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Charles Franklin Green, 93, of Pleasant Hill, was born, June 30, 1927, in Greenfield, the son of John F. and Katie E. (Culver) Green. He departed this life, Saturday, July 25, 2020, at his home surrounded with love and family. Charlie was a Veteran of the United States Army during the Korean War. On March

Roger Ray Swager, 75, of El Dorado Springs, passed away Friday, July 24, 2020. He was born on Jan. 7, 1945, to James Howard and Zula (Hornbeck) Swager near Caplinger Mills. Roger grew up around Caplinger and Stockton and he was a member of the Mt. Enon Missionary Baptist Church. After graduating from high school

Harold “Nick” Pierce Pennell, 89, of Osceola, passed away Thursday morning, July 23, 2020. A service was held Monday, July 27, , at Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home with Rev. Greg Magnum officiating. Interment followed at Deepwater Cemetery under the direction of Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American

by Pastor Larry Sorrells, Rockville, Trinity UMC In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells his followers, “Stop worrying about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” It is some very good advice that sometimes we forget in our attempts to “get ahead.” Although it is important

by Jim Low Missouri’s most delicious sport fish is a little wacky. If you’re like most Missouri anglers, you’ve never caught a walleye on purpose. If you’ve eaten one, you probably wished you could get more. But the ways of the walleye are mysterious, and few Show-Me State anglers have cracked the code. That’s because

A fishing guide who decided to go fishing on his day off wound up catching a German brown trout that was just short of a world record but shattered the Missouri state record.

Robert Audrain III’s new Missouri record fish beat the old mark by 33 percent. The St. Louis angler’s 4-ounce longear sunfish eclipsed the previous record longear by a whole ounce. “It’s funny because most of my friends thought it was a joke,” Audrain said, laughing. “Because of the fish’s size, they really didn’t think that

This year was another first for Northeast Vernon County’s FCCLA. The National competition was held virtually. Each National qualifier was responsible for recording their speeches and submitting documentation to their advisor, Mrs. Bybee, so they could be entered in the National competition. The results are in. KYLIE ALEXANDER – earned a silver medal in leadership

The cold pierced our bones. Rain came down in buckets, filling the bottom of the boat with water despite the bilge pump and our attempts at bailing. When the lightning raced across the sky, we caught a glimpse of the shoreline. I knew it was dangerous to be in an aluminum boat on the water

If I had to pick a half-dozen lures to take with me all the time no matter where I intended to fish, one of them would no doubt be the celebrated floating Rapala. While we were in Canada a few summers ago, my wife lost one of my Rapalas to a hungry smallmouth, which came