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A TV ad says Amendment 3 will increase state revenue, police funding, and aid to veterans, but the ad makes no mention of the recreational marijuana that it will legalize. KY3 News showed one person who supports the amendment, another who thinks it should be legalized but by another method, but...
This letter is in response to the October 19th letter from James Vokac. Yes, let's talk about the Constitutional Rights.  You want to quote the 14th amendment about insurrection,  thats laughable!! Read the Definition of Inserruction... First of all this Administration has ruined the country...
It’s been a busy fall at the Capitol.  As you have been reading, we have finished the Extraordinary Session called by Governor Mike Parson, and we’ll talk more about the interim session in a moment. First, I’d like to focus on two new agenda items.  One is a very important ballot issue coming...
Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread.  In Justin Martyr's "First Apology," the Holy Eucharist is explained (circa 153-155 A.D.) during the Early Church's Apostolic Period: "And this food is called among us Eucharistia [the Eucharist], of which no one is...
As I watch the clown show in Washington, I can’t help but think of the millions of our forefathers, and what they would think of this spectacle. To put it bluntly, I am appalled by the Anti-American policies enacted by this Administration, and the silence of my fellow citizens. Do my fellow...
I just watched some of the January 6th Congressional Hearings and commentary. There can be no question there is overwhelming evidence that former President Trump and his allies planned to use violence to keep him in office. There are questions about how involved the Secret Service was in...
Hello Howell County! Dry, Dry, Dry again!  June and July were terribly hot and dry. August was very wet for most of Howell County, but it is getting dangerously dry again, but the cool fall weather is here. Billy and Calvin have some hard surface roads that are still being resurfaced for winter...
If you read my previous legislative column, you may recall the General Assembly was back in Jefferson City for an extra legislative session called by the governor. There were two issues before the Legislature: passing a historic tax cut, and enacting a package of incentives to support Missouri’s...
Last week, a friend asked about the nature of reality and consciousness in relation to our "physical" association with God. (Depending, on the identification of "reality" and "consciousness," the word "physical" might also accompany a growing list of terms that need clarification.) Wow! What a...
I would like to thank you for your Donations and Support on behalf of the Willow Springs Police Department during Bear Fest. Between our department, Willow Springs Fire, and 11 Point Fire personnel, we were successful in getting several donations for “Bears for a Better Christmas.” It makes me...

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