Thomas Newton Schriver, 89, of Springfield, Mo., passed away peacefully on April 8, 2026. more

Linda Sue Whitlock more

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Akos Solutions LLC has earned a 2026 Make More Happen™ Award from Liberty Mutual and Safeco Insurance and successfully unlocked the full $10,000 donation for the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks (BCFO) through strong community support. more

Signal Food Stores celebrated the grand opening of their latest location with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, April 9. The store, located at 1750 State Highway 14 East in Ozark, is Signal’s thirteenth location, and the second in Ozark. It offers gasoline, a beer cave, bean-to-cup coffee, food, soft drinks, and more. It also features several photos from the Bruce Pegram Collection at Christian County Library. more

If you’ve noticed an abundance of blue shirts in Springfield this month or have seen the news about the Go Blue Community Kickoff held on April 9th, you’ve seen a community uniting for a vital cause. April is NationalChild Abuse Prevention Month, and while the color blue is a powerful symbol, the real work happens when that awareness turns into action. more

County Senate Bill Three failed in the Christian County General Municipal Election, held on Tuesday, April 7. Out of the 10,152 votes cast over the measure, 5,286 votes, or 52.07 percent, were against Senate Bill Three, while 4,866 votes, or 47.93 percent, were in favor. Had Senate Bill Three passed, Christian County property taxes for all current Christian County residents would have been frozen at the 2024 rate, unless significant improvements were made to a property. In that case, the tax rate would have been recalculated at the then current level but would remain the same going forward. Future Christian County residents would also have had their property tax rates calculated at the rate they moved into the county, but their rates would also have been frozen at that level going forward. more

I remember the day vividly in my mind. I was eight years old and walking around Grandpa and Grandma’s farm. I had been shooting my BB gun at a piece of old, rusted tin hanging on a fence post.  more

Marjorie Lea Bossing more

Patricia Ann Lee more

I was sad to hear of the passing of Bob Boles, who was raised in Chadwick years ago. I heard that someone had run into his house with a car. I knew his parents quite well and was involved in several community activities with his mother, Ida. What an awful way to go. more

Ben Lile, a devoted husband, father, and larger-than-life figure who could command a thousand men one day and cradle a newborn with the gentlest touch the next, passed away unexpectedly on April 2, 2026, at the age of 48. more

Elizabeth "Kay" McGinnis more

Once was a time when catchin’ crawdads was about as much fun as this 10-year-old boy and his little brother could have. more

The Ozark Community Center held their annual Eggstravaganza on Saturday, March 28. The event included an Easter Egg hunt, inflatables, games, and pictures with the Easter Bunny. more

The area churches of Chadwick held their first annual Easter Egg hunt on Saturday, March 28, at the Chadwick Community Center. About 100 children gathered to get a share of 2,500 candy-filled eggs. All photos by Steve Chapman. more

Clever First Baptist Church held their annual Easter Egg hunt at Clever High School on Sunday, March 29. About 1,500 people attended the event, where kids vied for a share of 10,000 candy-filled eggs, some of which were dropped onto the field from a helicopter. Additionally, the event included inflatable buildings and free food. All photos by Steve Chapman. more

David Lee Gray, age 76, of Ozark, Mo., passed away peacefully on March 23, 2026. He was born on Feb. 20, 1950, in Shenandoah, Iowa, to Denzil and Francis (McGargill) Gray. more

Connie Lee Hopper more

Carl Wayne Forgey more

I once had a few acres of trees and brush I called “my woods.” more

Gary Edward Lynch, 83, of Nixa, was promoted to glory when he went home to be with his Savior he loved so dearly on March 17, 2026. Gary was born to Edward and Dorothy Lynch on July 19, 1943, in Iron Mountain, Mich. He married Beverly Ann Lynch on May 19, 1982. After her passing, Gary married Beverly Kay Lynch on January 8, 2000. He had to find another Beverly since he had ‘Bev’ tattooed on his forearm when he was in the Navy! more

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Chicago, Ill., man was sentenced in federal court today for one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud. more

Kelley Ronelle Talent more

Bob, 93, was born in Chadwick, Mo. to Ed and Ida Bell Boles. He was a graduate of School of the Ozarks. He served in the U.S. Army in Germany. He taught at Ritenour High School. He owned Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics and subsequently Education Unlimited. He was an active member of various Chambers of Commerce and SCORE. He was an avid outdoors enthusiast. more

Mythology tends to mirror many things. The story of Icarus parallels the future of a recently discovered comet. Both figures travel, one in the sky and one in space. One flew to escape prison, while the other will try to escape the Sun. Both are controlled by gravity. more