WALT DISNEY: The Triumph of the American Imagination

By Neal Gabler, Knopf, 851 pages, $35 Neal Gabler’s biography of Walt Disney is not…

Builders, buyers adjust to slide in Jefferson City home sales

John Kleindienst of Capital City Construction Co. didn’t know he was walking a high wire…

Commercial real estate trend shifts in Jefferson City

Missouri Boulevard’s dominance in the growth of Jefferson City’s commercial real estate market may end…

Campaign-period political ads a boon for local media outlets

When a campaign worker called Cynthia Schreen to place a radio advertisement, the sales director…

Odd Jobs: “Strange Fruit Sunday”

The food pyramid suggests we eat five servings of fruits and vegetables daily. The hard…

Missouri beefs up its state product branding and marketing

Idaho potatoes, Wisconsin cheese, Florida oranges, Vermont maple syrup … and Missouri beef? This branding…

Nanomedicine institute construction begins, incubator to follow

Just downhill from the football stadium on Providence Road, under a big white tent, a…

Hot Stove League, baseball’s off-season fix

If you are a baseball fan—even a St. Louis Cardinals fan—the fact that a team…

PYSK: Jeffrey R. Williams

University of Missouri-Columbia Director of Access and Urban Outreach Co-Chair, Columbia Vision Committee AGE: 53…

Business Profile: Martial arts school expands as students spread the word

Jeff and Jade Hockman, partners in Hockman’s ATA Black Belt Academy, have the kind of…

Missouri, heart of Midwest, poised to take major role in biofuel production

Who would have thought a year ago that President George W. Bush’s State of the…

Mid-Term Election Recap: Winners, careful now; losers, all is not lost

An issue has arisen about which I have found no dissenters. Nary a soul laments…