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Ty's Take The eclipse shots coming in from around the county are reminding us what it felt like to stop and look up together, which beats most of what passes for common ground these days. But that same week brought the kind of storm that makes you understand
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Ty's Take Recorder's office fees don't move the needle often enough to make anybody's day, but when they do shift, it's worth noting who feels it. Starting next month, if you're filing a deed, recording a mortgage, or
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Ty's Take St. James has a new chamber director, which might sound like the kind of thing that gets buried in the back pages, but if you've watched what happens in these smaller county seats you know better. The chamber's the connective tissue between
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Ty's Take Moon's going to slip into Earth's shadow tonight, and if you've got the patience to stay up or step outside this evening, you'll see it happen in real time. A partial lunar eclipse isn't as dramatic
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Ty's Take There's something about a slow morning that makes you notice what's actually working around here. City Council tightening up its own rules, a new superintendent settling in to build on what his district's already done right, a local author getting
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Ty's Take Sunday service columns are a steady part of what runs in these papers, and they matter more than a lot of folks realize. When a pastor sits down to write about trustworthiness, he's writing about the thing that holds a county together, whether you&
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Ty's Take S&T's Coterie has been doing the same thing every fall for longer than most of us can remember, and that consistency matters more than people think. For those who haven't crossed paths with the group, it's one of
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Ty's Take Somebody around here is always reading the signs, and this week they're reading onion skins and the thickness of a walking stick's bark to figure out what winter's bringing. That's the kind of forecasting that doesn't
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Ty's Take Recorders offices don't usually move the needle on a Tuesday, but come August 28th, the folks at the Phelps County Recorder's office will be charging you more for the paperwork that keeps land deals and property lines straight around here. It'
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Ty's Take St. James got itself a new chamber director, which might not seem like much until you remember that wine country doesn't run on good intentions. The viticulture operation down there in Osage County draws tourists, supports tasting rooms, and keeps that whole stretch south
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Ty's Take An author from around here just got a mushroom guide into national print, which tells you something about what happens when you know your ground. Phelps County sits on some of the best fungal real estate in Missouri, all those shaded hollows and rot logs south