Southwest spikers 3rd at Verona Volleyball Invitational

The Southwest volleyball team finished third in the 10-team Verona Tournament Saturday. The Lady Trojans defeated Golden City, Gloria Deo Academy and tied Thomas Jefferson before losing to Lockwood and Galena, who played for the championship.
Jimmie Ward “Jim” Scritchfield

Jimmie Ward “Jim” Scritchfield, 82 of Cassville, Mo., passed away Saturday, August 30, 2025, at his home.
J.D. Martin

J.D. Martin, 88, of Seligman, Mo. passed away Friday, September 5, 2025, at his home.
Terry Held: Front porch fiction meets the college classroom

The start of school is here. It shifts our lives and gives us a longing for cooler mornings. Porch railings will soon wear a thin mist until the sun rises, and you can almost hear the first leaves tumbling down the street. ‘Tis the season for leg blankets, hot mulled cider, and a good read to savor in stolen, silent moments.
Mighty Mites season starts

Sixth-grade Mighty Mites against Republic.
Through the Years, Sept. 10

30 YEARS AGO: APPLE HARVEST — Apples are red, ripe and ready for picking at Vollenweider Orchards in Exeter. Roberto Smith, field foreman at the orchard, said that the time it takes pickers to pick a bushel of apples varies from 30 minutes to an hour and a half depending on ripeness and weather. Orchard workers come to Barry County each fall for the apple harvest from as far away as Florida, Michigan and Ohio.
Bluegrass fills air at Kings Prairie Benefit Concert

The Kings Prairie Festival closed with an 80-minute set by the Flyin’ Buzzards. Their selections ranged from the Everly Brothers’ “Dream, Dream, Dream,” to Randy Travis’s “Three Wooden Crosses,” Flatt and Scruggs’ “Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms,” to gospels hymns “In the Sweet Bye and Bye” and “Beulah Land.” New to their set this year was Jay Ungar and Molly Mason’s “Ashokan Farewell,” with the melody played on mandolin by Bill Harris, of Cassville, at left. Other players, continuing from left, were Wayne Clevenger, of McDowell, on mandolin, Duwane Blevins, of Reeds Spring, on bass, and Steve Ennis, of Victory, on guitar. They closed the show with a spirited rendition of Albert Brumley’s “I’ll Fly Away,” the traditional final number and sing-along at Kings Prairie.
Woman charged with terroristic threatening
36-year-old threatened to burn down jail, assault deputy
Sharon M Cathcart (Swails)

Sharon M Cathcart (Swails), 79, of Seligman, Missouri, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, September 6, 2025.
Phyllis Marie Fulton

Phyllis Marie Fulton, 83, of Houston, Texas, passed away on Monday, September 1, 2025, at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.



