It’s easy when you’re 16 years old to view high school as that place where students sit down, stare at a Smartboard for eight hours, take tests, and go home. But for many graduating seniors, high school...

It’s easy when you’re 16 years old to view high school as the place where students sit down, stare at a Smartboard for eight hours, take tests, go home and come back the next day to do it all over...

Twenty years in the music industry has yet to take a toll on country star Kenny Chesney's ability to please his fans. The 45-year-old singer/song-writer released his 16th studio album, "Life on a Rock,"...

Recent experiences have brought the concept of terror back into the forefront of the news and students' minds. A recent severe weather storm, the Boston Marathon bombing and other incidences introduced...

If all goes as planned, at 7 p.m., the parking lots will overflow, the ticket box in the Performing Art Center lobby will be nearly sold out, and the auditorium will be overflowing with students, teachers...

The “Black Friday Creep,” the moving up of opening times for Black Friday, grows every year, but a bill proposed by Rep. Jeff Roorda in the Missouri House of Representatives may force some businesses...

[heading style="2"]Department of Agriculture aims to replace vending machines, à la carte[/heading] [dropcap style="2" size="3"]S[/dropcap]Six months ago, Columbia Public Schools joined thousands of school...

[heading style="2"]A need for reformation[/heading][dropcap style="1" size="3"]F[/dropcap]First Student, the largest busing contractor in the U.S., provides six million students with transportation solutions...

As many students savored their last days of winter break, the members of the  jazz ensemble set up chairs and music stands in the school band room at 9:00 p.m. on the first day of the new year for a...

While I was eating lunch the other day, the southside hallway exploded in laughter. Senior Alyssa Sykuta came sprinting down the ramp and nearly skidded along the tile as she stopped by me. "Lauren,"...