Opinions
Thumbs UP to O'Reilly's for moving to an empty building in town and not going out of town to build another.
Thumbs DOWN for eliminating the capital gains tax for wealthy Missourians.
Thumbs DOWN to low attendance at the first Willow Springs Veterans Day parade.
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Representative Matthew Overcast (R-Ava) issued a strong statement defending Missouri’s legal hemp producers following the release of a report by the Missouri Marijuana trade organization, calling it “a coordinated propaganda effort by the marijuana lobby to crush lawful federally regulated...
The Fulton Sheen Council of the Knights of Columbus say thank you to everyone who came to the recent fish frys. Thanks for stopping by and for supporting our work and thank you to everyone who helped.
-Knights of Columbus Fulton Sheen Council, Willow Springs, Mo.
This month, I had the opportunity to serve on the state task force for school safety. It’s an honor to make sure that a rural school perspective is heard. In Willow Springs and other small towns across Missouri, the school is the heartbeat of our community. So much of a town’s identity is...
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Look around. Be wise enough not to believe everything you hear.
Our children are being lied to. Our values are under attack. And our nation is being hollowed out — not with bombs or bullets, but with confusion, manipulation, and silence.
And still, too many good people are sitting on...
One of my former students was concerned about some of my views, to which I answered:
"The time period that we have preached about for years, has finally come... but the Church is blind and cannot see because we have deceived ourselves for the last two centuries with false doctrines of men...
October is here, but summer is still hanging on! I won’t complain, I enjoy a long fall season. I need all the time I can get to soak up the last of the warmth before I take up my winter residence in front of the fire. Everywhere I look lately I’m being reminded of the brevity of time, life’s...
Thumbs Up to the American Legion for feeding/buying the firefighters’ breakfast before the fire engine rally/contests/fire prevention week.
Thumbs Down to the rude hand gestures seen from young students in the Willow Springs Homecoming parade.
Thumbs Up to Shawana Cox for her...
Thumbs Down to Howell Oregon Electric's service availability charge of $43.45 on my $94.57 electric bill!!!!---every month!
Thumbs Up to the MoDOT crews working on 14 highway out of West Plains, The road is looking so nice.
Thumbs Down from someone who is a early morning walker, our...