City View: City uses federal grant to experiment with ways to ‘get about’ Columbia

*City View*Ted Curtis, Get About Columbia’s manager, outlines benefits of bike-friendly projects.

Eco Brokers interpret ‘green living’ costs, benefits

When people are hunting for a new home or planning renovations, “eco-friendly” is quickly rising…

City expanding energy demand management program

Kraig Kahler and his staff at Columbia Water and Light are increasing their efforts to…

Notes from the Note Girl: Vinyl Flashbacks

*Notes from the Note Girl*Tracy Lane gets vinyl flaskbacks at Mizzou Records.

DNA lab solves crimes, changes lives

Kim Gorman checked and rechecked the test results in her Columbia lab. There was no doubt: They locked up the wrong guy. It wasn’t Johnny Briscoe who raped and robbed a woman at knifepoint in her apartment.
Cigarette butts from the crime scene, stored away and forgotten in a St. Louis Police Department crime lab, were tested for DNA. The saliva came from an acquaintance who framed Briscoe.
Twenty-three years after being wrongfully convicted of rape, after spending nearly half his life in a Missouri prison, Johnny Briscoe was set free in 2006.

Customer Service: The Ogre and the Intern: A Cautionary Tale

I hate interns. At least that’s what I always tell prospective ones when I’m conducting…

PYSK: Matt H. Beckett

JOB DESCRIPTION: Provide consultation and brokerage services to businesses and individuals with regard to their…

Guest Column: Recovery funding benefits Mid-Missouri

Over two years ago, America was on the brink of an unusually severe economic downturn.…

Range Line Expansion: Paving the way for northern growth

*Range Line Widening*A CBT center spread takes a bird’s eye view of expanded northern artery.

Guest Column: Public school system affects local economic development

*Super’s View*Superintendent says schools have important economic development role.

Power Lunch: Business and Sports

*Power Lunch: Sports and Business*Sports industry administrators advocate teamwork to build indoor facilities.

Smith remembered for accounting, courtroom prowess

*Stephen B. Smith*Colleagues praise the late accounting executive for his courtroom prowess.