Kimberly Marie Kesterson, 46, of Mt. Vernon, Mo., passed away on May 28, 2025, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Mo. Kimberly enjoyed being surrounded by family and friends and was always the one ...

SPRINGFIELD — Feeding America’s latest Map the Meal Gap study shows that 1 in 5 children and 1 in 6 adults continue to face hunger in Ozarks Food Harvest’s service area, which covers a third of the ...

Three Kenneth Ackley Top Dawg awards were given out at the Aurora Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet on May 17 to Brandon Shrimplin, Dustin Hall and Teresa Barrett. Shrimplin is a well-known face as ...

Pierce City author Seth Atwater, Jr. is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest and was honored along with 11 other writers and 11 artists at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood ...

Last week, I wrote a short introduction into hiking. Here we pick up the trail… Most of the hikes my husband and I enjoy are 3-5 miles. We’ll pack a cooler, head out in the morning, and enjoy a ...

The winners of the annual contest for the Crowder Quill literary and art magazine of Crowder College have been announced. For the 2024-25 contest, 658 entries were received, and 110 entries awarded ...

(Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared in The Aurora Advertiser about 20 years. It has been updated and we are republishing it in a four-part series in honor of Poss. This is the ...