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Robert (Bob) Dean Smith, 89, born Nov. 20, 1929, went to be with his Heavenly Father on May 5, 2019. He is survived by his wife Frances C. Smith, one son, three daughters, five step-children, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Bob was known widely in the Laramie, WY area from various jobs in the automotive

John Virgil Cochran, 79, of Collins, formerly of Belton, passed away May 16, 2019. Memorial services will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, in Bland-Hackleman Chapel.  The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until service time. Burial of cremains will follow in Freeman/Holsapple Cemetery under the direction of Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home. Memorial donations

Green Mound Cemetery association will hold the annual business meeting at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 26. The cemetery is located north of Harwood. Please plan to attend.

Mt. Zion Cemetery annual meeting will convene at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at the home of Harold Rosbrugh, 430 NW 775 Rd., Rockville. Anyone who may have relatives interred at Mt. Zion Cemetery or have an interest in any way with the cemetery care or upkeep are cordially invited to attend.

VFW Post 5525 will conduct Memorial services at 10 a.m. Monday May 27, at Virgil City Cemetery.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to Jim Meyers and Tim and Peggy Carter, who cared enough to mow the Lions Park while I was “preoccupied” with the illness and death of a family member, and to Jim and Beth Meyers for picking up sticks and trash and cleaning the pavilion, also to

Fisheries management biologists with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) confirm an angler caught a Northern snakehead from a borrow ditch within the St. Francis River levees in Dunklin County. The fish was caught on April 25. According to biologists, a Northern snakehead population was discovered in eastern Arkansas waterways in 2008, so they believed

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Joshua Lee of Bernie on his record-breaking 76-pound black buffalo shot in Stoddard County. Lee shot the whopper of a fish while bowfishing at Duck Creek Conservation Area Pool 1 April 21. The previous record weighed 74-pounds. MDC staff verified the fish’s weight using a certified scale in

Saturday’s severe thunderstorm warning for Stockton Lake prompted American Bass Anglers three o’clock weigh-in to move quickly. Ten anglers brought 5-fish limits to the scales. Topping the leaderboard was Eric Craft with 12.77 lbs. Second place went to Lucas Fornelli with 11.12lbs; 3rd place was Scott Tassi with 10.19. Fornelli took Big Bass with a

STUDENTS HAVE ATTITUDE – Students Of Distinguished Attitude, (SODA) winners for the fourth and final quarter of the 2018-19 school year, were announced at ECS on Wednesday, May 15.  Principal Kelly Bryson (back row right) presented the winners with a certificate and coins to purchase a SODA.  Pictured with Mrs. Bryson is; front row l-r: