First grader KeAjon Wallace leans back during the Read Across Columbia event on Aug. 30, 2022, at Blue Ridge Elementary School in Columbia. KeAjon is one of 650 first and second graders in Columbia receiving books as part of Read Across America.
John Martin suggests singing God Bless America before people leave the Boone County Republicans watch party on Nov. 8, 2022, at the Boone County Republicans office in Columbia.
Amy Schaffer and Ian Williams captured on 4x5 black and white film.
Senior Caroline Ma, right, and her escort Allison Schooley react as Ma is announced as Rock Bridge’s 2022 Homecoming Queen on Oct. 14, 2022, at Rock Bridge High School in Columbia. Ma and Schooley are the marching band's drum majors.
Light shines through morning fog on Jan. 8, 2021, at Carmel-by-the-sea in California.
Children climb on top of a pile of dirt Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, at the Cosmopolitan Park in Columbia, Mo. The dirt pile was made by a mini excavator that was featured by the event.
Rock Bridge senior Cordelia Weber leans her sousaphone over her father, Joe Weber's, face on Oct. 14, 2022, at Rock Bridge High School in Columbia. After high school, Weber wants to go to school to be a lawyer.
Jaxon Batye, 4, looks back at his dad warning him not to climb the fence at the Cattlemen Days Rodeo on Aug. 28, 2022, at the Ashland Optimist Club in Ashland. Batye and his brother, Evan Batye, watched the tractor rake the arena before the event.
Photo illustration of star trails over the Big Burr Oak on March 10, 2024, in Columbia, Mo.