Category: Missouri
A Grand Mansion For the Family
In the days just ahead of the Civil War, one prominent young lady in New Madrid, Missouri built a grand mansion for her family. Perhaps…
Going to Where the Need Is
For Rich Casebolt it’s always been about going to where the need is, not waiting for the need to come to you…
Coffee That Helps Fill a Need
A lot of people enjoy a good cup of coffee every morning, but here it was hard to find such a thing. This shop opened…
An Unbelievable Story
It’s a story that will probably make you mad, make you laugh and shake your head AND a story you’ll probably pass along to someone…
Prison Warden: Balancing Act
It’s a job that can be a real balancing act. A place where you have to manage the best and worst of people and somehow…
The Path of a Heavyweight Champion
When this man became heavy weight champion of the world, one of the first men he thanked was a prison boxing coach. It’s the tale…
The Largest Prison in the Nation
It was once the largest prison in the nation and quite possibly the world. A place housing criminals from a huge swath of the US…
Three Decades in a Supermax Prison
This week we focus on a man who spent over three decades of his life in a SuperMax state prison…
Preparing for a Crowd of Thousands
St. Joseph, Missouri is a town of about 75,000 people. However, this August, there are estimates that up to a half million people may jam…
Star-Gazing In the Afternoon
God willing, I know where I will be at 1PM on August 21st. I’ll be outside our home looking at the stars in the sky. …
