Posted 11:27 PM 2/21/2011 by Sarah Hill

COLUMBIA - This is KOMU's 1st ever Winter Olympics. Vote for the best (fastest or most comical) luge run. We'll tally your votes and then Landmark Bank will then donate $500 to the winning anchor's favorite charity. Check out these videos to see each person's luge run.

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Posted 11:31 AM 2/15/2011 by Sarah Hill

COLUMBIA - Each Monday at the Bluff's Skilled Nursing Facility, Bill Ray volunteers his time to dot the landscape with laughter.

"Said they needed some volunteers. I thought maybe they wanted me to come and sing solos. But they didn't. They didn't, they said if these ladies can tolerate (More)

Posted 11:48 AM 1/11/2011

COLUMBIA - Jenni Palmer uses social media to keep in touch with friends, petition for what she believes in, and stay up to date on the world around her. Palmer is able to use social media sites like Twitter and Facebook even though she has been blind since birth. Palmer uses JAWS, or (More)

Posted 5:29 PM 1/6/2011 by Reported By: Sarah Hill

CALLAWAY COUNTY - Each morning Ben Maddox climbs a ladder up his tree, where he keeps a mailbox. He once planned to chop down the tree in his backyard, but in the fork of the branches of this soft maple, Maddox found something hard to believe – chicken eggs.

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Posted 4:05 PM 12/22/2010

MID-MISSOURI - Even though the flying season Honor Flight is on break, you still have an opportunity to support Honor Flight--one that won't cost you a dime. Central Missouri Honor Flight is part of the Pepsi Refresh Challenge and is reminding its supporters to vote to help it win $250,000 to fly (More)

Posted 11:15 AM 11/18/2010

GUATEMALA - P.E.T. provides hand-cranked carts to Guatemalans with disabilities to help them earn a living. These carts can effectively navigate places where there are no roads.

Before, 31-year-old Antonia Lopez crawled to the streets to beg to support her children. Now (More)

Posted 10:24 AM 11/2/2010 by Sarah Hill

SANTO DOMINGO, GUATEMALA - Mid-Missouri sewing machines are being used for more than stitching clothes.

They are being used as a tool to teach Guatemalan women how to trade, read, and write.

Columbia PET Project volunteers brought the women supplies, like fabric (More)

Posted 11:44 AM 10/26/2010 by Sarah Hill

HARTSBURG - KOMU 8's Sarah Hill profiles how artists are making helmets to be auctioned off to fund a new program for military social workers in the MU School of Social Work.

Posted 11:20 PM 10/18/2010 by Sarah Hill

COLUMBIA - In just five short hours, the next Honor Flight will take veterans from mid-Missouri to Washington D.C.

KOMU8's Sarah Hill tells us about a veteran who was not able to see his own Honor Flight--so his son did the next best thing.

Posted 2:34 PM 10/12/2010 by Sarah Hill

KINGDOM CITY - In another edition of Sarah's Stories, KOMU8's Sarah Hill takes you inside the Honor Flight Riders, a group of 150 motorcycle riders who on this night, surrounded two buses carrying World War II vets in a loud, moving tribute. If you know a World War II veteran, tell them about this free program called Honor Flight. You can print off applications on the KOMU home page by clicking on the Central MO Honor Flight logo.

Posted 10:58 PM 10/4/2010 by Sarah Hill

COLUMBIA-In this week's Sarah's Stories, KOMU8's Sarah Hill shows us how a group of motorcycle riders are bringing Washington D.C. to Columbia, Mo.

Posted 5:01 PM 9/30/2010 by Sarah Hill

KINGDOM CITY - The Honor Flight riders had two missions this week:escort home the 11th Central Missouri Honor Flight, and honor four veterans who were not able to make the trip. About 75 riders pulled into the Bluff Creek Terrace in Columbia for a special tribute.Some of the veterans (More)