Columbia, MO

Stage lights made Laya Anand’s jewelry glitter as she stomped and leapt in time with precisely articulated beats. The bells on her ankles echoed a duet with her grandmother’s finger cymbals. At the end of her first piece, she slid to the floor in an elegant pose. Against the blackness of the stage, her orange costume glowed like a flame.

Columbia teen keeps Indian heritage alive through dance

Local unions are attempting to rally support during the Columbia City Council’s Monday meeting due to allegations that city management has not been bargaining in good faith and leadership has chosen to allow excessive crime. Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 955 protested the city’s most recent wage...

Unions accuse city of negotiating in bad faith, allowing rampant crime

Shakespeare's Pizza will turn 50 on June 4. The Columbia food staple will celebrate with an event, "Shake's Recess," at its South location on Saturday. Shake's Recess will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. and include a variety of family-friendly fun. Activities include a speed pizza eating contest, tricycle pizza delivery challenge, a Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament and a T-shirt unfreeze race.

Shakespeare's Pizza celebrates 50th anniversary

Iowa State

Davenport, IA

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Elizabeth Pruitt went to Davenport to start a career. Now she’s starting over. A photography intern for the Quad-City Times/Dispatch-Argus, Pruitt was looking forward to spending her summer in Iowa. She graduated from the University of Missouri on May 14 and picked out what she thought was a nice apartment in downtown Davenport.

Harrowing days for new MU grad who lost her apartment in Davenport collapse

The smell of fresh-squeezed lemonade and street food lingered in the air surrounding a multitude of clay pots, painted canvases and hand-knitted stuffed animals housed in nearby tents. Children masked with face paint creations of sharks and unicorns tugged their parents along to explore the offerings of each booth. After...

Art in the Park kicks off at Stephens Lake Park

Thirteen people have applied to fill a short-term vacancy on the Columbia School Board. The open spot stems from Katherine Sasser’s resignation in early May. She had a little less than a year left of her first term. Whoever is appointed can run for a full term in the April 2024 election. Terms are three years, unpaid.

At a glance: the 13 applicants for CPS board vacancy

Missouri State

The 2023 Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games continued Saturday with competitions ranging from powerlifting to track and field. Athletes from all over the state traveled to Columbia to partake in the games. The games will resume at 8 a.m. Sunday, the final day of the three-day event, with track and field.

Special Olympic Missouri athletes compete in summer games

Ozark, MO

The South Callaway baseball team couldn’t complete its quest for a state crown, falling 3-1 to Licking in the MSHSAA Class 3 title game Thursday in Ozark. The Bulldogs, who won the Class 3 title in 2016, gave up all three runs in the top of the second on just one hit off starter Jacob Martin. Two errors in the inning helped give Licking a lead it wouldn’t relinquish.

South Callaway settles for second, Fulton fourth in Ozark

Osage Beach, MO

The development plan for a new family resort at the Lake of the Ozarks was approved Thursday night during the Osage Beach Board of Aldermen meeting, according to its developers. Construction on the Oasis at Lakeport family resort and entertainment district will begin immediately, with the resort expected to open...

Development of $350 million resort receives approval from Osage Beach

Boone County, MO

A 6-year-old boy has died as a result of injuries suffered in a Wednesday head-on car crash, the Boone County Sheriff's Office said. The child is the third death stemming from the crash, which happened around 6:19 a.m. Wednesday on East New Haven Road in Boone County.

Richard Lee McDonald, Oct. 6, 1942 — March 18, 2023

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