“May I have another one of those little green hamburgers?” the young grandson asked at the family Christmas dinner last year.
A wintertime delight: Blackberry cobbler
I heard the first Christmas song of the year coming over the airwaves of a local radio station as Matt and I returned home from his family’s Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday in Washington, Mo. We sang along to even more Christmas music on the drive to and back home from my family’s Thanksgivi…
Thanksgiving: One of the best holidays of the year to spend with family and friends around the dinner table.
Thanks to a young buck I downed on Sunday at the family farm, my favorite venison tenderloin and backstrap are back on the menu at my house, along with shoulder roast, stew meat and the ever-abundant ground.
On weeknights after work, I’m digging through recipes that require little prep work and not too much cooking time. I reserve those meals for the weekends when I have time to spend in the kitchen. But, it doesn’t mean I want to sacrifice flavor and flare for the family meal.
Sharing family recipes is not only fun, but it is also an important part of a person’s heritage, family history, and tells the story of life through one of the most basic human needs: the foods we eat.
It’s on the lips of everyone I see: Fall is finally here.
As an American, and a journalist, every day I am thankful for our Freedom of Speech protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Every morning, I get up with the chickens.
Retire? I’ve never had much time to think about it.
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We in Dent County love our outdoors, and the Top 10 most-read web stories for 2024 are evidence of that. Two stories from outdoor columnist Bill Cooper and stories on trapping and the sale of Akers Ferry Canoe Rental took four of the Top 10 spots. Stories on dogs and cats made the list. Go figure.
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Most people around here don’t remember much about Marvin Dinger. Heck, most of you probably never heard of him. But way back in the early 1970s, Dinger represented Dent County and the rest of the 129th district in the Missouri legislature.
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There will be a lot of activities over the next few weeks to celebrate Veterans Day, observed Nov. 11. There will be parades, memorials in cemeteries, awards, recognitions, school programs and all sorts of things.
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Decades before David Plank became one of the country’s best and most recognized bird artists, he was in an open field near his house sketching birds. He didn’t know why he liked sketching birds, he just knew he liked sketching birds.
John Hewkin has been a sports fan since he was a kid. He’s played, coached and been a fan of sports. I was a sports writer for 15 years before moving back to Missouri, but to this day you will still find me in my man cave a lot of nights and weekends watching something that requires a ball.
Today’s story on Democrat Jen Tracy is the first of a two-part series on the race for 120th state representative, which will be decided in the Nov. 5 general election. Part two in next week’s edition will be on Republican John Hewkin.
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Ten years ago this month, Angie Lenox Mallery gazed at a tree-covered bluff that would soon be home to power lines and a 40-foot wide, treeless swath. Two decades before, as a little girl growing up a stone’s throw away, she climbed that same bluff, admired the dark green leaves of summer an…
By all accounts, Murph and Manny led a pretty good life. They had a garage with beds to sleep in and toys to play with. Every other day there was cat food and fresh water. But just as important, they had two little girls who adored them and loved them and spent time with them, letting them i…
Governor Mike Parson Thursday morning signed Senate Bill 1359 into law. The headline on our websites declared, “Governor signs bill impacting rural hospitals.” What that impact will be we won’t know for some time.
The guy was sitting outside a coffee shop looking through photos on his cell phone. Our friends knew him, and after 30 seconds or so of “Hi, how you doing?” and “Doing ok,” we were introduced.
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