While Whiteman Air Force Base will be the second base to get the B-21, it will have to wait awhile before that happens. more

Legislation that would allow students to enroll in neighboring school districts won approval from the Missouri House on Wednesday. more

My husband and I were born five years and two days apart in March. Since it’s birthday season again, here are 52 things I’ve noticed about turning 52. more

The April 1927 trial of U.S. Commissioner Irvin Bringes, responsible for enforcing the Prohibition Amendment, and Joe Riley continued with Attorney Paul Barnett presenting the case for the defense. more

I know some people will disagree with me on this, but I believe we use too many acronyms today, and new ones are popping up all the time that we must decipher. more

Although many in our country are ignoring the elephant in the room and going about their daily duties as tariffs ping-pong back and forth, egg and food prices climb and the stock market falls, there is one elephant type that has scientists' attention—the Woolly Mammoth. more

One of my favorite cooking shows uses a “randomizer.” Chefs spin the randomizer to find out how long they will have to prepare the dish they will cook, what appliance they must use, and an ingredient they must use. more

I have been to a lot of school sporting events. More than your average Midwesterner, even. My mother was a high school teacher, so I’ve been attending youth athletic games since I was old enough to be dolled up in a tiny school spirit outfit. more

When our three college kids are home for a visit and we go out to eat, we follow a protocol. We usually ask for a big booth and slide into it in a particular order – with our two left-handed kids sitting together. Over the years, we’ve learned that when a lefty sits to the right of a righty, elbows collide. So, we’ve learned to arrange ourselves to give everyone room to move, no matter which hand holds the fork. more

I’ve written twice about the dangerous misunderstanding that you can’t get a divorce in Missouri while pregnant. more

I watched a news story on television last week on the S.S. United States a once proud queen of the sea. more

Have you noticed that over the last few years, no one bats an eye when they make rude comments on social media or, for that matter, face-to-face? more

My father is rolling over in his grave. more

I’ve backed President Donald Trump when I thought he was right. But that doesn’t mean he’s above criticism when he’s wrong. more

There are more than 283 million cars in use in the United States. Inside that gigantic number are more than 60 car makers and 1,200 different models. But only about 10 paint colors are used, and more than 70 percent of all those cars are black, white, gray, or silver. more

According to the news, many people working for the government are getting fired these days, which is a shame. more

A little girl nicknamed Sparrow, who was rescued from Afghanistan in 2019 by U.S. Army Rangers, is part of a controversy between the U.S. State Department, Al Qaeda, the Taliban, the Rangers and her adoptive parents — a controversy that may wrench her from her adoptive U.S. parents sending her back to Afghanistan, and Taliban rule. more

Shall we begin today with the story in which Elon Musk’s band of miscreants fired the people in charge of our nuclear weapons? After they realized what they had done (I don’t know who had the courage to tell them), they tried to say, “Shane, come back!” but couldn’t. They had deleted the employees’ identifying information – names, phone numbers, e-mails – you know, anything that would help them locate the people with this specialized knowledge about our national security (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o). more

Freedom. America was built on the idea of freedom. It was built on the lives of those who sacrificed everything so we could remain free. So, what's happened to us? more

Author’s note: Much of the information in this article comes from Michael Cassity’s history of Sedalia titled Defending a Way of Life. more