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Glossy signs were tacked to electric poles all over town each July. The carnival was coming! The dusty, burnt grass and cracked parking lots of the city park was about to turn into a wonderland of …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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7/8/26
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Amendment 4 would modify the citizen initiative petition (IP) process to require a majority of voters in each and every congressional district to approve amendments to the Missouri Constitution …
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By Paul Hamby
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7/7/26
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can’t believe I get to live here. Thank you Lord. #GodBlessAmerica #Grateful. Those are the words on an Instagram post by country and western singer Carrie Underwood. In the video — about …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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7/1/26
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Independence Day has lost its name. In a moment of laziness or maybe just forgetfulness, many of us decided to take away the descriptive title and replace it with a calendar number.
To most …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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7/1/26
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There’s a television ad making the rounds for Amendment 5, and it would like you to be angry at a hum.
“That hum is the sound of big tech making money from online gambling, from porn,” a …
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by JASON HANCOCK
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7/1/26
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My teachers didn’t really approve of me working after school at Dad and Grandpa’s pool hall. One of the older lady teachers said I was spending too much of my time in that pool hall with a bunch …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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6/30/26
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In May, I wrote about longevity, not just the kind measured in years, but the kind that matters to our families, farms, livelihoods and future. I wrote about the importance of taking care of …
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By Garrett Hawkins, , President of MOFB
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6/24/26
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Most of us have been touched by cancer in some way. Maybe we have friends or family who’ve been diagnosed, or maybe you’re one of the 18 million people in the U.S. living as a cancer survivor.
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by Dr. Graham Colditz, Siteman Cancer Center
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6/24/26
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t was 1988 when Peggy McIntosh of Wellesley College wrote her essay on “White Privilege.” where she listed 50 “daily effects of white privilege in her life.”
Her list …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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6/24/26
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In my library there is a volume of Field & Stream magazine, in a hardbound cover, from April of 1918 to April of 1919. In these old magazines there is some very interesting reading, much of it by …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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6/23/26
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Amendment 2, if passed, will require all Missouri counties to elect their assessor and make state assessor training mandatory for all county assessors. Jackson County (Kansas City) is the only …
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By Paul Hamby
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6/23/26
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“Michelle’s daddy can lift a house!” My five-year-old daughter cried giant tears. She wiped her nose with a dirty fist and glared at the back door as it slammed shut behind her. “Michelle …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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6/17/26
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I have been thinking a lot lately about fathers and how they affect the lives of their children, especially since Father’s Day will be observed on June 21st this year. My dad passed in 2003 at the …
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by Bruce H. Heberle
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6/17/26
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If I were ever asked to list the ten things I have enjoyed the most in my life as a fisherman, not too far down the line I would list, “watching a bobber.” It was one of life’s greatest …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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6/16/26
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The next election in Missouri is the primary election on Tuesday August 4, 2026. Your ballot will include the statewide race for Auditor, a race for Congress, and a race for state …
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By Paul Hamby
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6/16/26
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I have covered the subject of today’s column before, but it’s worth revisiting now that another clear example is in the national news.
It is easy to understand. When a social …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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6/16/26
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If I were ever asked to list the ten things I have enjoyed the most in my life as a fisherman, not too far down the line I would list, “watching a bobber”. It was one of life’s greatest …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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6/10/26
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All through winter, we dreamed of the day we could go barefoot again. We wedged double-socked feet into rigid snow boots; our toes wriggled like worms on fishhooks. Scrunched together, covered with …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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6/10/26
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Increased fines and penalties for not stopping at school buses loading and unloading children
Missouri House Bill 2742, sponsored by Rep Mike Jones passed on the final day of the 2026 …
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By Paul Hamby
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6/9/26
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Most of us have been touched by cancer in some way. Maybe we have friends or family who’ve been diagnosed, or maybe you’re one of the 18 million people in the U.S. living as a cancer survivor.
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By Dr. Graham A. Colditz, Siteman Cancer Center
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6/9/26
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