Roy Lovelady’s Last Dance
Between a morning of City Council meetings and a night filled with dance rehearsals, Roy Lovelady sits in the center of 360 Star Styling Studio, dipping rhinestones in glue and pressing them, one by one, into the brown, pink and orange fabric of a drag costume. Lovelady has never been just one thing.
Story by Anna Coletto; Photos by Bailey Stover; Video by Jacob Luebbert
Why is OKC 20 years behind addressing growing affordable housing shortage?
David Bentley is a husband, a father of two small children and a survivor of an ongoing housing crisis in which rent jumped from $1,200 to $2,150 a month and prospects were dim for coming up with a down payment and being able to find an affordable home.
A growing number of people not just in Oklahoma City but nationwide are being squeezed by rising housing costs. The latest Multiple Listing Service data reports home prices hit a new local record with the average home selling for $275,000.
Story by Steve Lackeeyer and Jordan Gerard; Photos by Doug Hoke and Nathan J. Fish; Video by Doug Hoke, Nathan J. Fish and Caroline McCone
True/False Film Fest brings the streets of Columbia alive with colorful Q Queens and the excited buzz of film enthusiasts hoping to get a last-minute ticket.
The visual theme ties the experience together — from the T-shirts to the artwork lining the streets. This year, True/False explores “The Human Paradox.”
Ragtag Film Society explains the theme on the True/False Film Fest website by writing that even though humans are often illogical, “instead of passing judgment on inconsistency, we are reframing contradiction, looking towards the possibility in paradox and the expansion in the ability to exist outside of the expected.”
Story by Cara Penquite; Photos by Ashlee Klotzbuecher, Jacob Luebbert, Thomas Gleason, Ellie Frysztak and Vanina Dimitrova
Visualizing "the human paradox"
'It should have been yesterday:' Family criticizes delayed police co-responder program
Katiana Edwards believes that her brother would still be alive today if he'd gotten the help he needed. On Aug. 4, Marquis Rivera, 22, called 911 from his apartment in Columbia, reporting that he was suicidal. Within hours, he was shot and killed by police.
Story by Camryn Kessling and Erica Little; Photos by Taylor Emrey Glascock
The day darkened slightly at 1:57 p.m. Monday when a near-total eclipse caused a marked drop in temperature and lengthened the shadows of buildings around Columbia.
For over four minutes, the earth, moon and sun moved into almost complete alignment within an observer’s line of sight on the ground.
Story and photos by Missourian Staff
Looking up: Solar eclipse draws thousands to Missouri to share a celestial show
One arena, one state title, four days, eight mats, and hundreds of students. High schoolers from across the state closed out the MSHSAA Wrestling Championships on Saturday.
While some athletes walk away with a state title, all athletes walk away with the memories of four long days. Ashton Mayes will remember taking a nap during day three, Aidan Ward will think of the cold hallway floor after being eliminated and Aroma Marrufo will remember the shirt gifted to her by her coach after a title win. These are moments that the crowds of fans can’t see, but the student athletes will not forget.
Story by Jamie Maron; Photos by Jamie Maron and Bailey Stover