Life

Our series on Skidmore concludes with a look at the town's present, and the future that may be possible for it.

An illustrated guide to the end times

The town became nationally known for the murder of a bully. But the people who call it home know what it's really like.

Ken had a drink at the bar, left, started his truck, and lit a cigarette. And then someone shot him in the head, in broad daylight, before 45 witnesses, with Trena at his side. After decades of terror, the bully was finally gone.

Ever since four sons opened a gourmet olive oil shop, family dinners in Missouri just taste better. The Mohammad brothers—Murad, Munir, Mekram, and Mustafa—opened Boone Olive Oil Company in April 2014.

It took about a decade for pickleball to sweep Missouri. With more than 100 locations developed since 2010, Missouri might just have the fastest-growing pickleball community in the country.

For more than a year David Hemme and his four sons—Jon, 33, Nathan, 31, Michael, 28, and Aaron, 23—have been turning milk into handcrafted artisanal cheese at Hemme Brothers Farmstead Creamery.

Put your money in your shoe and saddle your horse. It’s time for a pint.

Sandi and Keith Bentz keep 22 head of Texas Longhorn cattle at Heaven on Earth Ranch, where they offer classes such as cheese making.

Jeremiah Scull and his wife, Kari, and their two daughters have been raising a small herd of reindeer since 2014 at their farm called Show-Me Reindeer LLC in Robertsville. Each winter, the Sculls trot the reindeer around the state as living Christmas traditions.