In 1885 when Brick Pomeroy lost control of the Atlantic-Pacific Railway Tunnel Company that was digging a railroad tunnel under the Continental Divide, he left Denver and returned to New York City. more

As someone who likes to write nostalgia stories, I am always looking and listening for something that will shake loose a memory I can share. more

Let me set the scene. We were at a restaurant with the whole family, including my mom, all three of our college kids, plus two roommates brought home by our 20-year-old son Jack, who was in town for spring break. His roommates were both born and raised in Michigan, and this was their first trip to a city in the South. We were on a culinary mission to show them the best Southern cuisine has to offer. more

I've often thought and still do that music calms the soul and helps us relax and focus on life better; this works for many people besides me. more

The hypocrisy is stunning. The double standard is to be expected. But what leaves me agog is the absolute disregard for national security. more

It takes a village to raise a child. more

As a contributing columnist to the Sedalia Democrat, I usually write two columns per month and sometimes three, as I did in February. more

Call me weird, but one of the first things I look for when I travel to a new country is a bookstore. I love to buy those little pocket-size phrasebooks that give a word-happy tourist like me some common expressions and pronunciation tips for whatever language is spoken there. Usually, these little gems include a basic bilingual dictionary and a few fundamental grammar rules, as well as interesting facts about the country’s history and culture. more

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

In 1872, sensing a difference in the attitudes of the men who worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the men who were in charge of the railroad here in Sedalia, the Library Association, invited speakers to Sedalia to speak about the differences. 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