Community Christian welcomes Bethany Albrecht to 'pulpit'
The Rev. Bethany Albrecht is not one to seek the spotlight, yet accepting her first senior pastor position at Community Christian Church will put her at the ce…
The Rev. Bethany Albrecht is not one to seek the spotlight, yet accepting her first senior pastor position at Community Christian Church will put her at the ce…
Uniforms are not uncommon at the Ike Skelton Training Site in Jefferson City. However, once a month, the uniforms belong to youth ages 10-18 with the Thomas Je…
Erin Kremer became a mother eight years ago when she opened her home to the first of more than 20 children through the state foster care program - Joseph and E…
A long-time relic hunter, William Gurley has become an expert on Jefferson City native Confederate Gen. Monroe Mosby Parsons by excavating inches of diaries, p…
For at least the last seven years, the local Firehouse Woodcarvers have set up a demonstration table around the corner from Santa and Mrs. Claus at the entranc…
A fantastical world from a 3-foot-tall perspective filled the classrooms, greenhouse and woodshop of the Jefferson City Parks, Recreation and Forestry Departme…
Joining his few remaining fellow survivors today to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attack at Pearl Harbor will be both nostalgic and reverent, said Bi…
Ceres may sit on top of the Capitol dome, but some little-known tokens lay beneath it.
Proactive and personable, Angie Toebben is a well-known face among those who have been involved in local youth sports.
A 118-year-old German, brick home has come down in Jefferson City's Old Munichburg neighborhood.
Building bridges with only Popsicle sticks and paper clips or programming a robot to create an action, second-grade students in Tracey Bieri's classroom look f…
A beach party might not sound like the traditional American Christmas, but it would be in Australia.
When Bruce and Linda Lackman bought their farm near St. Thomas in 2000, they combined his experience with cattle and her fondness of horses.
One counter was covered with flour and rolled dough and another with mixing bowls full of puddings and fruit Wednesday morning as 83 "man-made" pies went into …
Making consistent improvements in all areas of public school districts is difficult, but it's what the Annual Performance Report demands in order for efforts t…
The IT (information technology) world has a variety of roles, many of which Amber Addison has filled in her 17 years with Missouri state government.
What started as a search for early Callaway County pioneer graves has become a pioneering work for cemetery mapping.
A new rock and iron entrance invites visitors to the James D. Schwieterman Memorial Garden in the River City Gardens in North Jefferson City.
Bullying will be discussed at the November meeting of the Moniteau County R-1 Board of Education.
"Miscarriage is one of the loneliest experiences I have ever had to endure," Jefferson City mom Jennifer Bish wrote in The Odyssey Online.
Bright orange sweet potatoes laid in stark contrast to the rich brown soil of the Heart of Missouri Garden plot as volunteers from the local Lions Club filled …
Growing up, Christin Templeton wasn't a church goer - that is, her family only attended on major holidays.
When Jacob Witherspoon opened the door to his neighborhood's new little library, he pulled out a copy of "Treasure Island."
Missions are Evandro Kopper's passion, whether it be in Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Memphis, Tennessee or Central Missouri.
The Thompsons never considered a traditional celebration to mark three milestones - her 50th birthday, his retirement from the military and their 30-year anniv…
A piece of bread was tossed into the Missouri River, and with it went the hope of turning from sin.
Ten years ago, Emily Luker brought with her to the Missouri Secretary of State's office 32 years of teaching experience, as well as an artistic approach to bak…
It took 85 years for the permanent seat of government title to be incontrovertible for Jefferson City.
Last week, 10 offenders from the Tipton Correctional Center gave up their normal work release program to spend a week with California church members cleaning u…
Just as the Missouri's Capitol is the third building of that name, the Cole County Courthouse is in its third generation, too.
The Lincoln University football team has been through some emotional times off the field in recent years. Team Chaplain David Phelps, or "Pastor Dave," has bee…
For 10 years, the Landmark Church has been ministering to those not in church or those struggling with addiction.
As Lincoln University marked its official 150th anniversary Saturday for the opening of a school to teach newly freed slaves, so the Buffalo Soldiers first mus…
Lincoln University has been teaching students for 150 years - beginning with just two students, Henry Brown and Cornelius Chappelle.
Art supporters will have a chance to claim a one-of-a-kind work created by local celebrities at the first-time Celebarty live art auction at 6 p.m. Thursday in…
Reaching East Elementary School through mentoring, school supplies and other incentives, First Christian Church has been developing a relationship with the stu…
The Jefferson City corner of Dunklin Street and Clark Avenue is developing a new identity.
By age 17, Ebonee Woods already was involved in campaign work; she saw that as her life's work.
Lisa Edmondson remembers looking at the embroidered signatures on feedsack-cloth blocks with her grandmother Louise Adams.
A friendship quilt has made strangers friends.
After taking the fateful phone call that a riot was erupting across from his Jefferson City home at 722 E. Capitol Ave., teenager John Eidson drove out to the …
America has faced troubles in recent years due to Obamacare, loss of foreign respect, overreaching regulations and weakening of the Bill of Rights, said U.S. S…
When former Miss Lincoln University Amanda Andrews heard young girls saying people had called them "ugly" or "no good," she began formulating a program to posi…
Cole County lost the first of 17 young men in the Vietnam War 50 years ago next Sunday.
The home of many early pastors and Jefferson City's first bowling alley will soon come down.
Perhaps the most historic home in Jefferson City, the Parsons House at 105 Jackson St., has been named to Missouri's 2016 historic "Places in Peril."
The long-sought Spanish-American War statue and a gigantic C-130 surprised Capt. John Quin when he returned this spring to the Ike Skelton Training Site after …
How much muscle and coverage does a goat have? How round is a hog? How much fat is on a steer?
Traveling inside an up-armored vehicle on convoy missions to deliver supplies in Iraq, 1st Sgt. Heather Javersak was equipped with individual body armor, advan…
When Cadence and Haley Winkler looked down as they walked out of a Jefferson City store, they were delighted to find painted rocks laying there.