By Bob JacksonHigh school sports were hampered by rain last week but some games were played. District softball play in Class 1 and 2 begins this...

April showers bring May flowers. Aren’t the wildflowers doing well this spring? It’s such a gift that we live in an area where they are prolific. It’s also the time of year...

Virtue of GoldOriginal Article by Walter Dunway and “The American Institute Economic Research.”  The entirety of the below was “stolen” and...

Best T-Shirt Of Week: I won’t be remembered as someone who kept their mouth shut.What starts with an O and ends with -ions and sometimes makes you cry? Opinions.Three...

Congratulations to Roper Gray for Athlete of the Week.Chloe's make-up game was on Thursday night against Golden City and we won. The girls were batting really well.Happy...

Birthdays: May 10th-Garrett Myers 22, Bear Mitchell 41 and hubby Rick Baker 74; 11th-Linda Shirk 66; 12th-Kerry Rosenbaum, Clista Jarrett, Aidan White 2, Cadeen Simms 23,...

Mother nature is a magnificent and wondrous thing. She shows her beauty everywhere we look and at the same time can show her raging wrath.From the most delicate flower to...

At the April 17 Board of Aldermen meeting in Walnut Grove, city officials, local citizens, and many residents who live just beyond the city limits came together out of deep...

Donald R. Shelton 91, of Willard, Missouri, passed away Thursday, May 1, 2025. He was born October 12, 1933, in Ozark County, MO, to Floyd and...

Nancy June Collup Crighton, of Willard, Missouri, passed away in her home on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at the age of 94.  Nancy was born May 28,...

On Monday, March 31, 2025, Allder Dean Maze, husband, father and grandfather, passed away at the age of 89 alongside his wife of 37 years, Karen...

Marilyn Joyce Pendergrass, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on May 4, 2025 at the age of 70. She was surrounded by...

By Krista GuyMy Final Chapter is a nonprofit organization founded by David Aldridge from Ash Grove, Missouri, in 2020. As a cancer survivor,...

By Bob JacksonOn Friday, May 1, the Golden City School District held a ground breaking event at 5:30 p.m. for the school’s new farm/barn and...

By Krista GuyClayton and Shelly McMasters, relatively new residents of Ash Grove, have a passion for revitalizing old treasures. They recently...