The Barry County Sheriff's Office hosted a public press conference on Tuesday to discuss details of the murder of Justin ...

The Central Crossing Fire Protection District is seeking approval of a $4.5 million bond issue on Aug. 4, aiming to renovate two stations, add to its fleet of brush trucks, purchase new equipment and ...

Over $1 trillion disappeared from Missouri’s Annual Financial & Statistical Report for Fiscal Year 2024, which ended on June 30 of that year.

A Golden man has been arrested and charged with three felonies relating to alleged sex crimes. Daniel Kazakevicius, 33, of Golden, is charged with first-degree sexual abuse, second-degree rape and ...

Responding to the statewide emergency call, Purdy Fire District firefighters sent a team recently to Iron and Reynolds counties in southeast Missouri to assist in rescues due to flooding along the ...

Veteran area musician Dewayne Bowman and his band entertained the Stones Prairie Picnic crowd with classic country music ...

In less than a week, Barry County voters will have their say on numerous local races and issues, as well as a few prominent ...

Illiteracy, once thought to be a societal malaise about to be vanquished, has reared its ugly head again, in all places — the ...

I am sure many people have stories relating to The Advertiser and Emory Melton. It was a sad day when Emory was gone and no longer in charge.

While mom marks her ballot in the polling booth, in this case, Marilyn Peters has company in the person of her two daughters, ...

Penelope Edwina “Penny” Brown, 68, of Exeter, Mo. passed away Monday, July 20, 2026 at Mercy Hospital Springfield in ...

Alvah Elzie Cassity, 82, of Purdy, Mo., passed away peacefully at his home on July 25, 2026. Born on July 13, 1944, in Klamath Falls, Ore. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Margaret ...