All high school sports are in district or state play this week. Some winners may advance to sectional and state play next week.BOYS GOLF: Lockwood...

Is compassion a learned skill, or are people born compassionate? Does practicing compassion make one more so? To my knowledge, there are no formal classes offered to...

Happy HeartWhen I was a youngster attending Vacation Bible School in the summer I liked singing with my friends, “If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will...

Friday night, May 8, was graduation at Greenfield. Our grandson, Wade, graduated. So happy, yet so sad. Memories all over the place. Oh, what an emotional evening for many....

Birthdays: May 20th-Walter Andrews 82, 23rd-Grayson Rosander 9 and Austin (Hoss) Emery 32; 24th-Corbin Lowrance 7 and Angela Freeze 51; 25th-Kelsey Keetan, Telicia Glenn,...

Summer is upon us. School graduations have been celebrated, teacher retirements have been announced, and soon the swimming pools will be full of splashing and fun. I hope...

Unpickled BeetsSeveral days before my family gathered in to celebrate our Lord’s resurrection, I’d sent out a group text and asked what food item(s) were desired for our...

 ThinkThere have been beautiful writings, there have been wonderful writings, there have been tremendous writings. But these writings in all their wonder and as tremendous...

Today, is Monday, May 11, 2026, the day after that special day for Mothers!Women who haven’t had the privilege of being a mother are very important to children anyway....

Michael Andrew Toler, 61, of Dadeville, Missouri, peacefully went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at 8:21 p.m. on Saturday, May 9,...

George Raymond Snider 69, of Bois D’Arc, Missouri, passed away, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. He was born on July 8, 1956, in Springfield, Missouri to...

Harold Eugene Henson, age 66, of Mt. Vernon, Missouri, passed away at 1:32 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at his home. He was born January 3, 1960,...

Pearl Corbin 93, of Ash Grove, Missouri, passed away, on Sunday, May 10, 2026. She was born on November 1, 1932, in Greene County, Missouri to Merl...

Miles L. Hopper, of Greenfield, Missouri, departed this life on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. at the age of...

Danny William Freeze (Papa Willie) of Walnut Grove, Missouri, entered heaven May 9, 2026 at 6:41 p.m. at the age of 66 surrounded by his loving...