Annie Dear: Much-needed environmental movement is at hand

Many cats available for adoption kicker: Animals Best Friends

Senior center meals, Dec. 14-19

Diane Mack: The many miracles of the Christmas season

Congregation encourages aiding others during Advent

Days Gone By: More progress in Independence

Ted Stillwell: Independence, Queen City of the Trails

Annie Dear: Good things come in whatever packages

Animals Best Friends: Pets need shelter from the cold

Sandy Turner: Does anyone know what day it is?

Diane Mack: The real Christmas gift is service to others

Days Gone By: Young people feeling alienated

Lynn Youngblood: Real Christmas trees better for environment

Puppetry Arts Institute offering free holiday walk-throughs starting today

Susan Sparks: 'There are people who would love to have your bad days'

Diane Mack: A soggy saga – crisis, solution, repeat

Sandy Turner: Cutting my way through winter

Ted Stillwell: Before there was a store on every corner

Annie Dear: What is that mystery in the sky?

Sandy Turner: Duke rules the house

Diane Mack: The adventure of maintaining a pool

Lynn Youngblood: The wintertime joys of a good fire

Annie Dear: Good things in maddening packages

Diane Mack: Barriers come down one workday at a time