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MCHS Girls Earn All-District Recognition
Four members of the McDonald County Lady Mustangs earned all-district recognition for their performances during the 2009-2010 season. Read More »
McDonald County Press Obituaries
Camron Lee Bridges March 8, 1992-March 6, 2010 Camron Lee Bridges, 17, of Pineville, Mo., died Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. He was born March 8, 1992, in Panama, Mo., the son of Eric Bridges and Sharon Lea. Read More »
Men’s Breakfast Planned For Saturday At Noel Methodist Church
Steve Powell greeted the congregation and guests for worship on a warm March Sunday morning. We celebrated the birthdays for Barbara Cory, Ruby Emanuel, Jim Stauber, Robert Porterfield, Dawn Stauber and Robert Stauber. Read More »
AWANA Store Night Planned For Wednesday
300 FEET BELOW MEYRIN, Switzerland — Many were the prayers that went up Sunday for our youth, including the young people involved in the auto accident Saturday night. Read More »
Baked Potato Bar Will Be Held Sunday, March 21
We would like to share with you the upcoming events being held or sponsored by the Pineville/Lanagan Methodist churches. The community is always welcome to come and join in any and all classes. Read More »
Horse Whisperer Event To Be Held Saturday, April 17
In the second of his series on “Spring Cleaning,” drawn from John 2:13-15, Bro. Jared focused on anger. Righteous anger is in control, not out of selfishness, not over another person’s weakness and based on injustice. Anger may be out of control, selfish at its roots and rob you of the ability to focus. This anger can be caused by fatigue, frustration, rejection or just plain selfishness. Anger can be dealt with. Dealing with it in a biblical way is best. Read More »
Writer Expounds On Scriptures For Daily Living
Row, row, row your boat is such a common song. But actually rowing a boat can be fun at first and then it gets to be exhausting. Just like living your life by legalism, which is trying to follow God’s laws and traditions. If we chose to live by the law, we simply can’t do enough good things to please God. We become self-righteous and we continually look at all the good deeds we have accomplished. The second way to choose to live is like a cruise ship. We live by the desires of the fl esh seeking our own pleasures. Activities designed to your needs, food at any time you want it and continually served. This leads to emptiness and heartache. However, if we live like a sailboat (no oars, no motor, completely dependent upon the wind, all we must do is hoist the sail), then we will be living life by the Spirit. Read More »
‘Is There Such A Thing As Good News ?’
God is good. That’s the good news. When we are surrounded by the bad news day in and day out, there are times when we wonder, “Is there such a thing as good news?” The answer is a resounding, yes! Read More »
Back To Basics Meeting Set For Tonight
McDonald County Back to Basics Community Group will met at 6:30 tonight in the Community Room at New Mac Electric in Anderson. The theme for the night will be “Permaculture. What is it, and how do I do it?” Permaculture is an ecological design system for sustainability in all aspects of human endeavor. Read More »
Play To Be Presented March 25-27 At Crowder
The Crowder College Theatre Department will present “Nice People Dancing To Good Country Music” March 25 through March 27. Read More »
Project Graduation Sack Lunch Planned
A barbecue sack lunch to benefit the Grad Bash 2010/ Project Graduation/Cruise will be conducted March 17. Read More »
Fellowship Lunch Scheduled To Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
Sunday, Feb. 28 Sunday was another great day at Honey Lake Community Baptist Church. We had many visitors; Marty and Amanda Taff, Gary and Dena Pugh and Bud Hensley. Bud brought his guitar with him and joined our band “Higher Bound.” Gary told of his work in the jail ministry and prayers were off ered up for his ministry as well as for those who are in need of spiritual guidance within the church. All in all, the music was awesome, as was the message Dr. Moring brought. Read More »
First Fellowship Breakfast Set For March 13
Sunday, Feb. 28 What a beautiful day we were blessed with to come together to worship our Lord! We praise Him for an awesome day of worship. Read More »
School Lunch Menus
McDonald County High School Anderson Middle School Breakfast Monday, March 15 — No School! Read More »
Drug Free Scholarship To Meet Tuesday
The McDonald County Drug Free Scholarship Foundation will hold their March meeting 7 p.m. Read More »
Area Students Inducted Into Honors Chapter
Several area students were among the 101 students recently inducted into Crowder College’s Phi Theta Kappa. Read More »
Coach Agrees To Resign
AUSTIN LEAVING AFTER HEADING MUSTANG BASKETBALL PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS
McDonald County High School basketball and golf coach Mike Austin has submitted his resignation as coach and teacher. Read More »
MCHS Carpentry Team Wins Districts
STUDENTS ADVANCE TO STATE IN MISSOURI SKILLSUSA COMPETITION
LITTLE ROCK — Four students from the McDonald County High School carpentry program recently joined together as a team for the Missouri SkillsUSA district competition held at Monett High School. Read More »
Couple Celebrates 35 Years
Audie and Betty Pruitt, of Jane celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary March 1. Read More »
Shoemaker-Thomas Announce Upcoming Marriage
Ira Shoemaker and Julie Thomas are pleased to announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Read More »