March 2025
Through the Years, March 19
50 YEARS AGO: DAYLIGHT SUNDAY VIEW OF BURNED SCHOOL — This is the view that attracted hundreds of visitors throughout Sunday. The gutted 51-year-old high school building on the Washburn campus of Southwest schools. Beside the right hand wall are four autos belonging to students on a field trip to St. Louis which were completely destroyed.
Matthew Barba: Why should you join the Missouri Sunshine Coalition? There’s strength in numbers
Every year, Sunshine Week is recognized across the United States as a time to celebrate government transparency. Only by seeing how decisions are made can we truly be informed about how – or if – our government is working for us.
Debbie Kober: Mulching it up a notch
Spring is in the air, garden cleanup is underway and a fresh layer of mulch gives any landscape or garden a clean look while suppressing weeds.
Kyle Troutman: Sourcing some Sunshine
There are many places to find information these days. Most government entities have websites and social media pages, places where they can deliver information the public needs to know. My web browser’s toolbar is chock-full of them, from courts and law enforcement to weather and wrecks to name just a few.
Guard X gives taste of military to local high school students
Cassville student Aiden McBroom pulls a set of weights in a physical fitness drill at the Guard X program at Cassville High School on March 11.
Arkansas woman killed in collision
An Arkansas woman died in a head-on collision on Friday at 6:20 p.m. on Route F, five miles west of Eagle Rock.
Hard season on the hardwood
The Exeter boys basketball team endured a difficult season on the hardwood, and the Tigers are hoping young players who found their roles will grow into them in coming campaigns.
11 return for Wildcats track
The Cassville boys track and field team returns a wealth of experience and hopes to have an impact at meets across all events.
101 pickleball in Cassville City Park
On Saturday, the Cassville High School Senior Beta Club hosted the Cassville Spring Chill Pickleball Tournament, welcoming 101 players from across the four-state area, as well as competitors from Colorado, Minnesota and Montana.
March is School Board Recognition Month in Missouri
Missourians benefit every day from the countless hours devoted by the more than 3,600 local school board members in every community across the state.
