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Been Thinkin' About...Black Phillip
Devils Backbone, Devil's Promenade, Devil’s Well, Devil's Den — it is clear the early European settlers in the Ozarks held a preoccupation..

Joshua Heston
3 min read


Breakfast at Tiffany's: The redeemer of your story
Then there is the other option - letting Jesus Christ redeem your story. Now, I’m not saying that when a person comes to Christ that all...

Tiffany Gravett
2 min read


It is not only fitting but a matter of honor
The military squares were taken up, moved to Patriot’s Park, and set up against a wall during Phase I of the Downtown Streetscape Project...

Gary J. Groman
2 min read


Dave Says: Emergency fund for teens?
I always recommend an emergency fund of three to six months of expenses for adults, and I think that’s a fair expectation for teens, as well

Dave Ramsey
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Memories From the Homestead: Arizona spotlight – visiting Casa Grande
Casa Grande dates back to 1879, founded at a time when the mining boom was seeing great success in the Arizona territory.

John Fullerton
2 min read


Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: Where common sense doesn't work, isn't tried
If they were to send their biologists to the area in September and October and require hunters to check the first 110 deer killed...

Larry Dablemont
3 min read


Reflections: Yes, Ananias, I meant that
The person I’m thinking of wasn’t Saul himself, later renamed Paul, but rather, Ananias. Not the one who famously lied to the apostles...

Cynthia J. Thomas
3 min read


The truth: Incomplete show listings plague ExploreBranson.com
One of the first things he saw on the page was an option for “Live Shows,” which he selected. That took him to a page with the headline...

Gary J. Groman
3 min read


Stock Market Insights: Good problems in the market – climbing despite challenges
There’s no perfect family, there’s no perfect church, and there’s no perfect market. The stock market has had a great two-year run with...

Dr. Richard Baker
3 min read


Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: A scientific approach
Whatever you believe, you darn sure aren’t going to eat a diseased deer if you know it. I hope that bow hunter who killed the diseased buck

Larry Dablemont
4 min read


Memories From the Homestead: Foster was a songwriting giant
Foster's beginnings go back to Pennsylvania. He was born to William and Eliza Foster on July 4, 1826, in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania.

John Fullerton
3 min read


Dave Says: Approach it like a sales call
I’m talking about using your experience and the idea that you’re a great sales person, who has transformed herself into a great sales...

Dave Ramsey
2 min read
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Missouri's Six-Star General [part 1]
One notable assignment was as a Lieutenant with the 6th-colored cavalry, the Buffalo Soldiers. They were sent to Cuba in support of Teddy...

Bob Ford
4 min read


Been Thinkin' About...Just a bunch of bully goats
Insider note: Traditional food cans have paper wrappers and paper is made of wood pulp and wood pulp IS something goats eat.

Joshua Heston
4 min read


Breakfast at Tiffany's: It only takes a spark
James spoke of another small entity that has the potential for just as much damage: “Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but..

Tiffany Gravett
2 min read


Reader's Corner: Learning on Wednesday to feature author Karole Friemann
One of those children, Karole Friemann, chronicles that journey of that move and her elementary through high school years in her recently...

Cynthia J. Thomas
1 min read


Breakfast at Tiffany's: This new year
There are many reasons that the Christmas season and New Year can leave someone broken.

Tiffany Gravett
2 min read


Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: The greatest man I ever knew
Actually, it was my dad who taught me to fish and run the river when I was just a little tyke. I was floating the river with dad when I...

Larry Dablemont
4 min read


Memories from the Homestead: Frozen photos call for a frozen discussion
Grandpa Wallace told me his memories of January 1940. He had just turned sixteen and a long period of below zero temperatures had...

John Fullerton
2 min read


Look up in the sky, it's a balloon!
Living in 1783 Paris, the Montgolfier brothers are considered the Yuri Gagarin of ballooning. Their family owned a paper manufacturing...

Bob Ford
4 min read
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