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- New Ink (12/28/24)
- The importance of our Pledge (12/21/24)
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- Light 'em up (11/23/24)
- Trivia Night (11/16/24)
- Celebrating Veterans (11/9/24)
- The Importance of Voting (11/1/24)
- Honoring the Difference Makers (10/26/24)
- Difference Makers (10/19/24)
- Grief (10/12/24)
- Praise for pastors (10/5/24)
- Fair Food (9/28/24)
- Take me to the Fair (9/21/24)
- Superstition (9/14/24)
- What's in a name? (9/7/24)
- Stress Relief (8/31/24)
- Universal Basic Income (8/24/24)
- Down at the end of Lonely Street (8/17/24)
- Who's the Sheriff? (8/10/24)
- Time to Vote (8/3/24)
- Farm Family (7/27/24)
- Disagree Better (7/20/24)
- Politics (7/13/24)
- Carl (7/6/24)
- Civic Clubs (6/29/24)
- Connecting (6/22/24)
- Small Town Revival (6/15/24)
- Home (6/8/24)
- Welcome Summer (6/1/24)
- God Bless America (5/25/24)
- Possum Holler (5/18/24)
- American Values (5/11/24)
- Chamber Notes (5/4/24)
- Child Abuse Awareness (4/27/24)
- The Neighborhood Grocery Store (4/20/24)
- Fretting (4/13/24)
- Here comes the Eclipse (4/6/24)
- Kids say the darndest things...in church (3/30/24)
- Joy (3/23/24)
- Food for thought (3/16/24)
- Twister (3/9/24)
- Gender Talk (3/2/24)
- Big Fish (2/24/24)
- Please Excuse... (2/17/24)
- Third Party Musings (2/10/24)
- Phobias (2/3/24)
- Kennett POW Camp (1/27/24)
- The Pony Express (1/20/24)
- Weather lore (1/13/24)
- Here we go... (1/6/24)
- A glimpse at the beginning (12/30/23)
- White Christmas (12/23/23)
- Christmas Blues (12/16/23)
- Celebrations (12/9/23)
- Petty crime births bigger issues (12/2/23)
- Holidaze (11/25/23)
- Epitaphs (11/18/23)
- Recognizing Veterans (11/11/23)
- Practicing Gratitude (11/4/23)
- Memories of a family vacation (10/28/23)
- Trash Talk (10/21/23)
- Thoughts of a Caregiver (10/14/23)
- Smartphones and teens: A deadly dilemma (10/7/23)
- Summer’s Last Hurrah (9/30/23)
- Democracy and trash (9/23/23)
- Fair Food Favorites (9/16/23)
- Rollercoaster (9/9/23)
- Time to Prepare (9/2/23)
- Confessions (8/26/23)
- Fall sports connects communities (8/19/23)
- E Pluribus Unum (8/12/23)
- Farmers (8/5/23)
- Litterbug (7/29/23)
- Cim-Tek (7/22/23)
- Senior moments (7/15/23)
- Come Together (7/8/23)
- Independence Day (7/1/23)
- Summer Safety (6/24/23)
- Thoughts (6/17/23)
- Living in the past (6/10/23)
- Oxymorons (6/3/23)
- What is a veteran? (5/27/23)
- Good Conversation (5/20/23)
- The importance of our Pledge (5/13/23)
- Mothers a force historically (5/6/23)
- Benefits of Service (4/29/23)
- How to ruin a town (4/22/23)
- COVID Thoughts (4/15/23)
- Solutions (4/8/23)
- One vote (4/1/23)
- The makings of a great mayor (3/25/23)
- Luck of the Irish (3/18/23)
- Kitchen table memories (3/11/23)
- Community Involvement (3/4/23)
- Building Community (2/25/23)
- Annoying the wife (2/18/23)
- It's the standard (2/11/23)
- School Safety (2/4/23)
- A glimpse at the beginning (1/28/23)
- One-liners (1/21/23)
- Insomnia (1/14/23)
- Bread Crumbs (1/7/23)
- Happy Holidays (12/31/22)
- Don't forget our seniors (12/24/22)
- Sun needs to shine at council meetings (12/17/22)
- Grief equals love (12/10/22)
- White Christmas (12/3/22)
- Andy Rooney (11/26/22)
- Principles Before Personalities (11/19/22)
- Inflation Blues (11/12/22)
- Colors (11/5/22)
- The Power of Words (10/29/22)
- Possums (10/22/22)
- Praise for Pastors (10/15/22)
- Commit to Democracy (10/8/22)
- Social Media Swindlers (10/1/22)
- Fair Food (9/24/22)
- Classic Slang (9/17/22)
- Littell (9/10/22)
- The Flag: Love it or Hate it (9/3/22)
- What's on your gratitude list? (8/27/22)
- Acceptance is the answer (8/20/22)
- Sol (8/13/22)
- Volunteering is in decline (8/6/22)
- Struggling Seniors (7/30/22)
- Murphy's Law and Fashion (7/23/22)
- Nursing home issues (7/16/22)
- Summer jobs (7/9/22)
- Freedoms (7/2/22)
- Trash talk (6/25/22)
- Economic Development (6/18/22)
- Responsibility – a four letter word (6/11/22)
- Celebrating our senior citizens (6/4/22)
- The heartbreak of a nation (5/28/22)
- The Mindset List (5/21/22)
- Graduation Reflections (5/14/22)
- Goodbye to the flip phone (5/7/22)
- Come together (4/30/22)
- Rabbits (4/23/22)
- Second Act (4/16/22)
- Gib (4/9/22)
- Farewell to the Answer Man (2/12/22)
- Farewell (10/2/21)
- Memories of the Fair (9/25/21)
- Small town charm (9/18/21)
- Never Forget (9/11/21)
- The Family Farm (9/4/21)
- Rant (8/28/21)
- Flatlined (8/21/21)
- Heatwave (8/14/21)
- Focus on gratitude (8/7/21)
- Truman (7/31/21)
- Weddings (7/24/21)
- Guv'ment (7/17/21)
- The danger of inaction (7/10/21)
- Happy Birthday America! (7/3/21)
- Misadventures in St. Louis (6/19/21)
- Selflessness (6/12/21)
- Honor (6/5/21)
- Let's talk about Missouri (5/29/21)
- Keith (5/22/21)
- Policing in small communities: hybrid departments (5/15/21)
- Support small businesses (5/8/21)
- Hospital woes (5/1/21)
- Scamming the youth (4/17/21)
- Community Investment (4/3/21)
- Shopping encounters (3/27/21)
- Origin of crime (3/20/21)
- Extremism (3/13/21)
- This and That (3/6/21)
- Blaming is not the answer (2/27/21)
- Texas, Rush, and the Godfather (2/20/21)
- Common Sense (2/13/21)
- Unifying power of music (2/6/21)
- Misadventures (1/30/21)
- Moving forward (1/23/21)
- Timeless Wisdom (1/16/21)
- Divided we fall (1/9/21)
- Reflections 2020 (1/2/21)
- Politically Correct Christmas (12/26/20)
- Unity dreams (12/19/20)
- Hilarious headlines (12/12/20)
- Missing Pieces (12/5/20)
- Thanksgiving 101 (11/28/20)
- What's on your gratitude list? (11/21/20)
- The importance of our Pledge (11/14/20)
- What did you expect? (11/7/20)
- Social Media scams (10/31/20)
- Real Change (10/24/20)
- Cancer (10/17/20)
- Refrigerator journalism (10/10/20)
- Debate or circus? (10/3/20)
- Safe but lonely (9/26/20)
- Looking Back (9/19/20)
- Conversations (9/12/20)
- Labor Day reflections (9/5/20)
- Made in America (8/29/20)
- Lost connections (8/22/20)
- New basics for school return (8/15/20)
- Service before self (8/8/20)
- Apathy (8/1/20)
- Parking lot blues (7/25/20)
- Venturing out (7/18/20)
- Defunding the police (7/11/20)
- Hope (6/27/20)
- Patriotism: Dead or alive? (6/20/20)
- Heritage or Hate, Part II (6/13/20)
- First and Last (6/6/20)
- Comments create connections (5/30/20)
- Come together (5/23/20)
- Cautiously optimistic (5/16/20)
- What's your hurry? (5/9/20)
- Heroes and character (5/2/20)
- Fresh ice (4/25/20)
- Survivor (4/18/20)
- Good grief (4/11/20)
- Social distancing (4/4/20)
- We are with you (3/28/20)
- Quarantine Blues (3/21/20)
- Coronavirus panic (3/14/20)
- That darn cat (3/7/20)
- Back to the Future (2/29/20)
- Show me pride (2/22/20)
- A valentine for the homestead (2/15/20)
- How to ruin a town (2/8/20)
- Jack (2/1/20)
- Facebook-fact or fiction? (1/25/20)
- Words to live by (1/18/20)
- Focus on Growth (1/11/20)
- Celebrating mentors (1/4/20)
- Reflections (12/28/19)
- No room for contempt at City Hall (12/21/19)
- The spirit of America (12/14/19)
- Safety Measures (12/7/19)
- Technical difficulties (11/30/19)
- Attitude of gratitude (11/23/19)
- Trivial pursuits (11/16/19)
- Never Forget (11/9/19)
- World Book wonders (11/2/19)
- Vacation chores (10/26/19)
- Healthcare Remedies (10/19/19)
- Words (10/12/19)
- Gnats- the most irritating bug (10/5/19)
- Parents best educators (9/28/19)
- Saluting farmers (9/21/19)
- Keeping It Topical (9/14/19)
- Celebrate the Arts (9/7/19)
- The fitness talk (8/31/19)
- Starts and finishes (8/24/19)
- To tell the truth (8/17/19)
- Origin of a mass shooter (8/10/19)
- Expectations from the community (8/3/19)
- For the love of coffee (7/27/19)
- Upcoming projects (7/20/19)
- Community involvement (7/13/19)
- Simple pleasures (7/6/19)
- Emotional exhaustion (6/29/19)
- Memories of summers past (6/22/19)
- It's a grand old flag (6/15/19)
- Where do we go from here? (6/8/19)
- The lost art of compromise (6/1/19)
- Memorial Day (5/25/19)
- Graduation (5/18/19)
- Celebrating nurses (5/11/19)
- Free Stuff (5/4/19)
- Lovebirds (4/27/19)
- Stay informed (4/20/19)
- Mayors and Marijuana (4/13/19)
- Support the caregivers (4/6/19)
- Get out the Vote (3/30/19)
- Excellence in Education (3/23/19)
- Boredom in Youth (3/16/19)
- Solutions (3/9/19)
- A Father's grief (3/2/19)
- A love for books (2/23/19)
- A word from our sponsor (2/16/19)
- Commitment is a four letter word (2/9/19)
- Make America great again (2/2/19)
- Old School Parenting (1/26/19)
- Torment, thy name is worry (1/19/19)
- Enlightening (1/12/19)
- Poll finds immigration is our biggest problem (1/5/19)
- New Year's Day: A fresh start (12/29/18)
- It's a wrap (12/22/18)
- Making rural communities desirable places to live (12/15/18)
- Resentment- A Time Killer (12/8/18)
- Politically Correct Christmas (12/1/18)
- Modern Aplliances (11/24/18)
- What's on your gratitude list? (11/17/18)
- Is Patriotism Alive and Well? (11/10/18)
- Busy weekend in the Bootheel (11/2/18)
- Keeping Score (10/27/18)
- Pampered kids epedimic (10/20/18)
- Keep it positive (10/13/18)
- United States- the greatest show on earth (10/6/18)
- Memory Smells (9/29/18)
- Let's Go to the Fair (9/22/18)
- This and That (9/15/18)
- Football, festivals and the Bandit (9/8/18)
- Reflections on Deliberations (9/1/18)
- Saluting School Support Staff (8/25/18)
- Beware of the Bully (8/18/18)
- Unforgettable teachers (8/11/18)
- Voting: Let your voice be heard (8/4/18)
- Bad Blood (7/28/18)
- Social media is a tough room (7/21/18)
- This and That (7/14/18)
- Scariest sound (6/30/18)
- Transparency (6/23/18)