Mt. Tabor Farmstead owner Brent Struttmann and his girlfriend Kendall Buie plant tomatoes in Callaway County on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Struttmann and Buie’s love story is a real-life Hallmark movie. Struttmann is a mid-Missouri native who grew up on the same land he built his farm on. Buie grew up in Connecticut before she left to study art history and fashion at Indiana University in Bloomington. After graduating, she lived in New York City, San Francisco and San Antonio. After a few years working in fashion, she moved to Missouri where her family resides and the couple met online.
Molly Johnson scans her shelves to find a snack for Jasper Burton, 11, Oct. 11 at the Park Avenue properties in Columbia. Their unlikely friendship formed while the two lived in the same affordable housing unit, but next year, their home will be demolished and their families will relocate to separate neighborhoods. “He’s a good kid and I’ll miss him,” Johnson said.
Aurora Self, 5, and her brother Jackson Self, 3, play at a sprayground on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, at Stephens Lake Park in Columbia. The duo and their mother Stacey Self went to the park to cool down as temperatures reached the upper 90s. Stacey said that her and her kids “bounce around” between the three spraygrounds in Columbia.
From left, Romualdo Valencia, Armando Lopez and Agustin Ruiz-Ruiz read order tickets on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, at Delia’s on Stadium in Columbia.
Owner Jessica Schlosser plays with resident cat Beans on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at Bertha’s Beans Cat Cafe in Columbia, MO. Beans is the cafe's first resident cat and will live there permanently. Beans was adopted by Schlosser to serve this role.
News anchor Taylor Freeman applies foundation to a scar in the gender-neutral restroom at KOMU 8 News in Boone County on Oct. 29, 2022. “I learned how to do my makeup watching drag queens on YouTube,” Freeman said. “This is like drag, I’m just getting in my drag pretty much. I’m playing dress-up.”
Missouri quarterback Brady Cook scans the field after receiving a snap on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, at Memorial Stadium during a game against Middle Tennessee. Missouri would hold on to a narrow 23-19 victory against Middle Tennessee.
Handler David Haler, who is incarcerated at Jefferson City Correctional Center, cuddles up with his dog Moose in between competition events on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, at the Dawg Days Showcase in Jefferson City. “I did some bad things in my life, but this is how I get to give back to my community,” Haler said.
Missouri club hockey players kill time ahead of team portraits on Nov. 16, 2022. Missouri would go on to win the DIII Mid-America Collegiate Hockey championship.
Hallsville superintendent John Downs supervises after school traffic on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, at Hallsville Intermediate School in Hallsville. “Things can get a little hectic with construction going on so we like to make sure we’re out there keeping an eye on everything,” Downs said about the current expansion project of the school.