Features

On the surface, it would appear that two staples of the Columbia interior design market have exchanged niches. Putnam’s Interiors opened Pavilion Furniture in March, two years after...

A writer walks into a bar… OK, so this time it’s not a joke; it’s a job. I’m bartending at Grill One 5, located at 15 S. 6th...

Ron Leone, a lobbyist for Missouri convenience store owners, is a small player in the looming, multi-million-dollar battle over a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would...

Brian Mann has Kansas and Missouri in his blood, even though he now lives in upstate New York. That legacy serves him well in a book about American...

A national center promoting industrial energy efficiency has opened at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Funded by grant funds of about $1 million, including a five-year, $900,000 commitment from...

I’ve daydreamed at times about how cool it would be having a different job, one that paid you to sample chocolate or watch movies. Having the opportunity to...

When I was an ROTC student at Mizzou in the early 1950s walking along Rollins Road, I dreaded rainy days. Rollins was a narrow street lined by potholes...

SBD Board must remain vigilant to keep downtown business scene vibrant When I opened my retail gift store, Cool Stuff, 18 years ago, downtown Columbia looked sickly. There...

Blame political leadership void for likely state minimum wage hike The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry made the right move by staying out of the campaign against...

Although charming in many ways, the small community of Rocheport has lacked a place where residents and visitors could gather for coffee or beer or even stop to...