Opinions
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...
Dear Editor,
Saturday, October 4, Willow Springs celebrated the 51st Annual Bear City Fall Festival. Each year, this community tradition continues to grow, and with 110 vendors lining Main Street, this year marked one our largest festivals ever. With that growth, the Willow Springs Chamber...
We would like to say we are proud to be a part of the Willow Springs School District.
My wife, myself, our three children, six of our grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter has so far graduated from Willow Springs High School.
It’s time we stand up and call our school board...
First off, I want to thank you for all your hard work getting to the bottom of the school board’s boondoggle. There is no way to sugarcoat my remarks.
It gripes me to no end to see the way all that money was wasted. I live on Social Security, so my income isn’t all that great. Last...
Dear Constituents,
The state legislature returned to the Capitol earlier this month for a special session to work on initiative petition reform and federal congressional redistricting. A few weeks prior, I had written to Gov. Kehoe and asked for a special session to address our broken...
Thumbs Up to new administrator at OHC in West Plains. I can already see a big improvement.
Thumbs Up to officer Corey Clarke for "chasing" some participants of the I Ran From the Cops 5K. It was so much fun to watch and really made those that he chased run faster at the very end of the...
I've been trying to refrain from writing this. But seems like people don't want to put the blame where it belongs.
Our local taxes to support the public school system has been squandered to wasteful spending and apparently is still continuing on the same path according to a recent article...
Greetings Friends of the 155th District!
This week I was back in Jefferson City attending the Second Extraordinary Session and the Veto Session. Extraordinary Sessions or Veto Sessions offer a unique opportunity to witness state government in action. The Second Extraordinary Session is...