By Kat Robinson, SEMO Times Columnist Though the weather has been quite mild and enjoyable the last few days, we know it is not going to last. Summertime in Southeast…
By Tammy Hilderbrand, SEMO Times Columnist The Fourth of July is just around the corner, and with the holiday American style is front and center. Here at Hilderbrand Diamond Company,…
By Tammy Hilderbrand, SEMO Times Columnist Some of the greatest joys in life are the things that come totally unexpected. You didn’t plan for them… they just kind of happened.…
By Scott R. Faughn, Publisher Wednesday in the Daily American Republic, did Don Schrieber lecture Butler County sheriff challenger Ed Strenfel on how the race between himself and incumbent Mark…
By Tammy Hilderbrand, SEMO Times Columnist Summer is here, and the living is fine. It’s time to kick-back and relax. Rock the flip-flops, shorts and T-shirts. But… there is more…
By Rep. Todd Richardson, District 154 The Missouri General Assembly wrapped up the 2012 legislative session last Friday bringing an end to a challenging, yet productive year in the legislature.…
By Tammy Hilderbrand, SEMO Times Columnist I love summer. I love the way nature springs to life. Trees that were bare only a few weeks ago are now covered in…
By Kat Robinson, SEMO Times Columnist I have recently taken up the much talked about habit of juicing. A friend of mine took this up a few years ago and…
Having a daughter who just graduated from high school, I, along with her and all the graduates and guests of graduates, listened to a week full of advice on what…
By Rachel Joy Woolard, SEMO Times Columnist As I’ve traveled on through my short life, I have come across an obscene amount of people. People have run in and out…
SEMO Times There’s a code word that’s thrown around the Daily American Republic newsroom when a reporter receives an assignment that has zero news value. FOD alert: short for Friend…
By Tammy Hilderbrand, SEMO Times Columnist Society’s views about motherhood and the role mothers should or shouldn’t play in their children’s lives is… well… schizophrenic. I think it’s always been…
By Kat Robinson, SEMO Times Columnist As many of you may have noticed, I have been out for a few weeks. I have been helping to plan and prepare for…
Dear Joy, I need some help. I dropped out of college when I was 19, when I was pregnant with my first born, and now that my kids are older,…
By Gordon Johnston, SEMO Times Columnist The other night, one of the late night news shows (‘The Colbert Report,’ I think) had a story about how bologna is being smuggled…