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Is the Housing Market Going To Crash? Here’s What Experts Say
The data doesn’t point to a crash. It points to slow, continued growth.

Heathery Tankersley
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Stock Market Insights: Leveraged single-stock ETFs explained, high risk, high reward or just wealth destroyers?
These single-stock varieties have become popular among investors who tend to be gamblers. They have the potential for high returns but also huge losses.

Dr. Richard Baker
3 min read


Reflections: Serving like Jesus
During Branson’s Veterans Homecoming Week, I am always inspired by the number of veterans I see serving other veterans. From staffing the welcome booth at the Veteran Village to coordinating reunions to working tirelessly behind the scenes to coordinate one of the nation’s best Veterans Day parades, plus much more I probably don’t know about, they prove that “esprit de corps” was not something to be laid aside after leaving active duty, but a lifestyle to be carried forward.

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Memories from the Homestead: Mike Sypult gives railroad presentation for Stone County
Showing dozens of rare photos, many by photographer George Hall from the years 1908 through 1915, Sypult went into deep discussion showing rare photography of the railway in Branson and took everyone on a photographic look of the thirty miles between Branson and Crane.

John Fullerton
3 min read


DLPA as a pain reliever
DLPA is a non-prescription amino acid analgesic. It is rather costly for an effective dose, and practitioners normally use it just for chronic pain that has been unresponsive to other products or measures.

Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: What sounds like a trumpet?
That flock of eleven is something I will not forget seeing.
We didn’t get a deer that afternoon; in fact, we never even saw
one. We did see a wild gobbler and a half-grown wild pig, coal black,
and hard to see in the underbrush.

Larry Dablemont
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Reader’s Corner: Family fun at KAL children’s events
Along with Veterans Week, Thanksgiving, and the transformation of many communities into the festive atmosphere of Ozark Mountain Christmas, there are plenty of other fun and educational opportunities for area children to enjoy! The volunteers at Kimberling Area Library invite families to take advantage of children’s events coming up in November: On Monday, November 10, the Library welcomes KDM Builders for a special Storytime, starting at 10:30 a.m. In addition to building-t

Cynthia J. Thomas
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On Invasion Day, who jumps in before paratroopers: The Pathfinders
Operation Overlord was the largest amphibious assault in the history of warfare. More than 5,000 allied ships and 13,000 aircraft participated in the historic landing.

Bob Ford
4 min read


When do Branson's four pillars of Faith, Family, Flag and Fun shine brightest?
Every day, what Branson offers is built on the four pillars of Faith, Family, Flag and Fun. It’s this that sets Branson apart from most other tourist destinations.

Gary J. Groman
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Been thinkin’ about…scary ghost stories
I climb into my truck at nightfall, trusty Basset joining on the console. Key in ignition, watchful reverse into the alley. Bright crescent moon in the Southwest peeks through poplar branches. Truck tires on gravel, then edge-of-town asphalt. Yellow street lamps light the way, one block, two blocks... At the edge of light, a figure darts across the road. I blink. Human form, running motion. Except — the figure was gray, ragged portions of the body missing. And it is sprinting

Joshua Heston
3 min read


Breakfast at Tiffany’s: I’m done
The first thing to do when it comes to ambition—the desire to make an impact and a difference—is learn to be content.

Tiffany Gravett
3 min read


Stock Market Insights: Is rising market turbulence a real trend or just isolated events
Dr. Richard Baker, AIF®, is the CEO and executive wealth advisor at Fervent Wealth Management. I was recently speaking with one of my best friends, who is a pilot, about flight turbulence. He said there are two kinds of turbulence: natural turbulence caused by weather (wind) and pilot-induced turbulence, which happens when a pilot makes a mistake. We are beginning to see some increased turbulence (market volatility), but is it a change to overall maket conditions or is it

Dr. Richard Baker
3 min read


Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: Geese aplenty
Floating down the river in November and December of the 1960s as a kid with my dad, hunting mallards and wood ducks from our old johnboat, if we saw a few Canada geese on the river and actually had a chance to bring one home, it was a never to be forgotten experience.

Larry Dablemont
3 min read


Memories from the Homestead: Alexander Family legacy remembered
Alfred Alexander was born in 1898 in Jackson County, Missouri, to Thomas and Mary Patterson Alexander.

John Fullerton
3 min read


For the love of Branson: The Branson genre
This dichotomy helped me come to an interesting realization. Essentially, that in the modern era of music, we have eliminated the vast majority of genres.

Marshall Howden
4 min read


Fall is here: The crunch of leaves has begun
Go for a drive or hike before the leaves drop because after they do you will find yourself looking at bare branches for five months.

Lauri Lemke Thompson
3 min read


Aromatherapy: Does it work?
Essential oils as defined would be oils derived from flowers or herbs whose purpose is to heal cells, tissues, organs and then, finally, systems.

Jody Johnson Godfrey
4 min read


Two aldermen's feathers ruffled; attempt to ground pesky ‘Ole Seagull’
The October 14, 2025, board meeting of the Branson Board of Aldermen made history when it considered not reappointing an appointee to the TIF Commission. Two aldermen, Lucas and Schulz, did not like some of the things the Ole Seagull said about their antics while they were conducting the city’s business from the dais. When his name was set forth, Schulz made a motion, seconded by Lucas, that the Ole Seagull’s name be removed from consideration because of alleged problems they

Gary J. Groman
4 min read


Reflections: I recommend joy
My morning devotions recently moved into the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes. While that’s not a book people generally turn to for encouragement to start the day, the writer of the study guide pointed out that it has inspired considerable art, music and philosophy, sending my mind back many years to my sister singing along with the Byrds’ “Turn, Turn, Turn” on the radio. The writer of Ecclesiastes, referred to in some passages as “preacher,” is presumed by many scholars

Cynthia J. Thomas
3 min read


Reader’s Corner: There’s a new print journal in town
With so many publications focusing on their online/digital presence these days, imagine my delight when I opened my mail a few days ago and found something really special—the inaugural issue of the Ozarkian Hillcrofter: Journal of the Society of Ozarkian Hillcrofters. Regular readers of this column know I’m a huge fan—backed by research—of the multi-sensory value of holding and interacting with a print publication, and all the more if it’s a really enjoyable one! (As opposed

Cynthia J. Thomas
1 min read
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