This week in Dallas County history, as recorded in the Buffalo Reflex. more

In 1995, I got my first job after college from a "help wanted" ad posted in a newspaper's classified ads. (Remember those?) The headline on the ad said they were looking for an "aspiring journalist" to serve as assistant to the newspaper's executive editor. At the time, I didn't know if I was aspiring to be a journalist, but I was aspiring to pay rent and buy food. I was aspiring to put my newly earned English degree to good use. more

Maureta E. Fugate more

As if there isn’t enough culture shock for a student moving from a city to a small town like Buffalo, Milana Wicht, a junior at Buffalo HS, made the leap from big city to small town, from Germany to Missouri, USA, without her parents. more

How have so many years passed? Wasn't it just yesterday I lived on the farm with my parents and four siblings? That big house was cold in the winter, and hot in the summer. Neither climate change bothered us. We bundled up in the winter, and ate ice cream and cold watermelon out of the spring when it was summer. more

Kim Alan Schwanke more

April Louise Clark more

This week in Dallas County history, as recorded in the Buffalo Reflex. more

While watching Law and Order, I saw a little girl playing hopscotch. I couldn't remember ever playing that sidewalk game. So I posted on Facebook, "I don't remember playing hopscotch. But did we play it?" more

Kathy Marie Bradley more

Brenda Kay Hicks (Turner) more

Kathy Marie Bradley more