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Reader’s Corner: KAL children’s programs for spring
Programs begin at 10:30 a.m. at KAL and last about one hour. Kimberling Area Library is located at 45 Kimberling Blvd., Kimberling City.

Cynthia J. Thomas
1 min read


Excelsior Springs: It must be what’s in the water!
And then there’s the story of President Harry S. Truman’s famous night at Excelsior Spring’s premiere hotel the Elms.

Bob Ford
4 min read


Resolution or determination? Make 2025 the year you gain control of your money
So, stick around! I’ve got a plan to help you pay off your credit cards once and for all.

Rachel Cruze
4 min read


Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Snow - a beautiful reminder
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow...

Tiffany Gravett
2 min read


Reflections: Praise like Jehoshaphat
First, Jehoshaphat turned to God; he called the people to a fast, and he assembled them to collectively seek the Lord and remember God’s...

Cynthia J. Thomas
3 min read


Memories from the Homestead: Remembering our friend George Atwood
With strong New England roots and an excellent work ethic, young George took to farm work growing up and did very well keeping up with...

John Fullerton
4 min read


Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Wrecking my plans…
My brutally honest answer would probably be a big fat NO, with a lot of whining and complaining to follow. Can't you just make things...

Tiffany Gravett
3 min read


One Branson Alderman does not speak for the city!
The Branson Municipal Code contains both a specific definition and list of duties to think “Mayor” but none for “Alderman.” Article II...

Gary J. Groman
2 min read


Reflections: Am I wasting time with scoffers?
Unless you’re one of the few (lucky?) people who manage to totally avoid being online or hearing news, it’s been hard to miss the...

Cynthia J. Thomas
2 min read


Dave Says: It’s not the answer
Now, sometimes there might be cases when certain popular items are on sale, and you can set them aside through layaway if you don’t have...

Dave Ramsey
2 min read


Stock Market Insights: Congressional priorities impacting markets
The 119th Congress is only a month in, but there has been more activity in that month than usually happens in a year. They have several...

Dr. Richard Baker
3 min read


Island Mound: A small skirmish with massive ramification
The 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment was recruited by Jim Lane before he had proper authority to do so. Lane asked Washington

Bob Ford
4 min read


Reader’s Corner: Thinking about the real St. Valentine
Depending on when you grabbed your copy of the Globe, you may be planning, or may have already enjoyed, a special Valentine’s Day outing...

Cynthia J. Thomas
2 min read


Been Thinkin’ About…Cake, ice, fog
I had been to the home of Silver Dollar City artist Joe Benjamin. Joe had talked of his pen-and-ink art while his wife Jan dished up bowls..

Joshua Heston
3 min read


Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: Outlaw
Maybe you wouldn’t call it music, but Jess and the other men knew it as such. All I know is, the voice of old Outlaw was different...

Larry Dablemont
5 min read


Reflections: Where do the ideas come from?
That habit got me through some rough years, and it continues to be daily sustenance now. Let’s face it, this world is broken...

Cynthia J. Thomas
2 min read


You can’t get there from here until Ike paved the way!
Worried about the Army's ability to move men and equipment between military bases, an Army convoy was ordered to travel coast to coast...

Bob Ford
4 min read


Dave Says: She’ll be just fine
Dear Dave, My mom is 76, and the only debt she has is about $60,000 left on her mortgage. She has $600,000 in retirement accounts, plus...

Dave Ramsey
2 min read


Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: The miracle fish
The lure was nothing of great importance. It was one of those four- or five-inch black and white minnows that look like the old Rapala lures

Larry Dablemont
4 min read


Reader's Corner: February children's programs at Kimberling Area Library
Eric Carle’s stories and illustrations have become classics for many families, including this writer who read them at the neighborhood...

Cynthia J. Thomas
2 min read
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