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I’ll admit it. I was wrong about Bill Eigel. He didn’t split the vote. He surprised me and lost to Kehoe by only seven points, and I bet Missouri Republicans have not heard the last of him. His command of a crowd was impressive, even if I don’t like his politics.
Though I didn’t publish it...
Perhaps the most regrettable shortcoming of a Wednesday weekly is that we have to wait a week before we can bring you election results in print. The issue in your hands was on the press before the polls opened on Tuesday.
Results of voting in Howell County will be in the August 14 issue....
Bill Eigel would need a miracle to win the August Primary. There are going to be nine Republicans on the ballot for governor, and based on the way the three front-runners are spending and campaigning in July, no one is that concerned about November.
Unless something drastic changes, the...
“Together, we’re like Sharknado in a trailer park. We can do anything.”
My husband Ron said those words to me as we folded toddler laundry and discussed a crazy, out-of-the blue opportunity. Five years ago, we had a chance to buy a local newspaper, this local newspaper. Ron’s words--...
Primary election day is in twenty days. What’s your plan to get to the polls?
Did you know only about half of Howell County residents are registered voters? I’m too late to help you with that – the last day to register to vote in the primary was July 10.
But did you know that a...
“Anyone with any get-up-and-go has got up and went,” said my friend recently over a cup of coffee. Brain drain from the Ozarks, or any rural area, is nothing new. It’s not mysterious. The best and brightest native sons and daughters look around, see limited opportunities, and almost all of them...
Last week, my personal and professional Facebook pages were hacked and deleted. Eighteen years of memories and over 7,000 followers on the newspaper’s page were gone. Despite my desperate pleas to Meta and law enforcement, it appears they are unrecoverable.
A couple weeks ago, a community...
Dear reader, did you vote on April 2? Only six-point-five percent of registered voters in Howell County actually showed up at the polls. 1,344 people cast a vote. There are more than twenty thousand registered voters here.
Your ballot is the loudest in local elections. Did you notice how...
Candidate questionnaires are commonplace for newspapers and elections.
So imagine my chagrin when a candidate for the Mountain View Board of Aldermen recently shared my newspaper's questionnaire without my permission or prior knowledge.
For the upcoming April 2 municipal elections, I...
“Personnel” is not a magic word that makes the press disappear. All boards and political entities that are taxpayer-funded must abide by Missouri’s Sunshine Law, the law that regulates public access to their records and meetings.
This law was written to encourage transparency in taxpayer-...