In front of me as I type this is a faded photograph of my grandparents on my father's side sitting together with two people standing behind them....

Our farmers lost more than $30 billion this year. A new Farm Bill to help them is stalled in Congress thanks to Democrat stonewalling. Four years...

My first column was published December 31, 2013, which was a whole three weeks after I started my job as a part-time reporter for the Stuttgart...

Hi everyone!! Well Winter finally got here. It came right after the first of the year. The Kids just love days like these not to go to school. Fun...

Hi Everyone!! I'm back!! I am moving sluggish, however I am moving. Right now,I am using a cane, which was used by my Grandfather Shrum. He was...

The fun part about writing a newspaper column over you jokingly pretending that you are forever trapped in the muddy swamp that used to be your...

Traditions of New YearsAuld Lang Syne A Scottish song with themes of joy and regret that fits with the. New Years holiday.  Fireworks A tradition...

Hello. (SQUELCH) Did you hear that noise? The squelching sound? Yeah that's because as I'm writing this (SQUELCH) I'm currently stuck in my...

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! We begin 2025 with hopes and dreams for the New Year.What are some of yours? Mine are...

Our lives here on earth are as vapors That appear and so quickly are gone; We realize there's a Battle that's raging Between what's right and all...

"For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, Who is Christ, the Lord."  Luke 2:11The stars were shining brightly that Night, When the angel of God did...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...Although I would rather have snow than all this rain! If you are wondering where's Bill's column...

(3rd in Four-Week Series on "Countdown to Christmas")  I grew up in a sharecropper's home in central Arkansas. My adoptive father, John Smith, only...

Last column I wrote about my mother and in a weird moment of the universe being kind to me, I found a long lost video file which gathered some of...

Hi Everyone!! Well, Christmas is everywhere, they are in the stores, the homes and other businesses. It seems right after Halloween, the Christmas...