Kyle Troutman

Kyle Troutman

News Briefs, May 27

The monthly Wheaton Road District Meeting will be held on June 2 at 5 p.m. at the Wheaton Road District barn on Highway A across from Holmes Farm Supply.

Staff View — Sheila Harris: Swallowing a horse-pill

It’s that time again. The Parks, Soil and Water (PSW) Sales Tax will appear on the Aug. 4 ballot this year as Amendment 1. The amendment, which appears on the ballot every 10 years, gives voters the chance to renew the one-tenth-of-one-percent sales tax that benefits Missouri State Parks and the Missouri Soil & Water Conservation Program.

Community Voices — Terry Held: Crossroads in rural educationl; Keeping opportunity close to home

“The Times Are A-Changin’.” Bob Dylan’s famous song of the 60’s became a cultural anthem with universal appeal. Today, it has become a phrase often heard in small towns when difficult decisions arrive quietly and without ceremony: Usually, those words are spoken with a shrug, a sigh, or a little disbelief. But behind them lies something larger, a recognition that institutions we once assumed would always remain steady are now being forced to adapt to realities few people fully see.

Through the Years, May 27

40 YEARS AGO: NAMES ON THE SIDEWALK — A tradition in Cassville, placing the senior class names on a section of sidewalk was in progress last week. Here, class representatives watch as Gary Youngblood, school maintenance force, prepares the surface. Class members then used letter imprints to put names of the 87-member class in the section.

Patrecia A. Chasteen

Patrecia A. Chasteen, born June 8, 1951, in Stone County, Missouri, passed away on May 15, 2026, in Springdale, Arkansas. She was one of six children of Claud and Virginia (Batson) Jones. Patrecia was a devoted mother of three and…

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