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Creating Space offers comprehensive home organizing services, including packing and unpacking, for projects of any size, from single pantries to entire houses. Owner Lindsay Tagai says she operates on a "judgement-free philosophy," noting that it can be "...an emotional process. We are very patient. Sometimes there's tears, we have hugs." October 17, 2025 -
St. Louis Public RadioKBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Mark Price of Columbia College about this year's Schiffman Ethics in Society Lecture. The guest this year is Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case in which a right for same-sex couples to marry was confirmed. He will be speaking at Launer Auditorium Thursday, Oct. 23rd.
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Cranktivus is a 12-year-old annual food drive where participants ride their bikes to various grocery stores to collect items for a holiday meal. Those items are then donated to The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri. Founder Beth Shepard says, "...the community has really...made it what it is." October 14, 2025 -
With an extensive product line including apparel, hunting gear, and Christmas gifts, it's easy to see why David Crane considers this time of year their favorite time of year at Crane's Country Store in Williamsburg, Mo. "We are the definition of shop small." October 13, 2025 -
COMO Flavors is back, and this year the number of food vendors has doubled! Organizer Evan Foster, along with Ray Hall from Dream Tree Academy, a beneficiary, join us to talk about this very special one-day-only event! October 10, 2025 -
"If you like to be scared, this is your show." Talking Horse Productions presents 'The Woman in Black' for two weekends only beginning October 16th at their theatre in Columbia. Today's guests, Adam Brietzke and Mary Paulsell, pull back the curtain - but not too much! - on what's been called "the original ghost story." October 9, 2025 -
"We were founded to support the deaf community and particularly provide crisis intervention and advocacy for deaf survivors wherever they're at in their journey and whatever situation they've been in." -- Wende Wagner, development manager, explaining DeafLEAD's mission on today's show. October 8, 2025 -
Help Impact Support Services, formerly known as ACT (Alternative Community Training), celebrate their half-century mark at Lakeside Ashland later this month! ISS is 50-year-old non-profit that provides services to individuals with developmental disabilities in Boone County. Director Don Lafferty says, "we think we can become a better community, a better city, a better county if we continue to allow people with disabilities to live in our neighborhoods, to work in our businesses..." October 7, 2025 -
Brenna Ishler, director of adult community services at Burrell Behavioral Health in Columbia, tells us about IRTS, or Intensive Residential Treatment Services, a program offered at Burrell in partnership with the Department of Mental Health. "It's a really unique program. It really serves as a bridge for people." October 6, 2025 -
Last year, 1,033 families in Boone County benefitted from Voluntary Action Center's annual holiday program. Today's guests, Christy Lowe and Stacie Pottinger, say they're looking to do about the same number this year. So how can you help? Sign up to volunteer and/or sponsor a family today! October 3, 2025 -
It's not too late to take part in this year's Walk to End Alzheimer's, happening this Saturday on the MU campus in Columbia. Senior fundraising manager Laurie Williams says, "hopefully, eventually, we'll get to the point where there is a cure and I won't have a job... but until that day, we're going to keep walking." October 2, 2025 -
Come for the goat yoga, stay for the more than 160 vendors at the 25th annual Mid-Missouri PrideFest, happening this weekend in Columbia! Janet Davis says PrideFest is "not just a celebration, it's a memory and reminder of where we've come from and where we still need to go." October 1, 2025
