Built for the Long Haul
Jared Flinn connects the truckers and shippers that keep America’s commodities moving STORY by Sara Schafer Jared Flinn’s desk phone rarely stopped ringing. Fresh out of college and working in truck logistics for Bartlett Grain Co. in Kansas City, the farm boy from Truxton spent his days surrounded by five flashing phone lines. Each call brought another load of grain to match with a trucker who...
Packed with Purpose
Mid-Missouri child has packed thousands of Christmas gifts STORY AND PHOTOS by Paul Newton By the time most children start making a Christmas list, Abigail Porter has already spent months thinking about what someone else needs. Inside a 40-by-40-foot pole barn in...
Art on the Open Range
Doris McGowan paints a legacy inspired by life out West STORY AND PHOTOS by Ricki Spargo In a quiet home down lettered highways in central Missouri, Doris McGowan is surrounded by her life’s work. The walls she built now serve as a gallery, holding a lifetime of...
Making Waves
Butler man cheers up community STORY AND PHOTOS by Paul Newton Most days in Butler, if the weather’s right, you’ll find Alonzo Smith sitting along West Mill Street. He’s not selling anything. Not waiting on anyone. He’s waving. And nearly everyone waves back. Alonzo...