Stories from Saturday, December 14, 2019

This Christmas season, we have much to celebrate. For one thing, America is thriving. By every measure, the national economy is booming. A record number of Americans are participating in the labor force, and unemployment is at record lows for blacks and Hispanics. Under President Trump, America is indeed great again...

To the Editor: With each passing Christmas season, it seems that the Christian holiday is further stripped of any semblance of Christianity and is instead replaced with secular platitudes and commercialism. The season continues to be commercialized and mined for all its worth, while relegating the birth of Christ to the manger, for a second time...

“Music From the Mountains,” a program of Appalachian and Ozark folk Christmas music, will be presented Sunday evening by the Chancel Choir of the First United Methodist Church. Featuring the 40-voice choir, a bluegrass band and a virtuoso fiddler, the joyous performance of music from our southern highland heritage will ring throughout the church sanctuary at 500 N. Main St. beginning at 6 p.m. The concert is free and the public is invited...

The Daily American Republic recently took a hard look at one of its content features, Speak Out. The discussion centered on a few topics, including what benefit does it provide to the community and what harm might it do. We want to be a source of trusted news for our region, for both the information you need, and the information you want...

DONIPHAN —Linda Ann Nelson, 67, of Doniphan, died Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from noon - 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17 at Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan.