Dear Editor: Earlier this year, Missouri homeowners received their reassessment notices on the value of their property. For many homeowners, the new values were quite a...

"What's up with gas prices?" My 16-year-old son, who pays for his own gas, ran up the stairs very frustrated. He'd just spent $85 to fill his truck...

A little review from last week's article. Launch Stone County has been initiated by our Chamber of Commerce and has lots of positive energy going. My intention is to keep...

"Will you set the table?" When my wife says this, I know I'm about to do a little work, but soon it will be time to eat. The market blues of August...

“That squirrel had a death wish.” The squirrel was trying to cross the road but was indecisive and started darting back and forth until finally...

"Did you pull up the anchor?" I was trying to steer the boat west, but something under the water was pulling me east. In the same way, China's...

We were a “one café” town. Not only did my hometown not have a stop light, but it only had one café at a time. You ate there even if you didn’t...

A major crack appeared in a roller coaster's support beam last month. The tallest roller coaster in North America was shut down after a dad watched...

By Dianne Painter and Jean Dodge On July 29, several of the Patriots of SW Missouri attended a Meet and Greet in Cassville. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, who is...

The blue homemade sign wired to the tree said, “25 MPH” in bold black letters. It was a desperate attempt by the homeowner to get cars on the side...

As a child, my gorgeous wife couldn't hit a softball, but she did master the Yo-yo "walk the dog" trick. Somehow that talent never came up on our...

"We can still eat the good half." When I was a boy, I didn't love peeling potatoes. One time, I showed my Poppy the bad spots on the potato I was...

"We can always take it back." I don't know when my Craftsman tool indoctrination began, but one thing for sure, we knew if we broke it, bent it, or...

"I never want to back a boat trailer in again." Some of the greatest stress in my marriage was trying to help my wife back the boat trailer down a...

"I forgot to mention it's on the third floor." My sister conned me into helping her move into an apartment several years ago and didn't tell me...