When I woke up Thursday morning the clock said 7 p.m, the calendar said March 20, and my first thought was “spring has arrived!” When I looked at the thermometer outside, however, it still read like winter, and I saw a robin shivering on my front lawn waiting for the ground to thaw enough to catch a worm. more

Over the past several months, misinformation and false accusations have spread online — not just about me, but about the hardworking men and women who serve this city every day. more

Hiking is a good way to begin the early spring, especially after a long, cold winter indoors. more

Local police confirmed two separate child abduction attempts in Lincoln and Stover last week, and a parent in Sedalia reported another child abduction attempt on social media. more

When Max and I returned from our road trip, I read in the paper both an article about misinformation on social media regarding a house in Sedalia that had been torn down, and a letter to the editor criticizing the City’s code enforcement department. I shook my head. Some things never change – and some people are never happy. more

The vast expanse of space has always intrigued me. As a child, I thought about how amazing it would be to be an astronaut and travel through space to visit other planets. more

I’ve learned a lesson this week, and here it is: Sometimes, it’s okay to lower your standards. more

“How much profit is enough?” more

As a career medical professional, I have worked in emergency medicine and emergency management for many years. I’m proud to have served my country in the Army and the Air Force and now as director of Bothwell Regional Health Center’s Emergency department (ED). more

As sunlight gives way to the dark and cold of winter, let's keep our fingers crossed that spring is finally here. more

Because the current news is so depressing, I’ve decided to tell you about part of our tour of the South this past couple of weeks. We visited friends, ate in some of our favorite Savannah restaurants, and spent some time with our daughter. Most moving was a trip to Selma, Alabama, to see the Edmund Pettus Bridge – a day before the anniversary of Bloody Sunday – and then to Montgomery, where we spent a wrenching three hours at The Legacy Museum, a tribute to race relations in the U.S., from slavery to Civil Rights and beyond. more

The definition of “free speech” and the limitations of our First Amendment rights are once again in hot debate after the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-Palestinian activist and recent graduate of Columbia University in New York City. more

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