To help alleviate that situation, 4Ozark Seniors meets with senior citizens to determine their needs and which nonprofits, government agencies, etc., can best help them

The Creation Experience Museum staff and volunteers invite area residents and visitors to join them on Monday, January 12, for “Sphere It Is,” taught by Dan Reiter. A scholar who has served as a Creation Experience Museum tour guide since 2023, Reiter will address the Flat Earth Theory and use his experience in fossil research and specimen preservation, along with other research-based evidence, to make a compelling case against it. The class will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Lif

Santa's Gift House has traditionally provided gifts at a nominal cost, allowing children to shop for parents, siblings and others. This year, the event saw some changes.

Bennett Hunter Fleetwood is the first baby of 2026!

All are welcome to attend. The church invites members, former congregants, and friends from near and far to join in this milestone event. Sunday school classes begin at 9:45 a.m., and worship service begins at 11 a.m.

In the woodlands, where giant oaks and hickories and cedars are as big as any I have ever seen anywhere, I find scrapes and rubs freshly made by buck deer.

The goal was set at 10,000 pounds of nonperishable food, and they got 10,479 pounds. OUTSTANDING! So many people will be blessed by this!

I have seen firsthand how an overemphasis on having faith in our own faith can become destructive over time.

If you’re looking for a way to help advocate for faith and families in our local communities and in Missouri, the beginning of a new year is a great time to get involved in CWA Missouri.

“Nana! This is TERRIBLE! Why aren’t they helping?” 

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve seen and heard lots of New Year’s resolutions, through personal conversations and a variety of media. I enjoyed reading the Globe’s list of local people and resolutions, many of which involved commitment to family, personal goals and community involvement—some of my own thoughts for the new year as well.    There has also been considerable devotional material about spiritual goals for the new year, but during my quiet time a few days ago, o

Thirty VOTO members mustered for the wreath-laying, placing 40 Wreaths Across America on graves of veterans.

For 64 years, his world has revolved around one person: his wife, Lois. Now, he watches helplessly as Alzheimer’s Disease pulls her into its final, foggy stages.

Cushman argued that when the City abandoned plans to build a water tower in July 2022, it effectively destroyed the potential to develop its land for commercial use.

The full wolf moon rises slowly in the early evening’s eastern sky. Last light of day and the Ozarks are shades of rust and umber, red and lemon yellow, the sky that pale creamy blue of early winter. Too daylight yet for stars. Only the moon can be seen, also pale and creamy and massive, as it tugs on the tides and calls to the coyotes in the fields out beyond the high school. In the rise of the full moon, there is yet a sense of rotation, of our movement in the celestial sea

Right now, I hope you two will take every opportunity you have to be a blessing to your daughter. She’s a lot like the Prodigal Son at this point.

In 1953 when the first Playboy magazine was published, America was not plagued with somebody’s child or wife being raped every 3.8 minutes. Our children were not being stolen from our playgrounds and shopping centers. Many of these stolen children have later been found to be the victims of sexual molestation and then murdered.   Before the first Playboy magazine, we did not have 460,000 children missing each year. Teenagers were not programed to accept promiscuous lifestyles.

Jesus taught with parables in hopes of expediting the “dot connecting,” and so shall I with my column title.    “Loaded for bear” is a mother who fastidiously and methodically researches her hypothesis via any and every medical internet avenue that is available—with successful results. The “jammed rifle” is the corporations/enforcers (doctors) who are so full of fear (of their corporate bosses), ego and pride that they will not partner with patients or their loved ones in an

 Earl Scruggs took a three-finger style approach to picking using his thumb, index and middle finger, in a forward rolling rapid pattern. This style is what turned the banjo from a rhythm instrument to a lead instrument.

Joe Shearrer, CPFA® is Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.   I’ve been in this business long enough to see investors go through several versions of the Federal Reserve, from crisis fighter to inflation watchdog. What’s different today isn’t just policy; it’s how much uncertainty surrounds it. For years, investors could count on the Federal Reserve to play a familiar role: steady, predictable and largely insulated from politics. When markets stumble