This fish that had grabbed my little eighth-ounce jig just stayed down and pulled with determination which led me to hope he just might...

Let’s look at it from a “cents” perspective. The financial foundation of Branson, a town of about 13,000, depends on about 7-10 million...

It was a social event that allowed boys to develop confidence and discipline while playing a competitive game. We gathered on the field...

Cold spring days are special things. Too soon the air will be hot and ragged as summertime seems to arrive earlier each year and so I...

My high school memories are generally good—I was reasonably well-liked, and my grades qualified me to be in the National Honor Society,...

Signs that your dog may have heartworms are coughing, labored breathing and exercise intolerance.

I would grow to appreciate the tune over the years and fall in love with the Roy Rogers/Dale Evans film of the same name while in high...

If you look back through scripture, you’ll find many of the Bible’s major characters were wealthy people, who understood they were not...

Investors are no different during turbulent markets. When stock prices fall, the headlines are scary, and emotions run high...

When that bone-chilling winter air hits your face, the sun seems like nothing more than a giant ceiling light up in the sky devoid ...

Back in 1960 there were no aluminum river boats or canoes, but dad had built a couple of 14-foot wooden johnboats that you could use to...

 Meanwhile, carpenters were erecting new homes. Jim Kincaid and Jim Hammonds were among the earliest carpenters. The O.F. Douglas...

My mother came to dread family radio hour, “There was never any good news, we were losing, it seemed on all fronts!”

One of the first things we taught our kids about, aside from God, was how they were not entitled to anything just because they hit...

After Jesus ascended to heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit to empower his followers to begin sharing the Gospel.

The old Scots-Irish settlers in the Ozarks would know what I was talking about. The Cailleach is a weather-personification deity...

Much like a golf cart navigating the course, the economy is constantly adjusting to changing conditions.

These FREE sessions are held in the Community Room at Kimberling Area Library, 45 Kimberling Blvd., Kimberling City...

But it is rivers that I love to fish and last week when the temperature rose into the 70s, I took a trip to a river...

 The town now known as Crane, Missouri, had its beginnings under another name. In the early 1880s, the little group of homes...