The workers who inspect and repair rides at the Kansas City amusement park have been negotiating for eight months, and voted to authorize a strike earlier this month. Their new contract includes guaranteed annual raises, increased paid leave and more rest time.

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals will determine whether the SAVE Plan will remain blocked

A festival Friday and Saturday will focus on the importance of keeping the night sky dark.

The Kansas City television station reporter was covering a shooting range campaign event for Democrat Lucas Kunce.

Education officials previously predicted the payments to child care providers would be caught up by the end of October, but now expect an additional five weeks.

Federal officials say E. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states.

College students often use posters to help spruce up their dorm. At the University of Chicago, they get a chance to borrow works by prominent artists for a year.

An old Norse story tells of a king's man being tossed down a well in 1197. An archeologist teamed up with an evolutionary genomicist to study DNA of a skeleton found in that well.

NPR's Scott Simon is dazzled by the turn of the seasons, especially the color of the leaves.

A cold front coming from Northwest Iowa has brought the smell of fertilizer with it.

Hope Schust is a masc, non-binary queer person who was born in Kenya. They spoke about how music impacts their life – allowing them to express their emptions and find solace in the midst of life’s changing environments.

In this month’s “Behind the Issue,” Vox Magazine Editor-in-chief Micah Barnes talks with Food & Drink Editor Elena Wilson about the effect of one of the first lesbian autobiographies with a happy ending — "Diana: A Strange Autobiography."

Tyler Davis is the first community resource manager at Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia. He started full time in January, and his job is to connect patrons with health and social support resources. He spoke about some of the needs he has seen in the community and how he – and the library can help.

The garage was shuttered in August after crews found high-tension wires which support the structure's decks had failed.

Amarach Planning Services owner and urban planner David Boston released the Oct. 2024 Boone County and the City of Columbia Housing Study last Thursday