Bikers and pedestrians are excited about some plans in the works for Jefferson City. The city hosted a public meeting ...

A sundown town [...] is an entire community (or even county) that for decades was ‘all white’ on purpose," researchers write ...

People in ancient Mesopotamia depended on rivers. But rivers sometime moved, imposing stress on communities. Research shows ...

A study published this week in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found that moderate coffee and caffeine ...

Picture wandering into a town so small that everyone knows not just your name, but your dog's name, and probably what you had ...

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She emailed and asked, "Are there websites the public can look at current road construction projects?" The simple answer: yes ...

Today the newspaper is hyping the new owners and their walkable scheme that doesn't mention "affordable housing" by way of ...