Living

“Deer resistant” is not the same thing as “deer proof.” But, there are many plant choices to consider that deer usually leave alone....

Our entertainment options include axe throwing, Witches and Wizards Arcade … and a Talking Horse? Columbia is undoubtedly a college town and there is no disputing that reality....

Sophomore designers show at Kansas City Fashion Week, Omaha Fashion Week, and The Collections Fashion Show at Stephens Two Stephens College sophomores have already begun to make their...

In the past few years alone, more than 10 pieces of public art, from murals and sculptures to painted and vinyl-wrapped traffic signal boxes, have popped up around...

What started as a college elective has led to a renowned career for local and internationally praised watercolor artist Paul Jackson. Paul was 16 when he graduated high...

Conjure up images of a general store and you might envision old men playing checkers on top of a pickle barrel. You won’t see that at today’s Pierpont...

In one way or another, Jim “Hoss” Koetting and his wife, Trish, have been serving the Columbia community for nearly 40 years. Even though Hoss (a nickname he...

When you think of historic homes in Columbia, your mind might go to sections of West Broadway or Stewart and Rollins roads, or East Campus. But one of...

When Julian Jackman and Lonnie Lockhart Bey listen to Columbia middle school gang members and other children and teens who are at risk of making choices that will...