What do you do for a living? Is it a job, or is it a career? What’s the difference?My thought process is that a job is something you do, a task that happens over and over,...

Successful FailureMom loved to make people happy with her home-cooked country meals. The one I remember most, and treasure the highest, was her fried quail, mashed...

What truck is most owned by Dade County Drivers? Ford, Chevy, GMC, Dodge?Getting a pet to go jogging with me, thinking about a turtle.When the liquor store clerk asks what...

The Ash Grove Police Department issued a missing person alert for Eric Lawson, a 60-year-old Walnut Grove resident, at approximately 9:55 p.m. on Saturday, October 17,...

On Friday, October 16, 2026. Mandi Jones and Jonny Mason of Greenfield Ready Mix presented $2,500 checks to all four schools in Dade County:...

The Ash Grove School District celebrated a major milestone in the T-Mobile Friday Night 5G Lights competition Friday, Oct. 16, as T-Mobile...

Charles Raymond Baird, 97, died in his home on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.Charles was born to Raymond and Edna Baird in October of 1928 in Nixa,...

Frieda Lea Guy, 85 of Willard, Missouri, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2026. She was born on November 15, 1940, to William Ray and Verna Lea...

Catherine (Cathy) Marie (Cruse) Buckner, born April 17, 1947, to Homer and Clara Witt Cruse, passed away on October 18, 2026, surrounded by her...

Busy last week as we head into final two football games, district volleyball and district softball begins next week. Area football teams went 2-2...

Thursday, October 8, was Senior Night for the Ash Grove Lady Pirates as they took on the Miller Cardinals. The evening started, as always, with an...