Beaufort couple brings aluminum canoes back to Missouri They set out looking for more kayaks for their float business. They ended up bringing a storied canoe company back to Missouri. The path that led Jennifer and Scott Paulsen to where they are today is almost as...

The idea started as an individual statue on a soon-to-be vacant lot. Joe Davis, Jeff Clements and other community members in Lamar wanted to honor veterans and community members on the 3.2 acres that once housed the community’s memorial hospital.

These mushrooms look real enough to eat Darkness is blanketing the yard around the garage but inside the lights are burning bright. At 4 a.m. each day you can find Ken Anderson, fueled by coffee, sitting in a wooden chair in front of his cluttered workbench. Wood...

New Haven painter brings big-scale art to walls across Missouri When artist Ray Harvey sees a blank wall in a small town, he has a big goal. He wants to paint a mural so memorable it becomes as iconic as the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. “Every small town needs an Arch,”...

Delicious Mexican food and more are on the menu in an inviting historical building photos by Paul Newton  |  pnewton@ruralmissouri.coop What do you get when you combine a Missouri farm girl with Mexican heritage and fine-dining experience, a former police officer who...