Down to the Wire
A few days before Tuesday’s election, I covered a Democratic rally downtown in support of Robin Carnahan, who was running against Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., to replace outgoing Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo. We didn’t run any photos in print, or even write about the event, because the Missourian didn’t have a countering story from the [...]
Frank Graham Honored
Everybody knows Frank Graham. Or so the hundred or so friends, family and followers of Graham testified on Thursday at the Boone County Extension Office. Graham, 90, donated the land the office sits on back in 1986, and has been a lifelong benefactor of the MU Extension program and supporter of local 4-H programs over [...]
Primary Election Day
Election days are crazy for a journalist. Even primary elections in August when only 24 percent of voters show up, most of whom not even halfway decently educated on the issues or candidates they’re voting for. Over the last month at the Missourian, I’ve been on the elections beat doing research, interviewing candidates, writing profiles [...]