The Wine Journal pours history by the glass STORY AND PHOTOS by Paul Newton The room at the back of the downtown building has always carried a distinctive smell. For decades developer, stop bath and fixer filled the darkroom as photographs of community festivals,...

Artist Lee Copen takes her studio outdoors STORY AND PHOTOS by Jim McCarty On a beautiful summer day, Lee Copen sets up her easel and watercolor paints next to the iconic Alley Spring Mill. She ignores the obvious red mill — one of the most photographed and painted...

Jared Flinn connects the truckers and shippers that keep America’s commodities moving STORY by Sara Schafer Jared Flinn’s desk phone rarely stopped ringing. Fresh out of college and working in truck logistics for Bartlett Grain Co. in Kansas City, the farm boy from...

110 students learn about government, teamwork and the cooperative difference STORY BY Paul Newton |  PHOTS BY Paul Newton and Sara Schafer Inside the Missouri House of Representatives, there’s a spirited debate over a bill. Warrensburg High School student Remington...

Revisit Mark Twain’s timeless tale of boyhood mischief and adventure STORY AND PHOTOS by Sara Schafer Tom Sawyer Could profit from a punishment — convincing neighborhood boys to give him treasures for the honor of whitewashing a fence. He could charm local beauty...

Missouri students travel to D.C. for a week of monuments and memories STORY AND PHOTOS by Paul Newton Standing inside the U.S. Capitol, Joe Snyder found himself struck by more than marble columns and ornate ceilings. The Maryville teenager had always imagined...

Donna McClanahan recalls the ‘Day the Lights Came On’  STORY AND PHOTOS by Jim McCarty It would be difficult to find a more passionate electric cooperative supporter than Donna McClanahan. The wife of former Macon Electric Cooperative director and board president, the...