Linda Godwin has had a whirlwind career, and it began right here in Missouri. Godwin, a physics and astronomy professor and a native of Cape Girardeau, attended Southeast Missouri State University after...

The drive to St. Louis was one-and-a-half hours, the time flying to the East Coast was about four hours and the time away from family was just too much for Fifth Ward City Councilwoman Helen Anthony. On...

It’s a Monday afternoon, the start of a full week for the grand marshal of Missouri’s 101st homecoming, and John Kadlec is making time for a stranger. The stranger wanted to meet, and Kadlec called...

If you’re looking for Halloween thrills, Columbia has a haunted location that will rattle your bones. Necroplanet, located in an old meatpacking plant near College Avenue and Rogers Street, offers three...

In the late '90s, an indie-rock band emerged out of Omaha, Neb. Seven albums and a few international tours later, Cursive is on its way to Columbia to share the band's indie-rock tunes. Cursive is comprised...

After 40 years of collecting vintage items, it’s hard to not have at least a little bit of, well, everything. That's just what Leo's Old Clothes, a Columbia thrift shop founded in 1972, has to offer...