Ope? What does "ope" mean? The question came up a couple of weeks ago while I was having lunch with a few other Dispatch summer interns. We were discussing stereotypical “Midwestern” things — such as ...

The Midwest has a vibe. It’s polite small talk, casseroles at every gathering, and a deep emotional connection to garage refrigerators. It’s saying “ope” instead of “excuse me” and refusing to take ...

A research journal called the Middle West Review released the results of what it describes as the “largest-ever study on who considers themselves to be Midwesterners.” Researchers collected about ...

Phillips has lived in New York City for most of her adult life, but she's originally from Kansas City, Missouri: "born-and-bred" Midwestener. The new book from Taylor Kay Phillips, a Kansas City-born ...

Midwest life is a weird mix of blizzards in the morning and grilling by 3 PM. Every conversation starts with “So what’s the weather doing by you?” and ends with an overly polite standoff at a 4-way ...

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Cornfields, like this one in Greene County, dot the state. But it takes more than crops to make a state Midwestern. Researchers from the Middle West Review, a scholarly journal studying the Midwest, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – The Midwest is home to some ...