Curiosity Killed the CatI never had a cat while growing up at home, but my best friend Jonita did. Snowball was a beautiful, fluffy white feline with an unusual easy-going...

High school sports were busy last week. In football Ash Grove and Lockwood won games. In volleyball Lockwood Lady Tigers placed first in the Verona...

It’s the first week of September, 2026, and might be the hottest week of summer yet!No rain being seen until the end of the week. Our grass and flowers are drying up and...

Busy day on September 26, 2026: Blue Grass Music on the Square in Greenfield, Goat Ranch Event, Beardies Cars in Lockwood and Black Walnut Festival in Stockton.Man fell...

Less TalkNever feel you are one step above the crowd. Be plain. Be simple. Be humble.  Only talk briefly when absolutely necessary. God will perhaps notice and smile.Make...

Monday evening, I went to visit Bill Jones. Visiting with one of the worker's there that has cancer and figured out she has the same doctor that our Dustin had. She asked...

Birthdays: September 12th-Linda Voris, Emma Jo McLemore 10, Grady Dawson 15, Callie Whaley 22, twins-Corey & Nicole Gilmore 38, Steve Stapp 53 and Betty Vandegrift 96;...

In my classes, we have been talking about situations where we may encounter a “bully.” We talked about where a bully might show up: school, grocery store, home, online,...

It was a successful week for Ash Grove athletics as both the Lady Pirates volleyball team and Pirates football team picked up victories, with each...

Anthony Lyn Wester, age 74, of Willard, Missouri, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at The Manor at Elfindale in Springfield,...

Mary Lu Kilburn, 91, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2026, in Springfield, Missouri. She was born on June 2, 1935, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,...

Andrea R. Cross, 74, of Greenfield, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2026, in Joplin, Missouri.Andrea was born August 5, 1952, to...

A Greenfield Historical InvestigationPart 14A Very Personal IdentificationThe knife couldn’t tell us who carried it. The lighter offered only three...

Due to extremely dry conditions, fires continue to keep local fire departments and emergency responders busy around the clock.Since last week's...

Our 10-year anniversary celebration was about so much more than celebrating a milestone — it was about celebrating the people who made these 10...