Welcome to November. It’s the month where we get used to the time change, make plans for family gatherings, ready our lives for the cold winter to come, and most...

Election Day 2026 has come and gone. Big turn out reported Candidates will take office in January 2027. A true old friend makes yesterday feel like it was only...

Monday night was volleyball districts between the Greenfield Lady Wildcats and Lockwood Lady Tigers. The gym was packed. The Lady Tigers took the championship in three...

Stop Eating WormsWhen I was in grade school, Mom and I were often invited to go fishing on the Stockton Lake with church friends Howard and Myrtie. I enjoyed the gorgeous...

Every once in a while, my mind catches an echo of a phrase or saying our one room schoolhouse teacher mother or our farmer mechanic father used. Remembering the voices from...

Birthdays: November 7th-Rance Ogden 9, Jeremy Schmidt 20, Grace Miller 27, Mary McLemore 56 and Lucille Franklin 102; 8th-Stacey Scribner, Trey Daniel, Kayla Getman, Jordan...

A few weeks ago,  I wrote how David defeated Goliath with just one stone. In that article, I mentioned the power of one. Well, coming up soon, you can be that one. Our...

Long Black LimousineThe song “Long Black Limousine” was composed circa 1958 by country musicians/songwriters Edwin Braden and Bobby George. The song was recorded by various...

TidbitFor a tidbit in my family's history: my mother Lucinda Berry helped my father, Leonard Berry, cut a wagon load of heating wood to be sold in Greenfield, Missouri one...

I just reminded myself this morning. I hadn’t written an article for the Vedette for a while. Seems like the weeks just go flying by. It’s also been a busy October for me....

The month of November brings us Veterans Day. We love our Veterans. Daylight savings, nurse practioner week, Thanksgiving Day. We all need to be so thankful. Happy birthday...

Are you registered to vote if you meet the criteria? If not, why aren’t you registered? It’s not a difficult process, and should be one as important as getting your...

Birthdays: November 1st-Nora Summers 13, Price Newman 17, Brody Daniel 18, Aiden Bowles 23, Isaac Deken 25, Matt Cobb 59, Jeff Russell 65, Betsy Staudt 68 and Paul Walters...

Giggle BoxesMrs. Zula Oldham, my third-grade teacher at Stockton, was my dad’s first cousin. She taught for 38 years and was a favorite educator for a multitude of...

Every day, we have reminders of just how fortunate we are to live in this great nation. We take so much for granted, though, and think if things were “different” things...