Residents gathered for a cosplay contest on July 28, 2025, at Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia. At the Daniel Boone Regional Library’s Cosplay Con Monday night, more than 100 people came to ...

Many great novelists and writers have also had other careers.

Elwood, a former University of Missouri Journalism librarian, garnered 1,480 votes to beat out Ken Rice, a Pickleman’s Franchising chief operating officer who finished with 1,130 votes in the special ...

The early voting period kicked off July 22. Any registered voter can visit from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday at the Boone County Government Center, 801 E. Walnut St. in Columbia, to ...

The 2025 One Read pick is "North Woods," a piece of historical fiction by Daniel Mason. "There's a single house in the North ...

Daniel Lewis Scotten, 86, of Columbia, Missouri, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at University Hospital in Columbia. In keeping ...

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library launches in Boone County with free monthly books for kids under 5. Enrollment opens at a local event Aug. 18.

The rescue team said the rescue happened around 9 p.m. on the Rock Bridge Trail in Daniel Boone National Forest.

The Basalt Regional Library is seeking to renew, in perpetuity, the mill levy where it draws its funding.

The Little Free Library in Springfield is one of two the fiber broadband provider Brightspeed is sponsoring in Missouri.

Dark purple clouds rolled in over the Columbia Terminal Railroad station Wednesday morning as the three Boone County Commissioners — Kip Kendrick, Justin Aldred and Janet Thompson — hopped ...