|
The closing days of Missouri’s legislature were among the most dysfunctional I’ve covered in more than one half century.
Filibusters by Senate Republican conservatives blocked action …
more
By Phill Brooks, Contributing Columnist
|
5/31/23
|
|
I was just in the right place at the right time to see it, and it didn’t last long. A hawk came out of the timber and passed across a small opening in the woods with a cluster of oak leaves in …
more
By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
|
5/31/23
|
|
What I am fixin’ to tell you now about a fascinating bird, is not what I learned from the ornithology professors in college and what they taught about the great blue heron, it is from what I …
more
By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
|
5/24/23
|
|
I n conversations with Democrats, they try to explain their visceral hatred for President Donald Trump. Where did this hate come from?
I think Trump has an inflated ego, is self-centered and …
more
By Dennis Warden, Publisher
|
5/24/23
|
|
The First Regular Session of Missouri’s 102nd General Assembly has come to a close. We adjourned our business on May 12 having passed 64 separate pieces of legislation, including 19 budget …
more
By State Sen. Justin Brown, Missouri's 16th District
|
5/24/23
|
|
H ave you ever paid attention to the “fine print” at the bottom of some of the advertisements in the newspaper or, for that matter, any other print publication?
I’m sure most …
more
By Dennis Warden, Publisher
|
5/17/23
|
|
COLUMBIA — Missouri faces the largest shortage of behavioral health care providers in the U.S.
Each of Missouri’s 99 rural counties is a designated Mental Health Professional …
more
From the University Extension
|
5/17/23
|
|
A collared dove came up to visit Lightnin’ Ridge yesterday. My wooded ridgetop is of little interest to him as far as a nesting site. Mourning doves fly up here and feed on bird-feeder seed …
more
By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
|
5/17/23
|
|
T he purpose of our military is to protect America from our enemies. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, in a 2015 Republican presidential debate, was a little more blunt when he said, “The …
more
By Dennis Warden, Publisher
|
5/10/23
|
|
How many weeks until summer vacation? If you have a student in your family, I bet they’re quick to answer. High school seniors are counting down the days until graduation, and soon-to-be …
more
By Janet Adkison, Director of Public Affairs and Advocacy for Missouri Farm Bureau
|
5/10/23
|
|
Missouri’s Republican legislators might want to give a second thought to their party’s push to impose higher vote requirements to amend the state constitution.
If some of these …
more
By Phill Brooks, Contributing Columnist
|
5/10/23
|
|
The House and Senate have reached final agreement on a fiscally responsible state spending plan that provides record funding for K-12 education, makes major investments in the state’s …
more
By State Rep. Bennie Cook, Missouri's 143rd District
|
5/10/23
|
|
Night fishing under submerged lights has supplied me with some great fishing memories and stories. I thought the other day about the great fishing Bull Shoals Lake had produced back when I lived in …
more
By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
|
5/10/23
|
|
W hen I sit down to read a good book, it’s usually on history. I’ve read books on the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. One historical figure from that time …
more
By Dennis Warden, Publisher
|
5/3/23
|
|
Rock bass are to Ozark flowing streams what crappie are to reservoirs. Creel census figures show that they make up the largest percentage of fish caught and fish kept by stream fishermen in the …
more
By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
|
5/3/23
|
|
Who is the mystery voice impersonator setting on Belle City Council? During the April 6, 2023 council meeting someone sounding like Barb Howarth made a suggestion to the effect that the empty lot …
more
5/3/23
|
|
With just a little more than a week before the constitutional deadline to approve a state operating budget, key members of the House and Senate are now headed to conference to work out the final …
more
By State Rep. Bennie Cook, Missouri's 143rd District
|
5/3/23
|
