Sports
The McDonald County baseball team completed its fifth game in five days to start the season Tuesday afternoon with a 9-4 win at Neosho.
by Graham Thomas - March 23, 2023The McDonald County girls soccer team opened its season Tuesday with a 3-1 loss to New Covenant Academy in a match played at Evangel University in Springfield.
by Graham Thomas - March 23, 2023Bennett Horne/McDonald County Press McDonald County freshman Jaylon Nepo prepares to take a throw in the shot put at the Mustang Stampede on Wednesday, March 2…
by Bennett Horne - March 23, 2023Editor's Note: Area coaches, please report schedule changes and game results to the McDonald County Press. Phone 479-855-3724, or email Graham Thomas at gthoma…
by Graham Thomas - March 23, 2023McDonald County Baseball
by Staff Reports - March 23, 2023ANDERSON -- When McDonald County High School Class of 2017 graduate and current Missouri Southern State junior Peyton Barton won the men's weight throw nationa…
by Bennett Horne - March 16, 2023ANDERSON -- McDonald County High School celebrated its award winners from the winter sports of boys and girls wrestling, boys and girls basketball, cheerleadin…
by Bennett Horne - March 16, 2023VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Missouri Southern State junior and former McDonald County standout Peyton Barton etched his name into the history books of Missouri Sout…
by Missouri Southern Sports Information - March 16, 2023Opinion
No, there aren't four or five restaurants on every block. Entertainment is, at least for the most part, limited to gatherings with family or friends or maybe a…
by By Stan Fine, Columnist - March 23, 2023"The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow." – Jim Hightower
by John Newby - March 23, 2023Whether in business or community building, doing the right thing today is often going to be the wrong thing for your future business or community.
by By John Newby Building Main Street, not Wall Street - March 16, 2023Since we have three grandchildren still in college, I get nervous whenever I hear about a shooting on a college campus.
by By Robert Box A Chaplain’s Perspective - March 16, 2023As John parked his car in front of the house, he thought about what he would say. He hadn't seen Rachel in more than ten years and he wondered if she had chang…
by By Stan Fine, Columnist - March 9, 2023Roy T. Bennett once said, "Don't let others tell you what you can't do. Don't let the limitations of others limit your vision. If you can remove your self-doub…
by By John Newby Building Main Street, not Wall Street - March 9, 2023Amateur astronomy is a terrific hobby! I know...I have had this hobby since I was 14 years old and I made my first telescope, a 6-inch reflector.
by David Cater - March 2, 2023The importance of locally owned businesses for community growth and sustainability cannot be overstated. As Albert Einstein once said, "The world as we have cr…
by By John Newby Building Main Street, not Wall Street - March 2, 2023Religion
As we gathered to worship Sunday morning at Mill Creek Baptist Church, special prayers of healing were requested for Jeanette. Ronda and Shelley's father. Doug…
by By Kitty Collingsworth Mill Creek Baptist Church - March 23, 2023The events of Easter are at the heart of Christianity. You may argue forever about all of the details of life and death, the comparison of earth with heaven, i…
by Staff Reports - March 23, 2023"...Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God ... unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." John 3:3,5;…
by Randy Moll - March 23, 2023I was going to write about a major myth regarding the brain, but something else came up that changed my mind -- it was an interaction with one of my Animals.
by Gene Linzey - March 22, 2023It was a wonderful Sunday morning in worship at Mill Creek Baptist Church. We welcomed many visitors. Doug Cory opened our service with prayer as we wished a H…
by By Kitty Collingsworth Mill Creek Baptist Church - March 16, 2023I often hear about mythological beliefs. Here are a few.
by Gene Linzey - March 16, 2023"Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. But Jesus did not commit Himse…
by Randy Moll - March 16, 2023Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychan…
by Randy Moll - March 9, 2023
News
ROCKY COMFORT -- Students from Rocky Comfort Elementary school put their green thumbs to the test on Friday, March 17, for the greenhouse plant project. The ev…
by Daniel Bereznicki - March 23, 2023ANDERSON -- At Anderson's city meeting held March 21, the council discussed various reports as well as several pieces of new business.
by By Alexus Underwood Special to McDonald County Press - March 23, 2023Organizers of the Downtown Simsberry USA Farmers Market have big plans for opening day.
by By Sally Carroll Special to the McDonald County Press - March 23, 2023Local egg sellers are scrambling to keep up with increased demand.
by Sally Carroll Special to McDonald County Press - March 23, 2023ANDERSON -- Standing alongside Missouri's finest debaters is Elly Wasson -- a freshman from McDonald County High School, who has qualified to take part in the …
by Daniel Bereznicki - March 23, 2023Trailside Coffee Company has opened inside the new location of Phat Tire on Riordan Road, offering a variety of beverages and food.
by Rachel Dickerson - March 23, 2023At a special meeting on March 15, the Goodman Board of Aldermen were split on a vote to accept a bid for street construction, and Mayor J.R. Fisher broke the t…
by Rachel Dickerson - March 23, 2023MCDONALD COUNTY -- Do you know this veteran? Please help the McDonald County Historical Society identify this WWII McDonald County veteran. He received a silve…
by Staff Reports - March 23, 2023