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  • Veteran Saline County Banker Jeff Richardson is excited about the newest chapter in his career. Richardson joined Simmons bank in early 2018 as a senior...

  • Work Hard, Play Hard

    In this modern, Internet-surfing, mouse-clicking age of Walmart.com, Amazon and Overstock shopping, we can get almost everything we want from the comfort of our couch,...

  • Furnish Your Life

    In this modern, Internet-surfing, mouse-clicking age of Walmart.com, Amazon and Overstock shopping, we can get almost everything we want from the comfort of our couch,...

  • No Crying In Baseball

    Tom Hanks was wrong. There really is crying in baseball. At least there was on July 4, 1939, when Lou Gehrig addressed Yankees fans (and...

  • You know the song by heart: “B-I-N-G-O.” More than likely, your first introduction to the game was playing bingo in elementary school or perhaps at...

  • Boasting economic growth and attracting new residents, Saline County provides a quality place for development and everyday life. As Gary James, president and CEO of...

  • The Day the Music Died

    February 3, 2019, marks the sixtieth anniversary of the plane crash that resulted in the untimely deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and “The Big...

  • If ever there were such a thing as a hollow victory, Bryant Coach Buck James experienced it on that hot, sticky, late-August Saturday night at...

  • Coaching legend Vince Lombardi once said, “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” If Mr. Lombardi is correct, the...

  • It’s Sunday afternoon, the first weekend of the NFL Playoffs, and Bryant Head Football Coach Buck James is doing exactly what you’d expect. He’s at...