Ask Nathan Morfeld how he spent his summer and you will hear about a trip to Idaho. It won’t be one of relaxing amid cool mountain breezes, however. Morfeld is among more than 150 Missourians who spent part of their summer helping quell wildfires in the western United States.

Morfeld, of…[more]

11th Annual Japanese Fall Festival
The Springfield Sister Cities Association will host its 11th annual Japanese Fall Festival, Friday, Sept. 7 through Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, at the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden at Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park, 2400 S. Scenic Ave.

The three-day Festival runs 6 to 10 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7, with a kids walking parade led by Ronald McDonald; opening ceremony; sword demonstration; and…[more]

CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, Ark. – The National Guard today announced the death of an Arkansas Soldier home on leave from deployed service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Sgt. Michael Lee Chenoweth, 29, of Plainview, Ark., was pronounced dead in the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 28, 2007, from…[more]

SUMMERSVILLE, Mo.-The last thing a logger expects when he fells a tree is a standing ovation, but that is what Ron Tuttle and his family logging crew got when they attended that annual meeting of the Missouri Forest Products Association (MFPA) in Osage Beach in July.

Harvesting timber runs in the family. Tuttle and brothers Don and Gary Tuttle have more than 20 years of logging experience. They…[more]

Gary Stocklaufer, a 34 year old truck driver, weighed in at 558 pounds when a judge removed a foster child from their home – a child…[more]

Scott Wilson, son of Mike and Tina Wilson of Neosho, was the high individual in the Missouri State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest held Aug. 18 at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia.

Wilson had a total score of 361 out of 400 possible points. He was high individual in oral reasons, second senior in Guernseys, and third senior in Holsteins among 20 senior contestants.

Second high…[more]

KEARNEY, Mo.-Sgt. John Wright was known as a committed lawman, a caring mentor and a devoted conservationist. If his family and his many friends have anything to say about it, he will be remembered as a man who gave his all to make sure that children had positive role models and wholesome outdoor…[more]

U.S. Representative. Mike Ross (AR-04) commended local student, Gabby Harlow of Prescott, for successfully completing the House Page Program in Washington, D.C. 

“I am proud of Gabby for all of her hard work this summer and I wish her success in all of her future endeavors,” Ross said. “The House Page Program is designed to expose students to our federal government and the legislative process, experiences that simply…[more]

While online auction scams are not new, scammers are becoming more sophisticated and going to greater lengths to defraud consumers. Today, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel wants to draw attention to a particularly shocking scam in order to encourage Arkansans to exercise caution when shopping on Internet auction sites.

Recently, Alice Medlock of Van Buren was helping her son buy two jet skis for $9500 on eBay. Alice contacted…[more]

Nine Mo. veterans are scheduled to be among more than 500 “golden age” veterans from across the country that will travel to Houston to participate in the largest sports and recreational competition for senior veterans in the world. The 21st National Veterans Golden Age Games, sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Canteen Service (VCS) and Help Hospitalized Veterans (HHV), will take place August 27 – 31.