202109 — September

Honey do!

Honey do!

Let nature's sugar help sweeten your recipes September is National Honey Month and what better way to celebrate than to stir some of the naturally sweet elixir into your favorite recipes?If you’re using honey as a replacement for granulated sugar, use half the amount...

Scopus/Sedgefest

Scopus/Sedgefest

A good time for a good cause It all started over drinks at the former Bollinger County Country Club. Randy and Brenda “Shorty” Johnson were visiting with friends when the conversation turned to helping others who were less fortunate by raising money in some way. What...

Taking the time

Taking the time

A traffic stop that ended with more than a ticket It was after 10 p.m. one hot Sunday night in August 2020. Missouri Highway Patrol Cpl. Jeffrey W. Huff was westbound on Interstate 70 when the headlights of a speeding car quickly came up behind him. “I clocked the car...

Pilot House

Pilot House

Classic sandwiches and more at  a Cape Girardeau institution The cozy eatery is much more than just a place to get your next meal. This dining destination is a southeast Missouri institution that pays homage to Cape Girardeau’s river roots. The portions are plentiful...

Hickory Ridge Orchard

Hickory Ridge Orchard

Apples, pears, pumpkins and more on the farm Brandt Schisler had a void. The condo he and his wife, Kelsey, owned in Colorado just wasn’t the same as the traditional rural farm he and his brother ran around growing up. It was tight quarters with not much of a yard to...

Teaching the teachers

Teaching the teachers

Central Electric Power Cooperative and Mizzou give teachers the tools they need for a new year School started early for 31 middle and high school science teachers as they participated in the 2021 Energy in Today’s Classroom. The two-day event hosted by Central...

A Place of Peace

A Place of Peace

185 years of caretaking a community in Sugar Creek Cemetery Visiting a final resting place in rural Missouri conjures images of the countryside: small churches set back from the road, shady trees casting shadows on a low hill and well-manicured grass surrounding...

Dreaming of Arabians

Dreaming of Arabians

Letta Smith preserves ancient horse breed at Cressant Hill Arabians Many little girls have a horse dream. Sometimes, the dream never fades and grows stronger with time, accompanying her into adulthood. This was the case for Letta Smith, owner of Cressant Hill Arabians...

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