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    LETTER: How The School Board Handled Filling Vacant Seat Should Be...
    July 17, 2018
    As many of you know, and as is stated in the paper currently, there is a vacant seat available on the school board. However, the latest ad in the paper is a repeat ad. The...

    Bobby Bourne, Jr. pled guilty to murder in the first degree and child kidnapping on Friday, July 13. Here, he is escorted by law enforcement into an awaiting car. (Photo courtesy Lamar Democrat/Melody Metzger) Bourne Pleads Guilty
    July 17, 2018
    Sentenced to consecutive life sentences, will not be eligible for parole From Steven H. Kaderly, Prosecuting Attorney On July 13, 2018, Bobby...

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    Business
    Thieman joins Lockwood Thrivent Financial
    July 17, 2018
    Visitors to the Lockwood Main Street office of Thrivent Financial will be seeing a new, but also familiar face, now that Jennifer Thieman has...

    Letter to Editor
    LETTER: How The School Board Handled Filling Vacant Seat Should Be...
    July 17, 2018
    As many of you know, and as is stated in the paper currently, there is a vacant seat available on the school board. However, the latest ad in the paper is a repeat ad. The...

    Local News
    Sign up for OACAC Back To School Fair
    July 18, 2018
    Sign up for OACAC Back To School Fair!! It is time to register for the annual Dade County OACAC Back To School Fair. This event is for children who will be in grades K-12...

    Bobby Bourne, Jr. pled guilty to murder in the first degree and child kidnapping on Friday, July 13. Here, he is escorted by law enforcement into an awaiting car. (Photo courtesy Lamar Democrat/Melody Metzger) Bourne Pleads Guilty
    July 17, 2018
    Sentenced to consecutive life sentences, will not be eligible for parole From Steven H. Kaderly, Prosecuting Attorney On July 13, 2018, Bobby...

    Lockwood Aldermen Discuss CIA Agreement, Second Try at Selling...
    July 17, 2018
    The Lockwood Board of Aldermen has taken steps to turn over some golf course duties to a not-for-profit organization but they are still trying to determine the future of...

    News
    Governor Parson Takes Action on Missouri Droughts - Signs Executive...
    July 18, 2018
    Today, Governor Mike Parson called upon the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to activate the Drought Assessment Committee and the associated drought impact...

    The current Bear State Bank branch in Golden City is slated to close in September as almost half of that bank's facilities are closed of part of a merger into Arvest Bank. (Photo by James McNary) Golden City sole town to lose only bank as Arvest dumps half of...
    July 11, 2018
    The last time Golden City had no bank was Jan. 8, 1891, the day before the second Golden City Banking Company was issued bank charter no. 747 by...

    Obituaries
    Death Notices July 19, 2018
    July 17, 2018
    Anna Lou Blackwell Anna Lou (Horton) Blackwell, of Greenfield, Missouri, died Monday, July 9, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 89...

    Nancy Fifer
    July 10, 2018
    Nancy “Pat” Fifer, 78, of Willard, passed away on Sunday, July 1, 2018. Pat, the daughter of Edward and Mildred (Gahr) Stander, was born in De...

    Death Notices July 12, 2018
    July 10, 2018
    Billy Wayne Taylor Billy Wayne Taylor, age 86, of Miller, Missouri, died Sunday, July 1, 2018, at his home. A funeral service was held Sunday, July 8, 2018, at the...

    Schools
    Wallace Named New Superintendent at Everton
    July 17, 2018
    Mike Wallace, a Forsyth High School graduate, began his job as the new superintendent of the Everton School System on July1, replacing Karl Janson...