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Kyle Troutman: The Tuesday that defined a populace

September 11, 2024

It was another Tuesday. I got up, had breakfast, got ready, took the bus to school and played my morning pickup games of basketball with my friends at Dunbar Middle School in Little Rock, Ark.

Murray Bishoff: Giants in our midst

September 11, 2024

An extraordinary thing happened at the Purdy City Council meeting in August. Bob Moser, a retired Monett police dispatcher, has been serving on the Purdy City Council on and off since 2005, after he spent one term as mayor, resigning after being elected to a second term.

Kyle Troutman: Labor Day adventures

September 4, 2024

Unwittingly, the Troutman family has started a new tradition. For the second Labor Day weekend in a row, we went camping.

Jeremiah Buntin: History’s sticks and stones

September 4, 2024

A great place to comb through early Missouri history is the Missouri Judicial Records Historical Database on the Missouri Digital Heritage website. This database offers many pre-1900 court cases with images available for online viewing in many instances.

Sheila Harris: Walking on Swiss cheese

August 28, 2024

In Cassville and surrounding areas, there’s a mystery underfoot. It’s a mystery I’ve only been half aware of until I picked up a copy of a Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) publication at Kids’ Fishing Day last weekend.

Jon Horner: Flying with faith into uncharted territory

August 28, 2024

School has started for so many kiddos and school staff in our communities. This brings excitement and also unchartered waters for many as they are about to open a new door in their life, whether it’s kids or school staff.

Kyle Troutman: First-day differences

August 21, 2024

Having done news photography for going on 15 years now — and spending the last five years as the father of a school-aged child — not many mornings school. Through the chaos of parents and kids trying to get to their classes or lockers, the gamut of emotions is bottomless.

August 21, 2024

Fall can be a great time for planting potted perennials. Nurseries may have some great deals on them as the growing season winds down, and fall is a good time to get a new plant established before the cold of winter arrives.

Drake Thomas: ‘So, God Made A Teacher’

August 21, 2024

And on the 8th day, God looked at those made in his image and said, “I need a caretaker.” So, God made a teacher. God said, “I need someone willing to get up before dawn, collect last night’s grading, kiss their family goodbye, teach all day at school, bring home more grading, eat supper, then go back to school and stay until 9 to watch a student’s basketball game.

Kyle Troutman: This election had everything

August 13, 2024

I’ve been telling saying it for months at this point — I could write a book about the sheriff race in the Republican Primary Election. I feel like Bill Hader’s Saturday Night Live character, Stefon.

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