Better Business Bureau® (BBB®) has tips for parents and guardians shopping for all the supplies their children need to have a great school year. more

Terry Lee Prewitt, a beloved father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away on July 27, 2025, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 76. more

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Missouri State University will be introducing a new "clear bag" policy at its athletic venues, starting with the upcoming 2025-26 academic year. more

The Christian County Sheriff's Office was actively involved in the capture of a man who allegedly murdered his pregnant wife and unborn son. According to a press release by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Sidney F. Wilson, V, of Stoutland, Mo., was captured at a Nixa address on Thursday, July 31, by the member of Operation Relentless Pursuit, with assistance from the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control, the Christian County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshals, and the Greene County Sheriff’s Office. more

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) describes itself as a service organization and benefits greatly from the volunteer efforts of its members. The organization has approximately 3,000 chapters that exist worldwide. Founded in 1890 as a female-only organization, the DAR clarified in October 2023 that "a transgender woman can join the DAR." Then President General Pamela Rouse Wright emphasized this membership policy by stating in 2023, "We will continue to welcome them in our society." more

Christian County Sheriff Brad Cole was recently presented with the Defender Award by the American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU). According to a press release from the ARCU, the award is given to law enforcement officers who “honor their constitutional oath to protect and to serve by working cooperatively with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to protect legal, law-abiding citizens from criminal illegal aliens.” Cole is the first Missouri sheriff to receive the ARCU Defender Award. more

Bernard Arnold Norland more

Ophiuchus is an obscure constellation, yet it is one of the larger constellations in the summer sky. It contains several bright Messier objects and is part of the zodiacal constellations. Yet it is often overlooked in the southern region of the summer sky. more

Welcome to a new month of a summer that has gone much too quickly. We sometimes complained about getting too much rain in the Springtime. Now, we could use a good shower, just not a flood! more

Darcy May DeWaard, age 7, of Ozark, Missouri, passed away on July 30, 2025, at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Darcy was born on Nov. 21, 2017, in Branson, Mo., to Joshua James DeWaard and Ashley May Reich-DeWaard. She was raised in Ozark and attended Tiger Paw Preschool and Ozark South Elementary, where she was a bright and loving student preparing to enter second grade. more

Ozarks Technical Community College will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at 1 p.m., to celebrate the opening of its new Technical Training Center at the Richwood Valley Campus. The event is free and open to the public. College leadership, local officials, and industry partners are expected to attend. more

Lieutenant Colonel David A. Flannigan, assistant superintendent of the Patrol, will retire September 1, 2025, after 32 years, eight months of dedicated service. more

Charles “Chuck” Dewey Waterworth, Jr. was born Dec. 24, 1926, in St. Louis, MO. He grew up in Competition, MO., where his parents owned a farm. He spent his youth working on the farm, trapping, fishing, hunting, and playing in the Gasconade River, local woods, and caves. more

I grew up in the small Webster County town of Elkland, but I never saw an elk anywhere near there. more

A LIFE WELL-LIVED more

The recent Sisterhood in Success networking event proved to be a tremendous success, drawing more than 65 women from across the community for an afternoon focused on professional growth, relationship-building, and empowerment. more

Ozark, MO — The Ozark Fire Protection District Citizen’s Fire Academy celebrated the graduation of its ninth class on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. more

Ozark, MO - The Christian County Elks Lodge #2777 held its annual Flag Day ceremony on Saturday, June 14, at their lodge in Ozark, honoring the enduring symbol of American freedom and unity—the United States flag. more

JEFFERSON CITY, MO — Missouri’s annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 1, and runs through midnight on Sunday, Aug. 3. During this time, certain purchases such as school supplies, computers, clothing, and other qualifying items as defined by statute are exempt from all state and local sales tax. more

There were some very successful Bible schools this summer. This week will begin the one for the Baptist Temple in Chadwick. I hear they have come up with some new projects for the kids. more

The Missouri Public Service Commission held a hearing in the Nixa City Council Chambers on Tuesday, July 22, over a proposed increase of nearly 34 percent in the rates that Liberty Utilities (LU) charges their customers. An estimated 120 people attended the hearing. more

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For the second consecutive year, Ozark’s Tiger Paw Early Childhood Center received a grant allowing families to save money. Valued up to $780,000, the grant will pay tuition for students who will enter kindergarten in the 2026-27 school year. more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Agriculture has announced the availability of Food Insecure Cost-Share Grant funds. A competitive grant program, the Food Insecure Cost-Share Grant will fund projects that support farmers markets and other economic development initiatives that work to reduce food insecurity in Missouri. more