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As the seasons change, have you ever noticed that nature's sounds do too?
In the spring, there’s a cacophony of bird song and other nature sounds that stretches into summer. But come …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney
Contributing Columnist
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9/28/26
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A rare thing happened over Labor Day weekend. After a 9-hour drive, all five people in my immediate family went to the same movie at the same time. Once your kids grow up and move away, you realize …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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9/28/26
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I have always admired people with great speaking voices like Presidents John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama, and I will stop and listen when a clip of a JFK speech or a few words from Obama comes on …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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9/28/26
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In his book “Main Street on the Middle Border,” which describes the business areas of towns in the Midwestern states, Lewis Atherton identifies one place women wouldn’t go.
A town’s …
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By Rhonda Chalfant
Contributing Columnist
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9/28/26
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When last we left our intrepid reporter, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals had asked for briefs and argument about whether Missouri should use the 2022 map (pre-gerrymandered) or the 2025 map …
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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9/24/26
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At first it looked like just another 25-cent children’s book buried in a stack at the thrift store. On its bright-red cover was a teddy bear wearing a pair of green overalls with one strap, minus a …
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By Debbie Noland
Guest Columnist
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9/24/26
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We constantly seek out heroes — humans who will save the day. Save our city. Save the nation. Save the world. And even save us from ourselves. Many of those heroes are superhuman, in that no normal …
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By Dan Brigman
Contributing Columnist
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9/24/26
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For years, I watched young families chase a familiar version of the American dream: land the right job, save enough money for a down payment, and find a home in a community where they could raise …
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By Chris Gaines
Guest Columnist
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9/24/26
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A few years ago, a man purchased an old farmhouse that had been vacant for a long time. From the road, it looked beautiful. It was the perfect house. But after moving in, he discovered something …
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By Dr. Bob Wauchope
Maplewood Church - Lead Pastor
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9/24/26
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The title page of the 1904 Sedalia Sentinel pamphlet identified Sedalia as “The Commercial, Industrial, Educational Metropolis of Central Missouri.”
The title page also noted that the …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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9/21/26
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As I lay awake this morning, waiting for enough energy to work its way into my body so I could get out of bed, my mind, as it sometimes does in the quiet of a morning, began searching for a nostalgic …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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9/21/26
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One spider? Normal. Two spiders? Concerning.
Spider in the toilet? Now we’ve got a problem.
In recent months, we’ve occasionally spotted a spider here and a spider there, but I didn’t …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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9/21/26
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Last week was an interesting week and a lesson in creativity spent with like-minded creative minds.
On Thursday, Sept. 17, I participated in the first “Notes and Lines: An Evening of …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney
Contributing Columnist
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9/21/26
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Depending on where you are in Missouri, you may have plenty of available pasture right now, or you might be feeding hay. Such is the plight of the Missouri cattle producer. At any rate, …
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By Gene Schmitz
University of Missouri Extension
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9/21/26
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For you who are confused, I don’t blame you, and for you who don’t care, I hope I can make you care. Missouri’s Secretary of State has engaged in questionable activity, which has been …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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9/17/26
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In my Aug. 7 column, I predicted that America’s communist enemies would be rushing to assist the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in their platform to destroy this country.
It’s …
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By Doug Kneibert
Contributing Columnist
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9/17/26
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Most Sedalians are familiar with the Bothwell Hotel which was built in 1927 on the northeast corner of Ohio Avenue and East Fourth Street at 104 East Fourth Street, and with Bothwell Hospital on East …
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By Rhonda Chalfant
Contributing Columnist
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9/17/26
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With wine prices going up faster than a jet plane taking off, it is becoming more difficult to find reasonably priced wines of quality.
There is also the current problem of the increased tariffs …
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By Bennet Bodenstein
Contributing Columnist
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9/17/26
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I hope you don’t mind, but I want to lament, one more time, the loss of the neighborhood businesses everyone calls mom-and-pop stores.
The description of a mom-and-pop store didn't …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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9/14/26
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Dear Mother Nature,
Normally, I wouldn’t question a single thing you do. I’m a big fan of your work. Starry skies? Awe-inspiring. Tropical waterfalls? Lovely. Trees of every shape and size? …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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9/14/26
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