia’s overall economy is healthy, last year the city experienced steep declines in the housing and construction markets, which will continue to be stymied by excess inventory,...

The Missouri legislature this year took incremental steps to help the state’s businesses—particularly smaller employers—provide health insurance coverage for workers. Gov. Matt Blunt said he plans to sign...