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My first thought was that I’d come late to the party. Groups had already formed in the ballroom of the Marriott Hotel in Chicago, circles of giggling teenage girls and the shy, downcast younger ones who remained at their mothers’ sides. I spotted a young...

My guest for this month is none other than Ashley Hubbard, the unconventional and adventurous girl whom most of us know from our Facebook groups, the editor, writer and photographer of the blog “A Southern Gypsy.”     Tell us a little about yourself...

(submitted photo) by Sam Clanton HOLLISTER, Mo. – Hollister’s Premiere Dance Academy earns numerous titles including the Sweepstakes Award for highest overall score percentage in the 2015 Spotlight Dance Cup competition in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The...

Students of the week for Nov. 10-14 were Kristin Waldrop, sixth grade; Kelvin Dancer, seventh grade; and Amaya Gibson, eighth grade. Students of the week for Nov. 17-21 are John Burroughs, sixth grade; Taiya Collins, seventh grade; Gilberto Sorcia,...

Sea Kayaking in Dubrovnik This is a hilarious guest post from travel writer Ashley Hubbard.  I’m sitting in the middle of the Adriatic, my shoulders and upper arms are numb from exhaustion, and my mother is doing nothing to help...