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Kyle Troutman: It’s a wrap
As 2025 comes to a close, we always take a look back at the top stories of the year in news and sports with our annual top 10s, but in this column, I’m divulging what caught the most attention from you — our readers.
Dakota Pettigrew: American Insights — The Greatness of Jimmy Carter
The train carrying the president-elect sped into Union Station at 3:45 p.m. To Woodrow Wilson’s surprise, few people had gathered to welcome him to the nation’s capital. The Washington Post reported, “It was a strange greeting for the man who is to rule the destinies of the nation for the next four years.”
The effects of Jesus’ birth
“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14.
Jeff Fugitt: A Christmas Reading — Twas the best of songs, twas the worst of songs
Christmas can be a confusing time — especially for kids. We keep hearing that Santa Claus is coming to town. He/they seem to be duplicates everywhere and we wonder if mommy is kissing them all.
William Hodgson: In the fulness of time
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.” (Galations 4:4-5)
Kyle Troutman: ’Twas on the press before Christmas
’Twas 12 days before Christmas, and at The Cassville Democrat, A busy hand was a’typing requests for iPhones and crafts.
Lynn Hilburn: School house memories
This time of year brings memories of the time I spent getting part of my education in elementary country schools back in the 1950s.
What’s in a genealogy?
When you begin to read the New Testament in Matthew chapter one, there is a long genealogy of Jesus who is proclaimed to be Christ.
Kyle Troutman: Bring it on, Bah Humbug
On Monday, a hands-clasped, red-clothed, pointy-hatted mischief-maker arrived at our home for the sixth year, confirming without any shadow of a doubt a simple fact — Santa Claus does not…
Jeff Fugitt: Significance in nativities’ variety
My wife, Jamie, collects nativity scenes. She has large ones and small ones, fancy ones and simple ones, homemade ones and more. They come from different countries all around the…
