By MELODY METZGER Lamar Democrat I have experienced several “mommisms” this past week that put a smile on my face, but also causes a tear to...

What goes into a retirement ‘paycheck’? March 27, 2023 This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones financial...

By REV. DR. JACK SLADE Cornerstone Baptist Church I often hear those words in attempts to handle an event. Usually, it’s when life finds hard...

By LARRY DABLEMONT At the University of Missouri, the science classes had the best of instructors. My college advisor was a mammology instructor...

By CARRIE CLASSON “Tourist Town” My husband Peter and I are staying in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, which is, according to a lot of folks,...

By DONNA WESCOTT It’s been really windy and cold the last few days. After the trash truck picked up my trash I heard a loud noise. I knew the trash can had been setting...

By WILLIS STRONG Thoughts on this early dark cold morning are few. The past few days have been cold. Hope this first day of spring is a little better. Warm days are...

By JEN KIRBY Over the past few days I have had a verse that I keep chewing on. It is a truth that I know, but one that I keep digging in deeper...

By MELODY METZGER Lamar Democrat I was typing away this afternoon and my dear friend Willis brought me by some cookies that he had snatched...

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By REV. DR. JACK SLADE Cornerstone Baptist Church Remember that first hurt? Yesterday or a long time ago? Little or big, yet the scars...

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By LARRY DABLEMONT I got a call this morning from a dairy farmer who says there is a bear hanging around his barn that sends his dairy cows into...

By CARRIE CLASSON “More Useful” I spent last week trying to be useful. I volunteered for a writers’ conference in San Miguel de Allende,...

By JEN KIRBY This is the season where things come to life. The dreary winter days end and life seems to spring forth with grass sprouting and...