Missouri General Assembly broadens insurance coverage

The Missouri legislature this year took incremental steps to help the state’s businesses—particularly smaller employers—provide…

Change in plans

  With two newcomers, P&Z commission faces overhaul Jeff Barrow, acting chairman of the Planning…

Got that swing?

It’s not too early to reserve your spot for Wynton Marsalis’s winter concert. Tickets for…

PYSK: Craig Brumfield

Business Development Officer, The Callaway Bank AGE: 40 JOB DESCRIPTION: Responsible for developing new business…

Business Profile: Video producer capitalizes on creativity

A typical week at work for Steve Twitchell is anything but typical. The tasks at…

A house divided

At a recent meeting, a long and emphatic lament decried the treatment of the Columbia…

Bio-Defense building project deserves wholehearted support

You might call this a matter of putting the “pig in the parlor.” Greater Columbia…

Digital cameras, parent alerts boost school security

From rural one-room schoolhouses to sprawling university campuses, school security is a growing concern. Part…

Grounds management company stakes out high-end turf

Columbia Turf owner Bill McWilliams is not a spur-of-the-moment kind of guy, despite his low-key…

City bus service starts with scramble

One day in early August 1965, shortly after my return from a meeting on the…

Multi-use building project left in limbo by unofficial moratorium

Jon “T.K” Livingston wants to raze his three aging rental properties just east of the…

As passenger numbers grow, bus depot renovation moves into final stretch

The Wabash Depot addition is expected to be ready later this summer, just in time…