Opinion

You might recall reading a column I wrote last year about my daughter Tiana participating in the Girls on the Run program that helps empower young girls. The weeks-long program

I woke up Saturday morning at one of Missouri’s beautiful state parks and discovered a true friend, Clay Austin, had passed away on Friday. That loss changes how you look

“Do you really need another vehicle?” Bethany the Voice of Reason asked after I informed her of my recent quest to locate and procure a classic truck. A less experienced

The City of Ashland will not re-visit the Lemonade Fest this June. Or did you notice? The city’s Park Board experimented with a June festival in the park and the

It is a statistical fact that many students’ Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) scores will actually be lower next fall than they were at the end of the previous school year.

“Is your son going to spend his summer with a collection of fidget spinners,” I asked the mom sitting next to me at a meeting last week. The mom, who

Most writers have an office, den, or other favorite place where they can go to be alone and focus on their craft. Until recently, I was an exception to that

It is the time of year when everyone gets outside to enjoy our best weather of the year, get some exercise and, often, co-mingle with the cars. It is also

I’ve lost 29 pounds since January 1st, roughly 17% of my New Year’s Day body weight. In a very real sense, 17% of the old Travis A. Naughton no longer