Faye King, center, is crowned Miss Gay Mid-Missouri America on Saturday, February 13, 2022 at the Elk Park Event Center in Columbia. King will go on to compete at The Miss Gay Missouri America pageant.
The True/False Film Fest begins on Thursday, March 3, 2022 in downtown Columbia. It is a weekend-long experience of films, art exhibits and musicians.
Cars 4 Missouri Program Director Anthony Conway pops confetti Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, with Giving Branch administrator Erica Bressman, left, and Jasmine Dusenberg, holding her daughter Harlo, after Dusenberg received a car at Flat Branch Home Loans in Columbia. “This will get us a better life,” she said. “We’re starting from scratch.”
Friends Stella Chegwidden and Kathryn Myers embrace at the Hickman-Capital City football game Friday, September 10, 2021 at Alumni Stadium in Columbia. The two seniors played pit percussion instruments during halftime.
Case Wyman, 5, plays games on a phone at the Macon vs. Hallsville football game Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, at Macon High School in Macon. When asked what his favorite part of football is, Wyman said “the hike.”
Audrey Stanard takes a detail-focused self portrait in December of 2023.
Freshman Noah Shirrell unloads his car Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in front of Gillett Hall in Columbia. “We over-enrolled, at least in the Class of 2028," Shirrell said. "Parking is hard, especially around sporting events. It can be very frustrating.”
Footprints in the snow lead toward a sidewalk on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2025, near the MU Columns in Columbia. Students have began to return from break, as student housing move-ins open tomorrow.
Left, Sarah Felts and Michelle Linschoten embrace at the Amendment 3 Watch Party hosted by the Missourians for Constitutional Freedom on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in St. Louis, Mo. Felts said she feels deeply angry that people do not take experts seriously when discussing abortion.
"Fender classic design" is read inside an acoustic guitar in my home on Tuesday, November 8, 2023 in Columbia.
Isleen Atallah speaks to the crowd during a rally calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on Saturday, March 2, 2024 in Columbia. Atallah and the group walk to City Hall every Saturday for a moment of silence.
Luz Henríquez and her daughter take the stage at the Amendment 3 Watch Party hosted by the Missourians for Constitutional Freedom on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in St. Louis, Mo. Henriquez is the Executive Director for ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union).
The St. Louis Zoo hosts Animals Aglow, a lantern festival, on Sunday, March 24, 2024. Participants were able to see 60 towering lanterns depicting animals, insects, plants, and traditional Chinese elements.
A picturesque scene on Monday, January 1, 2024 in Wildwood, Mo. The first snowfall of the season can be seen out the window.
Tyler Clayton jokes with friends while grocery shopping at Hy-Vee on February 22, 2022 in Columbia. Clayton runs her own business selling home-cooked egg bites within her sorority house Sigma Sigma Sigma.
MU’s Vietnamese Student Union Cultural Chair Andrew Ngo, left, holds out a microphone to a contestant at a Lunar New Year event Tuesday, February 10, 2022 in Memorial Union in Columbia. Participants learned about the traditions and history of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, called Tết, through a Jeopardy! game.
From left, Columbia City Council candidates Roy Lovelady, Karl Skala, Nick Foster and Erica Pefferman attend a forum on Thursday, March 17, 2022 at Vidwest Studios in Columbia. The candidates discussed topics such as city waste, police training and homelessness.