Layne Stracener

Community Engagement Editor+15737610243+15737610243[email protected]

Bio

Layne Stracener is the community engagement editor for the News Tribune.

Recent stories by Layne Stracener

Capital Region nurse celebrating half-century of service After helping a patient with gym equipment, Venny Groene smiled big and made small talk with other patients and staff as she walked across the cardiac rehab center of Capital Region Medical Center's S... May 15, 2023

Passion for nutrition helps many area families Melinda Ridenhour has had a passion for nutrition since high school.When learning about the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program in college, she knew what she was meant to do."I was very in... April 3, 2023

Fish fries squaring off in bracket competition Move over, March Madness. We created a different kind of bracket this month. Fish fry aficionados can vote in our Mid-Missouri fish fry faceoff, featuring 16 Mid-Missouri fish fries, at newstribune.co... March 17, 2023

Adams Street to be closed for sidewalk work Adams Street between Hickory and East Ashley streets will be closed beginning at 7 a.m. Monday. Concrete Solution will be working on a sidewalk improvement project. Weather permitting, it will be comp... March 4, 2023

Gas line work to close street Commercial Way between Madison and Monroe streets will be closed starting at 8 a.m. Monday. Miller Pipeline will be installing new gas service lines for Ameren. Weather permitting, the road will be cl... March 3, 2023

Bowler took to sport at a young age <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FbYZIYFXat4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerom... February 20, 2023

Jefferson City woman embraces job’s ability to help people Pat Thomas loves that no two days are the same.As chief of staff for Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, she spends much of her time sitting in on meetings, previewing and drafting legislation and call... January 9, 2023

Runge offers volunteer opportunity to garden, practice archery, teach children Judith Deel smiled, her eyes lighting up as children screamed and jumped up and down with excitement because they found a spider in a pile of leaves at Runge Nature Center."I mean, how endearing ... January 9, 2023

‘Christmas Wish’ offered glimpse into changed lives During the days leading to Christmas, we have enjoyed telling stories about how your generous charitable contributions are enriching the lives of people in our community.We met Jennifer Jones, who, af... December 25, 2022

Little Santa has big dreams <iframe class="castos-iframe-player" src=https://60ccd49376f759-56068567.castos.com/player/1342941 frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="1... December 22, 2022