Opinion
Sheila Harris: Scope for the imagination
I’ve lived in the Ozarks for over 50 years, but until recently, I knew very little about the karst underlayment below us, nor, to be honest, was I even familiar with the word “karst.”
Kyle Troutman: Local flourishing
The arts are flourishing in Cassville, and in more ways than one.
Jeff Fugitt: A living Jesus gives hope
Saturday night was another sleepless night of grief, shock and confusion for the followers of Jesus.
Melissa Hamilton: Create a cottage herb and flower border along your fence
Transforming a simple fence line into a charming, fragrant herb and flower border is easier than you might think.
Terry Held: Poetry in the heart of Cassville
April is National Poetry Month — a time set aside each year to celebrate the written and spoken word in all its richness.
Kyle Troutman: A one-of-a-kind Election Day
Here at the Cassville Democrat, I cover at least two, if not three, elections per year — none produced results as interesting as Barry County’s April 8 General Municipal Election.
Sheila Harris: Water matters
There’s secrecy afoot in the Missouri legislature. Proposed Missouri Senate Bill 157 and House Bill 545 seek to conceal from the public the identities of “Major Water Users” in Missouri, as well as the amount of water they use, where they’re drawing it from and where the water will be distributed.
Dakoda Pettigrew: American Insights — Words worth remembering from Tessie’s fate and ours
The morning was sunny and clear in a fictional New England village “with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day.”
Shawn Courtney: ‘It is finished’
In John 19:28-30, we find Jesus upon the cross, bloody, exhausted, disconnected from his father, rejected by his friends, and dying.
Kyle Troutman: Bring on the brick
When I am out and about, whether covering events or grocery shopping, the most common question I get is, “What’s going on this week?” — until recently.
