The Loop

06/01/2026

🌈✨ Celebrate Pride Month with Passions! ✨🌈

At Passions, we believe that love, self-expression, and pride deserve to be celebrated every day. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Stop by either of our locations in Columbia or Boonville and discover a welcoming, inclusive space where everyone is celebrated and respected.

🌈 Open 7 Days a Week
🕗 8 AM – Midnight
📍 Columbia, MO
📍 Boonville, MO

This Pride Month, shine bright, be yourself, and celebrate what makes you unique. We’re proud to support our community and welcome everyone through our doors.

❤️ Love • 💛 Respect • 💚 Inclusion • 💙 Pride • 💜 Community

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06/01/2026

06/01/2026

Happy Pride y’all. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈

05/30/2026

ATTN COLUMBIA:

The Providence Road overpass over I-70 is CLOSING May 29 through October 2026 for a bridge replacement project. The pedestrian bridge will also be closed with a signed detour.

During demolition of the overpass, 9 p.m. May 29, 2026, through 9 a.m. May 31, 2026, I-70 traffic will be narrowed to one lane and there will be no access to or from Providence Road. Expect delays.

Learn more: https://www.modot.org/node/89119

05/26/2026

Amazing photos of the David H. Hickman High School - Home of the Kewpies graduation ceremony from Hannah Henderson at the Columbia Missourian.

05/26/2026

"The world does not pause for you to be ready — it never has — so stop waiting for your green light and go." -- Student body president, Abdulrahmon Adekunle.

https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/k12_education/hickman-graduates-take-the-green-light-and-go-into-their-future/article_e0aaa52e-5875-4588-82e7-ebf51096cf4f.html

Hickman High's student body president encouraged graduates not to postpone their dreams, but to go forward confidently.

05/21/2026

Yay! The roundabout on the east end of Business Loop is now open! Travelers can now once again reach Business Loop from Conley Road.

05/21/2026

We love it when our chefs experiment with flavors!