Recreation

Third places are important for forming friendships and flexing the imagination — and the Boonslick Regional Library in Sedalia provides an extra space to gather outside of home and work.

Thousands of competitors come to the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City, Missouri, each year to show their best livestock. The competition includes children as young as 7 years old, who take part in a long tradition of raising and showing their animals.

The event will take place Friday through Sunday at Harmony Bends Disc Golf Course in Columbia's Strawn Park.

Missouri River Days is a half-day field trip offered to all fourth-graders at Columbia Public Schools in partnership with the nonprofit group Missouri River Relief. The field trip is held at Cooper’s Landing Riverside Resort & Marina, where students have the opportunity to get up close and personal with nature.

Eze Pojmann-Ezeonyilo innovates a constructing birdhouses to preserve the future of Purple Martins, while giving an educational opportunity to students at a Columbia elementary school.

Longhorned ticks are capable of transmitting illnesses to humans and cattle.

"Columbia Trails" by Ginger Schweikert guides people through more than 300 miles of mid-Missouri trails

The Columbia Parks and Recreation Commission held its monthly meeting Thursday to discuss a proposed renovation plan at Douglass Park.Here’s what plan A…