Operating a Century Farm and an 80-year-old family dairy in 2020 doesn’t happen without weathering a few storms and rolling with the punches. Few surprises over the years have hit small businesses harder or more immediately than did safety concerns surrounding...
John Cash goes the distance for extreme adventure There’s a certain progression most runners go through. They start with a 5K, and if that goes well, move up to a 10K or even a half-marathon. The pinnacle is reached by running a marathon, 26.2 miles of bragging rights...
Linda Overton stands in a 30-acre pollinator plot of partridge peas and goldenrod she and her husband, Bob, established on their Grundy County farm. Trees can do a lot to enhance property for landowners in the right conditions. For people, they provide shade and...
This time of year, we hear lots of promises from those seeking office. Promises have been part and parcel of politics since the birth of this republic. Those oaths have ranged from a chicken in every pot to Harry Truman’s assurance that “the buck stops here.” Speaking...
It may be difficult to imagine how elephants once came to reside in Lancaster more than 100 years ago. Numerous newspaper accounts from the day paint an exciting picture, but no source is better than the Schuyler County Historical Society. “Back then, it was probably...
It’s been a busy year for Missouri’s Mutual Assistance Program, which sends help to electric cooperatives that find themselves in the path of severe storms. In May electric cooperatives in the Ozarks needed reinforcements when strong winds knocked out power from the...
A symbol of the American frontier, a bull bison grazes a hilltop at Fort Bison Ranch near Ponce de Leon. The American bison is a rare symbol of the United States that harkens back to a time when the animal was a main staple for Missouri’s pioneers and American...
The arc of Chuck Edwards’ life has always followed twin themes: history and art. A keen eye for detail led him to pursue western art as a portraitist. After firing a friend’s flintlock rifle for the first time, his artistic inspiration changed with a flash and a bang....
At home and abroad, Missourians were front and center for World War I On April 6, 1917, Missourians and their fellow Americans found themselves at war. For the previous three years no one in Missouri, or anywhere else in the nation, wanted anything to do with the...
Smokehouse Classics with an Elevated Twist Your nostrils will tell you as soon as you walk through the door. This is undoubtedly a smokehouse. The pecan- and cherry-wood-filled smokers might be outside, but their aroma fills this St. Charles County restaurant. That’s...