News
Life is Better with Peanuts
I love it when fall comes and while driving on down the road I see a heard of John Deere tractors “plowing” over the rows, ...
Joyce Kramer, Author at The Post-Searchlight
Columnist
It Started as a Home for Horses-Part 2
Last week we talked about the original incorporated fire companies, which were composed of daring and determined firemen that were also farmers, merchants, mechanics and ...
by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, November 5, 2023 3:42 pm
Columnist
Sparks Caused Disasters – Part 1
As I researched Decatur County during her birthday year, I found that Bainbridge had suffered several large fires in her past, mostly around the late ...
by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, October 29, 2023 12:30 pm
Columnist
Not All Jail Ghosts Were Prisoners
We have been at sea a couple of times and have talked about a puzzling conditions. So, for today, we will investigate another type of ...
by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, October 22, 2023 10:01 pm
Columnist
Hot Times!
Today we will take a walk into the world of an unbelievable phenomenon. The happenings that I am about to tell you are about as ...
by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, October 15, 2023 4:04 pm
Columnist
2 Ships – 1 Destination – 2 Very Different Endings
Recent publicity has centered upon a private company’s submarine that imploded while going down 13,000 feet, under the cold Atlantic Ocean waters. It’s mission was ...
by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, October 8, 2023 1:10 pm
Columnist
Sailing With Good Spirits
We have explored many haunted houses together but in the following weeks, we are changing our focus and will delve deep into the world of ...
by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, October 1, 2023 10:00 am
Columnist
Did He Really Fall?
Dear Lord, Have mercy on me, for the ocean is so big and my ship is so small. – a quote from the Mariners Prayer. ...
by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, September 17, 2023 12:30 pm
Columnist
Let’s Take a River Cruise
With the steamboat, it was all about rhythm. The gentle sway of the deck, the whoosh of the paddle wheel as it slices and splashes ...
by Joyce Kramer, Sunday, September 10, 2023 11:45 am
Editorials
Bits and Pieces of Decatur County history
Camp Recovery was a place full of hope and compassion. Men were dying at Fort Scott, not from a human enemy but an environmental one. ...