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City Council fails first significant visioning test On the same week that the Columbia City…

The Great Outdoors

Outfitters hope patrons go take a hike, bike or engage in whatever other outdoor activity…

Daniel Boone Little League’s business sponsorships are homegrown

Amid the accolades our Daniel Boone Little League team earned by making it into the…

Welcome to the Homeland: A Journey to the Rural Heart of America’s Conservative Revolution

Brian Mann has Kansas and Missouri in his blood, even though he now lives in…

MU’s College of Engineering launches regional center to focus on energy efficiency

A national center promoting industrial energy efficiency has opened at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Funded…

Confessions of a Mystery Shopper

Sales pitches, personalities affect customer’s experience at tire stores One of the jobs of a…

Odd Jobs: Keeping movie on track is Groundhog Day experience for projectionist

I’ve daydreamed at times about how cool it would be having a different job, one…

Past leaders knew value of good city streets

When I was an ROTC student at Mizzou in the early 1950s walking along Rollins…

City targets commercial side of urban blight

Once a thriving restaurant where former President Bill Clinton dined, the old Sutton Place at…

McDonald’s latest horror movie mixes ghosts with gore

Michael D. McDonald is determined to keep making low-budget movies in Columbia, and he’s lot…

PYSK: Ted Curtis

Bike/Ped Program Manager, Public Works Department, City of Columbia AGE: 59 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Plan, coordinate…

Business Profile: True Media buys ad space nationwide for small and mid-size businesses

In business less than two years, True Media, a full-service media placement company, is expanding…