Dear Leader readers, I’m writing this column to tell you about the new phase of life I’ve entered. After 26 years working full-time for the Leader, I have retired from my job as editor in chief. Like most longtime Leader employees, I can’t co…

This week, Leader trivia master Kevin Carbery tests your knowledge on the Super Bowl. You can see 10 more questions in this week's Leader. Click on "view score" to see correct answers.

I Googled “neediest dog breeds” to see where the Doberman pinscher lands. Based on all the posts I’ve seen in Facebook Doberman groups, I was sure the Doberman was among the top five most “Velcro” dog breeds. I actually expected it to be at t…

This week, Leader trivia master Kevin Carbery tests your knowledge on winter weather on screen and in song. You can see 10 more questions in this week's Leader. Click on "view score" to see correct answers.

The possibility of a data center coming to Festus has been the hot topic over the past few months, ever since the city’s officials began taking actions to prepare for the possibility of a data center being developed in the area.

This week, Leader trivia master Kevin Carbery tests your knowledge on the general topic of numbers. You can see 10 more questions in this week's Leader. Click on "view score" to see correct answers.

I would like to start out by saying I’m as infatuated with social media as most people.

This week, Leader trivia master Kevin Carbery tests your knowledge on sleep and dreams. You can see 10 more questions in this week's Leader. Click on "view score" to see correct answers.

Whenever a federally funded program comes up in conversation, whether it be single-payer health care; free preschool or college; free school lunches; paid parental leave; student loan forgiveness or other programs that benefit someone younger…

This week, Leader trivia master Kevin Carbery tests your knowledge on celebrity couples. You can see 10 more questions in this week's Leader. Click on "view score" to see correct answers.

The future is a weird place. Those of us of a certain age seem to have trouble understanding or latching onto the predictions of what we are told is to come, from driverless cars to robots doing your house cleaning and laundry to space travel…

This week, Leader trivia master Kevin Carbery tests your knowledge on humorous movies, TV shows and other media. You can see 10 more questions in this week's Leader. Click on "view score" to see correct answers.

I learned from my mother how great it feels to give to others during the Christmas season. She had so little but was always eager to share it, and at the holidays, she judiciously spent the pennies she’d carefully hoarded to buy ingredients a…

This week, Leader trivia master Kevin Carbery tests your knowledge on movies set during Christmastime. You can see 10 more questions in this week's Leader. Click on "view score" to see correct answers.

I have done a lot of hard things in my life. And I love complaining about them.

This week, Leader trivia master Kevin Carbery tests your knowledge on TV detective shows. You can see 10 more questions in this week's Leader. Click on "view score" to see correct answers.

I had a wonderful childhood, schoolwise. My family lived on Truman Boulevard at the southern edge of the Dunklin R-5 School District, so my siblings and I went to Herculaneum schools.

This week, Leader trivia master Kevin Carbery tests your knowledge on TV Christmas animated specials. You can see 10 more questions in this week's Leader. Click on "view score" to see correct answers.

Recently, on a whim, my dad bought a pair of Ray-Ban Meta AI eyeglasses. We had no idea what a difference these glasses would make.

This week, Leader trivia master Kevin Carbery tests your knowledge on TV show Christmas episodes. You can see 10 more questions in this week's Leader. Click on "view score" to see correct answers.

I have always been a worrywart. My brain just tends to go to the worst-case scenario.

This week, Leader trivia master Kevin Carbery tests your knowledge on Thanksgiving. You can see 10 more questions in this week's Leader. Click on "view score" to see correct answers.

As a kid and even as a young adult in my 20s, holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter were easy. All I had to do was show up.