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Foto-Friday Sampler

I call this a sampler because I have a little bit of everything here today. A sunrise, some sunsets and some inside-scapes as well.

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A Little Sun Can Lift Low Spirits

It's amazing to me how a "dust up" with a friend can affect you. I don't know if I got sick because of it, or I was sick before but I really hate how I've been feeling. So I decided to get outside and try to remedy the mood.

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Woman to police: Dealer tricked her in crack buy

Allegedly ripped off by her drug dealer, a Springfield woman decided to do something about it. She called police. Now she could be cited for possession of drug paraphernalia.

The End and Beginning of a Good Year of Sunsets

Hello friends! I'm posting some sunsets from the end of last year and the beginning of this year today.

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Recipes reflect Midwest living

A few weeks ago, I was honored to be a guest judge for Midwest Living Magazine's "Best of the Midwest" food competition at Silver Dollar City. This is the second annual recipe contest with a grand prize of $10,000. Recipes -- which had to reflect the Midwest region -- poured  …

Springfield Missouri, No. 3 nationally in job growth

Bill Dowling didn't seem a bit surprised to learn Springfield had the third-biggest percentage increase in job growth in the nation this year. "We have seen some big hiring announcements and big expansions of local businesses in our area," said Dowling, director of Workforce D …

Christmas 2011 Outdoor Displays

  We went on our annual drive to search out Christmas light displays this week and instead of hitting the same ones here,  we drove to a nearby town to see what they had to offer.

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Secret Santas pay others' layaways at Springfield Kmart stores

Santa doesn't always sport a long white beard and shimmy down chimneys. Late Tuesday morning, he stopped by Kmart on South Campbell Avenue wearing street clothes and a trim white goatee.

Old and New Downtown Springfield, MO

When I was out to see the Christmas parade last weekend, I also toured the square to capture some of the sites. The future History Museum had a display of old pictures  and then I captured some of the buildings there now.

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"Rockin' Around the Square" Christmas Parade 2011

I attended our annual Christmas parade last Saturday and tried to capture it on film. The theme for the parade was "Rockin' Around the Square" which I thought was appropriate considering some of the floats entered.

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