The Ash Grove Pirates put on a performance Friday night, January 16th, defeating the Sarcoxie Bears 60–49 in front of their large homecoming...

What IfWhether you know it or not God made all the “light” that has ever been. He made you yourself, even as you stand on this earth with all its “light.” He made you not...

The big fat squirrel tells his owner, “I dont’ know why the bird feeder is laying empty on the ground.”Hoping for a lighter load but not for a stronger back.Good news:...

Birthdays: January 24th-Raylin Ogden 10, Morgan Wright 23 and Charla Montgomery 66; 25th- Gretchen Stolc, Margie Bennett, Collin Welch 27, twins-Sherry Wilson & Terry...

Our one room schoolhouse teacher mother’s 110th birthday was this past week. For one hundred ten years, she has been remembered and spoken of fondly. Eighty-one of those...

Carolyn Jean Meier, age 91, of Mt. Vernon, Missouri, passed away at 4:46 p.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at home. She was born July 21, 1934,...

Larry Sidney Murphy, resident of Manhattan, Kansas, (1965-2023), was born December 15, 1937, in Greenfield, Missouri, the son of King and Ottalee...

Area teams competed in the 70th Anual Golden City boys and girls basketball tournament held January 12-17. Lockwood Lady Tigers took title over...

The Lockwood Lady Tigers won first place at the 70th Annual Golden City Tournament last week. The Lady Tigers beat Bronaugh in their first game...

Ash Grove High School celebrated their 2026 basketball homecoming “Crowned in Pearls” on Friday, January 16, as the Pirates took on the Sarcoxie...

Defense and offensive execution after halftime fueled a sweep for Ash Grove on a big night of basketball, as the Lady Pirates defeated the Marion...

This week’s games will feature area teams at the Golden City basketball and girls basketball tournament. Games each night early and late. Teams...

This is not the column I originally started this week. That one was about learning to crochet as a young child, and the piece I am now completing, tearing out the work I...

Friday night the house was so quiet and lonely. Saturday ballgames at Sarcoxie were very rough and we lost by I think a point. And kept Krelee afterwards while they took...

Birthdays: January 17th-Pat Burns, Lane Wood 19, Trenton Wilson 25, Shanna Slone 34, Brian White 38, Daniel Anderson 40 and Kolby Holmes 40; 18th-Marilyn Riehm, Suzanne...