Larry Max “Tiny” Stockton, Jr.

Larry Max “Tiny” Stockton, Jr., age 58, of Cassville, Missouri passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at CoxHealth Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri.
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.
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.
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.
Jimmie Ward “Jim” Scritchfield

Jimmie Ward “Jim” Scritchfield, 82 of Cassville, Mo., passed away Saturday, August 30, 2025, at his home.
TrouMom Says: Lake Superior edition, Part IV — Closer to home

Although I had traveled a couple thousand miles over the 10 days of my solo camping trip, I started thinking more about the places right here at home — or at least closer to home — that I could explore.
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.
Springfield Area 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb on Saturday
On Saturday, firefighters and civilians from all over will come together in person and virtually to remember those lost on September 11, 2001.
Grass fire doused on Hwy. Y
A one-acre grass fire on Highway Y was contained and extinguished last week.
Lady ‘Cats lean on leadership

Coming off its winningest season in program history, the Cassville softball team has no intention of slowing down.


