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I have assumed a new role this summer as the coordinator for the Aurora Area Community Foundation, an affiliate of the ...
Each year, too many Missourians lose their lives to preventable accidents on the water.  And while no one heads out expecting ...
I’ve lived long enough to know that life doesn’t always make sense. Trouble comes. Things fall apart. Prayers seem to go ...
I became a “small-town girl.” Verona, population 616. It is, by a w-i-d-e margin, the smallest town in which I have lived.
Orr reunion will be held Sunday, Aug. 3, at Ozark Prairie “Brick” Presbyterian Church, Mt. Vernon. All Orrs, Campbells, ...
A Mt. Vernon woman pleaded guilty in federal court on July 21 for her role in a wire fraud conspiracy that targeted the ...
Present for the July 22 Aurora City Council were Mayor Tony Kennedy, Councilwoman Dawn Oplinger, and Councilwoman Theresa ...
I was getting ready to spend some time with my family that weekend. Plus a good friend and I were planning another short ...
Scott Bailes was a recent guest of Scott Pettit at Aurora Rotary. Bailes, a native of Springfield and graduate of Parkview High School and Missouri State University, has been an integral part of ...
I’m reminded why Missouri is such a vital part of the heartland. Our fertile pastures stretch out green and wide, and when ...
Bass, 7l, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on June 17, 2025, after a courageous battle with brain cancer.