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Fifty years ago, Missouri Life took readers behind the mic at KMOX in St. Louis, an indisputable radio powerhouse throughout the Midwest. Journey back to the days before podcasts and TV news channels, when radio still ruled the airwaves.

…Emphasis on the crawl-ies! Halloween bar crawls have become increasingly popular. Whether zombie-themed or simply costumed, more and more towns and cities are offering these “spirited” celebrations for adults during the Halloween holiday.

Are you into cute canines? How about cute canines in costumes? What could be better than dogs decked out in their most adorable attire or flamboyant finery? Don’t “paws” – hightail it to this event and catch all the fun and fur-volity on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023!

This year, we called on Missouri Life readers to choose their favorite entries in our first-ever pet photo contest. Although it was a tough job to pick from so many adorable critters, our voters rose to the challenge and sent four entries to the top. Meet the animals that won the hearts of our readers.

For Missouri Life’s first-ever photo contest, we teamed up with Mpix and asked our readers to take their best shot. And wow, were we impressed. The tranquil scenes, majestic landscapes, and curious culture captured really showcased the best of the Show-Me State.

Ten years ago for the October 2013 issue, Missouri Life had a panel of photographers look through thousands of pictures from our archives. Take a journey through our past and through the state as we remember and showcase ten of the forty best images that have ever graced our pages.

Missouri Life columnist Ron Marr fills us in on what made him happy back in 2007. As you can imagine one of those things are his dogs which is still the case today. As his birthday approaches, find out what else Ron was waxing philosophical about 16 years ago.

Ten years ago, Missouri Life took a look back to what was happening in 1973 across our state, in the nation, and around the world. Take a trip back in time and remember when these things were happening as Missouri Life wrote about them in 2013.

Most of us think of improv as being comedy. It really is so much more. Ed Reggi shares his love of this form of theatre in “The Converstion” where we ask questions and Ed enlightens us on the benefits of improv for people of all ages.

When Dr. Beth Hakala isn’t busy tending to patients in the ER, she is at her Peaceful Pastures farm, caring for the 300 donkeys, mules, and horses she has rescued. Find out what sparked Beth’s passion for donkeys and learn how you can help.