SWC approves purchase of fireworks for 2024
SOUTHWEST CITY -- To get a head start for its upcoming 4th of July celebration, the Southwest City Council deliberated on Tuesday, Nov. 28, whether to take adv…
SOUTHWEST CITY -- To get a head start for its upcoming 4th of July celebration, the Southwest City Council deliberated on Tuesday, Nov. 28, whether to take adv…
MCDONALD COUNTY -- Please help the McDonald County Historical Society identify this McDonald County WWII veteran. He received a silver dollar from Bonnibel Swe…
PINEVILLE -- The Pineville Fire Auxiliary offered a free community dinner Nov. 25 at the Pineville Community Center from 12 to 2 p.m. All community members wer…
The Pineville Board of Aldermen, at its meeting on Tuesday, decided to look into pursuing a matter in small claims court.
KANSAS CITY -- Missouri gardeners will find new guidelines in the updated USDA plant hardiness zone map.
GOODMAN -- On November 21, the Goodman Council voted to impose fees on residents wishing to use the ballfield lighting at 243 East Garner Avenue after-hours. P…
McDonald County Mustangs (8-5)
Some bikes are geared so low a rider could almost pedal up the side of a building. No need to be Low Gear Louie to ride up the side of The Ledger office buildi…
The McDonald County wrestling programs will kick off their season at home Thursday against Diamond.
The McDonald County girls improved to 2-0 on the season Tuesday with a 63-35 win against Nevada in the opening round of the 47th annual Freeman Sports Medicine…
Editor's Note: Area coaches, please report schedule changes and game results to the McDonald County Press by phone at 479-855-3724 or email at mcpress@nwaonlin…
ANDERSON -- A slow start and defense of struggles made it hard for the McDonald County Mustangs to keep pace with Joplin Eagles as they fell 70-45 in the openi…
ANDERSON -- The tears on the faces of McDonald County's football players told the story. So did the long embraces with one another afterward.
The coroner's jury heard all the evidence and, with little doubt as to their findings, rendered its decision. "The deceased came to his death by violence, to w…
There's no other place I'd rather be than rural Missouri. There is something a little special about forgetting to grab the keys from my truck and knowing it wi…
Some bikes are geared so low a rider could almost pedal up the side of a building. No need to be Low Gear Louie to ride up the side of The Ledger office buildi…
Change is a constant in the evolution of societies, and small local communities are no exception. However, creating and sustaining change in these local settin…
It must be the season to write a book. Maybe it's the political climate or something, but there seem to be many politicians these days wanting to express thems…
James A. Haught will release a new critical research book in January titled "Religion's Sudden Decline: What's Causing It and What Comes Next?" by Oxford Unive…
In working with communities over the years, I often come across local communities that pride themselves in having no property restrictions, zoning, or permitti…
Food publications -- blogs, magazines and newspapers -- spend a lot of time and effort creating show-stopping Thanksgiving menus featuring new and unusual reci…
"Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, 'This is a hard saying; who can understand it?' When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples com…
We were greeted by Wayne Holly and were thankful to be in church Sunday morning at Mill Creek Baptist Church. Happy birthday to our pastor, Roger Gill. Prayers…
"It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness eve…
"The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, 'How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?' Then Jesus said to them, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, un…
It was a beautiful fall Sunday to be in worship at Mill Creek Baptist Church. We wished Becky Johnson and Terry Lett happy birthdays, and Jeanette, Linda and J…
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and are dead. T…
As we gathered to worship Sunday morning at Mill Creek Baptist Church, we wished Wayne Holly and Brittany Reiker happy birthdays. Happy anniversary to Don and …
"The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, 'I am the bread which came down from heaven.' And they said, 'Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose…