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Dec 25, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Luciana De Anda
During her freshman year in college, Lydia Abai was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphona, a type of cancer that attacks the lymph nodes. Abai discovered the lump when she was 17, but she had to wait two years before getting the correct diagnosis.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
komu.com | Luciana De Anda
COLUMBIA — The Public Works Department, which is charged with operating and managing city infrastructure, including parking, has been struggling to hire parking enforcement agents, two months after taking over operations from the Columbia Police Department. The department currently has one person on staff in charge of enforcing parking, said John Ogan, public information specialist for Public Works.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Luciana De Anda |Dmitry Martirosov
The Columbia Public Works Department, which is charged with operating and managing city infrastructure, including parking, has been struggling to hire parking enforcement agents, two months after taking over operations from the Columbia Police Department. The department currently has one person on staff in charge of enforcing parking, said John Ogan, public information specialist for Public Works.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Luciana De Anda |Brandon Curry
The Jamesport Christmas Festival is a town tradition spanning almost 30 years. The festival runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 29 and 30. There will be opportunities to shop at local vendors, listen to live music, purchase food, take a horse and buggy ride and talk to Santa Claus.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Luciana De Anda |Brandon Curry
By Luciana De Anda,Brandon Curry The 78th Annual Chillicothe Holiday Parade will be held Nov. 23 to kick off the holiday season. It will start to roll at 10 a.m and run until noon through downtown Chillicothe. This year's theme is "Peace on Earth." Typically, the Chillicothe Chamber of Commerce chooses an annual theme for the parade that is timely or a theme the Chamber wants the parade to reflect into the community, said Crystal Narr, executive director of the Chillicothe Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Luciana De Anda |Brandon Curry
By Luciana De Anda,Brandon Curry The Maryville Shop Hop invites the community to shop locally this holiday season. Customers are encouraged to "hop" from shop to shop in downtown Maryville for this shopping event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 7. Typically, 10 to 15 businesses in the downtown district participate, said DeAnn Davison, the tourism director for Maryville and the executive director for Downtown Maryville.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Luciana De Anda |Brandon Curry
The Festival of Lights has been a decades-long town tradition in the northwest town of Cameron. On Saturday, Nov. 30, a number of activities will begin at 5 p.m. with the lighted holiday parade. The event-filled festival is hosted by Cameron Main Street and the Old School of Cameron. The lighted parade begins at Recreation Park, travels uptown and then downtown to end its route at McCorkle Park at the center of town, said Linda Krentz, the president of Cameron Main Street.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Alex Buchanan |Olivia Myska |Luciana De Anda
By Alex Buchanan/Missourian,Olivia Myska/Missourian,By Luciana De Anda In 2021, an 11-year-old girl named Fareshta left Afghanistan for the U.S. with her parents and seven siblings. They settled in Columbia, and with the help of the City of Refuge, Fareshta learned to make earrings, necklaces and backpack charms. Her sister Aqila, two years younger, was taught to make bath bombs and salts.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Luciana De Anda |Mary Bell
Jean Nicklas started Jowin's Kitchen, a gooey butter cake business, in 2021 and after quitting her corporate job - an idea that had stuck with her for about 25 years. Nicklas sells her cakes at the "Curated. Crafted. Created." event, a mid-Missouri makers market hosted by Andrea Lyn Events, which has taken place on a quarterly basis since 2022. From being a home-based bakery to a storefront that opened in August, Nicklas has sold her cakes at every single market since the beginning.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Luciana De Anda |Dmitry Martirosov
Earlier this month, it was announced that a Trader Joe's location would be coming to Columbia. The timeline for this move is unclear, but local businesses said it could affect revenue and support from the community. Clovers Natural Market has been in Columbia for over 30 years and has seen big corporate chains come and go, said Laura Maguire, one of the store owners. Maguire said she expects a potential dip in business as excitement for a new store drives customers to shift their shopping habits.
