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Veterans United Home Loans now has 3,500 employees in Columbia, according to retired Landmark Bank board chairman Jeff MacLellan (file graphic courtesy of “Inside Columbia” magazine’s Madelyn Jones) The retired Landmark Bank board chairman says the insurance industry is no longer one of Columbia’s top three largest employers. Jeff MacLellan, who’s studied economic trends in Columbia for 30 years, says …

State Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on May 3, 2021 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) Legislation designating June 12 of each year as Women Veterans Appreciation Day has been filed by a mid-Missouri state lawmaker. The issue is important to State Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia). He’s …

Governor Mike Parson (right) listens, after appointing Andrew Bailey as Missouri’s next Attorney General on November 23, 2022 (file photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) Missouri’s next attorney general will be sworn-in this morning in Jefferson City. Governor Mike Parson (R) will speak at today’s swearing-in ceremony for Andrew Bailey. The ceremony will take place at the Missouri Supreme …

A Go COMO electric bus operates in downtown Columbia in August 2022 (file photo courtesy of Columbia Public Works spokesman John Ogan) Most Columbia city offices will be closed on Monday in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday. The holiday will not impact emergency services like Columbia police and fire. Go COMO, which is Columbia’s public transit system, will …

MU Health Care says baby Vivian Rose Blecha and mother Athena Xufuris are doing well in Columbia (January 1, 2023 photo courtesy of MU Health Care public relations manager Eric Maze) The first baby born in 2023 at MU Health’s Women’s Hospital in Columbia was born at 9:40 on this New Year’s morning. MU Health Care spokesman Eric Maze says …