Kyle Troutman

Kyle Troutman

Kyle Troutman: A sweet night

Saturday was a sweet night, not only because we auctioned off 26 pies for more than $1,000, but also because we will be able to donate about three times as much to two local food pantries. The inaugural Barry County…

Jamie Fugitt: Treasure hunting at Christmas

One doesn’t have to be very old to have experienced a lot of changes in life.  For example, although artificial intelligence (AI) has been around several years, it has only recently become a topic of everyday conversation. Even just a…

Jeremiah Buntin: Ozark charity

Back on Nov. 25, 1941, a 19-year-old by the name of George Walker Gordon died about 7 miles southwest of Monett.  The cause listed on the death certificate by Dr. Elburn A. Smith was pellagra due to lack of food.…

Wesley Eugene Roller

Wesley Eugene Roller, (Cryptologist, for the United States Army), 75, of Washburn, Mo., passed away on November 19, 2025. Born in Cassville, Mo., on June 24, 1950, to Joe and Mary Roller.   He graduated from Southwest R-V School in…

Candace Moss-Bower

Candace Moss-Bower, 78, of Cassville Mo., passed away November 19, 2025, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo. She was born June 7, 1947, in Tulsa, Okla., the daughter of Gordon Thomas Moss and Emma Louise (Bower) Walohia, who preceded her…

Sheila (Stowman) Henderson

Sheila (Stowman) Henderson, 75, of Washburn, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at her home, surrounded by loved ones.  Born on May 10, 1950, in Fairbanks, Alaska, Sheila was the daughter of Frank and Opal (Hurd) Stowman, both…

Jay Lewis Edmondson

Jay Lewis Edmondson, age 63, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, November 21, 2025, after a two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer.  He was born on December 20, 1961, at St. Vincent Hospital in Monett, Missouri to…