Business
    80th Annual Ozark Electric Co-op Meeting Big Success
    August 2, 2017
    By Bob Jackson Over 1000 Ozark Electric Co-op member owners attended the annual meeting in Mt. Vernon, Missouri, at Mt. Vernon High School on...

    Angie waits on a customer. Local Businesses To Be Featured On Website
    June 21, 2017
    Submitted by Janice Peak Photos by Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter Some exciting things are happening in Dadeville. Recently, Jeff Rouse, the...

    Featured
    Grandma and Grandpa Ashton take care of little Darby Ashton. Gordon’s Celebrates Check-R-Board® Days
    September 20, 2017
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter Gordon’s Feed and Pet celebrated 2017 Purina® Check-R-Board® Days Friday and Saturday, September 8th and...

    Lockwood Donates Signed Jersey To Be Auctioned For Benefit Of...
    September 20, 2017
    Submtted by Heather Wilson Nine local towns are duking it out over football jerseys for bragging rights, all as part of an annual golf tournament...

    Front row: Jordan Baker, Ashley Benson, Hattie Taylor. Back: Abie Boyd, Madison Crouch, Autumn Phillips, Madi Boyd. Greenfield Football Homecoming Queen Hopefuls
    September 20, 2017
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter The Greenfield Wildcats will celebrate their annual football homecoming on Friday evening, September 29,...

    Government
    Hartzler Announces Bid For Another Term
    July 19, 2017
    Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler made the following announcement: After much prayer and discussion with my family, I have decided to seek re-election to the United States House...

    Low Turnout Of Voters Decide Issues, Local Officials In Voting On...
    April 12, 2017
    By Bob Jackson Area voters went to the polls on Tuesday, April 4 , 2017, to decide issues and choose members of city councils and school board officials. In Dade County,...

    Elected County Officials Sworn In
    January 4, 2017
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter On December 27, 2016, the Dade County officials that were elected at the November 8, 2016, general election...

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    Letter to Editor
    Letter to Editor: Who Will Be President?
    August 17, 2016
    Notwithstanding words uttered by our current president, and no matter what some Americans may think, Donald Trump is qualified to be president. If a peanut farmer from...

    Letter to Editor: An Eighth Letter to America
    August 11, 2016
    America continues to display the foolishness of Man by trusting in Man rather than God the Creator. Many now foolishly claim that Science proved there is no God. That of...

    Letter to Editor: On Behalf of the Galer/Lemons Family
    August 11, 2016
    I write this for the Galer/Lemons Family regarding the events of August 1, 2016, at Prairie Mountain in Lockwood. I do not know what has been or is being said on social...

    Local News
    Grandma and Grandpa Ashton take care of little Darby Ashton. Gordon’s Celebrates Check-R-Board® Days
    September 20, 2017
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter Gordon’s Feed and Pet celebrated 2017 Purina® Check-R-Board® Days Friday and Saturday, September 8th and...

    Lockwood Donates Signed Jersey To Be Auctioned For Benefit Of...
    September 20, 2017
    Submtted by Heather Wilson Nine local towns are duking it out over football jerseys for bragging rights, all as part of an annual golf tournament...

    Front row: Jordan Baker, Ashley Benson, Hattie Taylor. Back: Abie Boyd, Madison Crouch, Autumn Phillips, Madi Boyd. Greenfield Football Homecoming Queen Hopefuls
    September 20, 2017
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter The Greenfield Wildcats will celebrate their annual football homecoming on Friday evening, September 29,...

    News
    Missouri Activates Blue Alert System
    September 6, 2017
    Colonel Sandra K. Karsten, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces Missouri's Blue Alert System is now operational. Senate Bill 34, signed by Gov....

    Ian McCarthy Officer-Involved Shooting In Clinton, Missouri
    August 7, 2017
    Submitted by Cheryl Cobb Public Information Specialist III Public Information & Education Division Missouri State Highway Patrol At 10:45...

    Austin Campbell (left) and Blake Moreland (right).Congratulations to Austin Campbell on breaking the state record by catching a 2-pound, 1-ounce white crappie with a trotline on an irrigation pond in Cass County. Harrisonville Angler Catches State Record White Crappie
    July 20, 2016
    Submtted by Lucas Bond News Services Coordinator Missouri Department of Conservation The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports...

    Obituaries
    Death Notices September 21, 2017
    September 20, 2017
    Carolyn Jean Cook Carolyn Jean Cook, age 87, of Aurora, Missouri, passed away Monday, September 11, 2107, at the Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. A memorial...

    Billy Keith Watson
    September 13, 2017
    Billy Keith Watson, 64, of Lockwood, Missouri, passed away on Friday, August 25, 2017, after a courageous battle with cancer. Keith was born October 24, 1952, to Paul &...

    Joyce Kay Perkins-Fried
    September 13, 2017
    Joyce Kay Perkins- Fried was born September 26, 1946, to Delbert & Juanita Pirtle-Perkins in Lockwood, Missouri. She passed away August 23, 2017 at the age of 70. She was a...

    Schools
    Front row: Jordan Baker, Ashley Benson, Hattie Taylor. Back: Abie Boyd, Madison Crouch, Autumn Phillips, Madi Boyd. Greenfield Football Homecoming Queen Hopefuls
    September 20, 2017
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter The Greenfield Wildcats will celebrate their annual football homecoming on Friday evening, September 29,...

    Picture (left to right) Lindsey Bates, Heather Byrnes, Brittany Chenault, and Katelynn Forbus Lockwood 2017 Homecoming Queen Hopefuls
    September 13, 2017
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter The Lockwood Tigers will celebrate their annual football homecoming on Friday evening, September 22, 2017,...

    A volleyball drill using balloons Lockwood Hold All Sports Kickoff
    September 6, 2017
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter The Lockwood schools played host to an All Sport Kickoff on Thursday, August 10, beginning at 6 p.m., in the...

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    Social
    Everton PTSO Fall Carnival Friday, October 21
    October 19, 2016
    Submitted by Coty Bauer Carnival Chairman 417-366-2861 The Everton PTSO Fall Carnival is right around the corner. This year it will be held on Friday, October 21st in...

    Dade County Improvement Group Annual Halloween Festival Saturday,...
    October 19, 2016
    The Dade County Improvement Group Annual Halloween Festival is scheduled for Saturday, October 22, on the Greenfield City Square. The Washington Lodge #87 gets the day...

    Clayton Hawks bottle feeds a calf. Hawks Family Maze Draws Large Crowd
    October 19, 2016
    By Cletis McConnell Vedette Reporter The Hawks Family Maze, located north of Lockwood, opened Saturday, October 8 and will run Saturday and...

    Sports
    Back Row: Tyler Aldridge, Luke Nentrup, Ethan Bates, Gaege Queen. Front Row: Noah Schnelle, Jobe Edwards, Brady Oeltjen, Logan Sparkman. Lockwood Boys Win District Track Title
    May 17, 2017
    Submitted by Amy Schnelle The Lockwood boys track team won their first district title since 1992 at the meet held in Hollister on Saturday, May 6....

    Lockwood Tigers Golf Team, left to right, Coach Jim Scott, Justin Nentrup, William Stefan, Will Beerly and Roy Snider Tigers Win SRVC Golf Tournament
    April 26, 2017
    Submitted by Jim Scott,Coach Lockwood Tigers Golf Team On Monday, April 17th, the Lockwood High School golf team traveled to the par 70 Neosho...

    Walnut Grove Boys Win Class 1 State Basketball Title; Girls Finish...
    March 15, 2017
    By Bob Jackson Both the boys and girls basketball teams played for the Class 1 State Chmapionships for 2017 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri on 3-11-17. A huge crowd...

    Weather
    Stockton Lake Remains High
    January 13, 2016
    By Bob Jackson The boat ramp at the Greenfield Access on CC Highway northeast of Greenfield, Missouri, shows the high lake level of Stockton Lake...

    Bottom floor of Dade County Courthouse Rain, Flood Hit Dade County
    December 31, 2015
    By Bob Jackson With record rain for December, Dade County and Southwest Missouri was hit for over 10 inches of rain causing flooding conditions in...