Como Blitzball
It’s a little-known fact that with eight teams and thirty-two players, Columbia boasts the largest Blitzball league in the nation; and it is managed much like professional sports with contracts, drafts, and free agents; but every league has a story. What It Is Blitzball is a game for everyone who loves baseball — and […]
‘Church & State’: Despite COVID, the Show Goes On
Talking Horse Productions presents powerful, timely play The first weekend of Talking Horse Production’s eagerly anticipated CHURCH & STATE was postponed due to COVID within the cast, but the timely play by Jason Odwell Williams will now be performed August 15-18 and August 21-25. “As much as we are disappointed having to postpone, the health […]
Frozen in Time: Columbia Still Lacks Home Ice
Years ago, when the Washington Park Ice Arena in Jefferson City offered a free opportunity for kids to lace up some ice skates and get on the ice, Sam Fleury and his wife Ann took their children, 5-year-old Ava and 3-year-old William, to try it out. With that first chance to glide across the ice, […]
Columbia is an Athletic City in Motion
It’s hard to miss the fact that Mizzou has a football team, but the truth is that Columbians of all ages and skill levels are flocking to fields, courts, gyms, and other athletic facilities around the city, day and night, to play and compete in a wide variety of sports. While there are plenty of […]
Tiger Stretch Sesh: It’s a Hot Yoga Huddle
When Brandy Turner launched Lotus Hot Yoga three years ago, she had a vision for a boutique-style practice, something on the smaller side to offer an intimate yoga environment. What she couldn’t have imagined was that it would quickly become the go-to spot for many Mizzou athletes seeking to stretch their bodies and clear their […]
Edibles, Elevated: Putting the CBD in Comfort Food
Cannabis and food go together. They just do. Who amongst us — those of us who partake, anyway — hasn’t meandered giggly and red-eyed to the microwave to nuke a bag of Totino’s pizza rolls? But Chad Jones-Hicks thinks we can do better than that. With his new High Eats concept, the Columbia native brings […]
The Human Cost of Policing
Chief Schlude forecasts an end to CPD’s ‘staffing slump.’
Busy Builder
A recent $1.3 million investment from Veterans United Home Loans (VU) has blossomed into $34 million, with several other organizations and sources also investing to build funding for Columbia Housing Authority’s building plans. The local housing authority (CHA) has already finished renovating scores of existing properties and has plans to build new units for […]
Raising Funds and Awareness: Craft Beer and Carts
Among the hundreds of photos in the shop at Mobility Worldwide MO – Columbia, there’s a snapshot of a man with withered, lifeless legs. He’s sitting in a mobility cart, demonstrating the independence that the cart gives him. “This is one of my favorites [photos] because he will travel up to six miles every day […]
The Recycle Cycle
From the gaping south entrance, the structure could easily be mistaken for an airplane hangar — albeit one that needs some serious tidying up. To the east, a pair of workers in reflective vests and protective eyewear stand above mammoth mounds of cardboard, feeding disparate hunks onto a vertical conveyor. To the west, another duo […]
Patio Dogs Create ‘A Great Vibe’
Patio Dogs Create ‘A Great Vibe’ in Downtown Columbia for students
Outside the (Traffic) Box
Public art keeps downtown Columbia colorful and vibrant, as Cody Finley’s traffic box shows.