Opinion

Jeremiah Buntin: Cassville’s 180
Back in 1995, Senator Emory Melton published the book “The First Hundred 150 Years in Cassville, Missouri” coinciding with the town’s sesquicentennial celebration.

William Hodgson: Before the law – before Moses
“Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all men because all sinned – for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.”

Michelle Hilburn: Reading recommendations for post-graduation
Graduation season is here, and as the parent of a senior, it’s not just a milestone for my son — it marks a transition for my husband and me as well.

Kyle Troutman: Less is more
Have you ever looked around your house and thought, “Wow, look at all this clutter.”

Kyle Trouman: Commencement is personal in Barry County
For about 250 high school seniors, this month marks a grand transition.

Rich Cummings: Don’t let anger ruin your heart
There is a lost art in our nation, and that is the art of loving our enemies.

Dakota Pettigrew: American Insights — Lessons of 1856
History is, at its root, a grand painting of human nature in all its ugly colors and forms, a Greek tragedy that shows us at our best and worst.

Jon Horner: Community betterment
Here we are on the cusp of the month of May, one of my favorite months.

Weathering the weather
Storm season is upon us. As I pen this piece on Tuesday morning, we are in between lines of thunderstorms, and two tornado warnings had been issued in Lawrence County in the last hour — and I literally just had to stop typing this to post a storm damage report in Monett at Highways 37 and 60 and in South Park.

Greg Armstrong: Channeling the heroism of Jerusalem wall-builder Nehemiah
Have you ever told someone, “You should be more like Nehemiah!” Maybe you should start!