Just outside Columbia, this town has a rich history, with a French name meaning “rocky port,” a fitting description of the ...

As fall season turns into winter, families and friends gather around tables, light candles, prepare family recipes, and ...

A child rides one of Local Motion’s blender bikes at the Farmers Market during Bike, Walk & Wheel Week, May 2025. The blender ...

Of all the holidays, New Year’s has always felt the most bittersweet to me. I look around the living room and see the friends ...

Public art and the people who fund it. Columbia is home to many pieces of public art. We see that art on buildings, in parks, ...

A few years back, a Columbia woman named Cheryl Overstreet had a stroke in her brainstem. She woke up in University Hospital, and the whole left side of her body just would not listen to her anymore.

Partnership is one of those words we use so often that it can start to lose its meaning. In local government, almost everything worth accomplishing requires partnership. Cities cannot solve housing ...

You know how they say it’s hard to make friends as an adult? I can’t relate. Maybe that’s because, when it comes to making ...

Hiking in the winter in Columbia is the best, and anyone can do it — even if, like me, you don’t see yourself as a “real hiker.” I’m more the kind of person who says, “Oh, that looks like an ...

A Chariot Festival Introduces WISE to Columbia. On a blistering September Saturday at Stephens Lake Park, more than 100 people grabbed two long ropes and pulled a 25-foot wooden chariot through the ...

WE ASKED OUR FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS…. What’s something new you’ve learned or tried this year? My best friend and I are learning ...

TRYPS is building confidence and talent in mid-Missouri’s kids through the magic of live theater. The lights dim, and the pit orchestra begins to play. Nerves, excitement, ...