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Mountain Grove’s 2025 Homecoming Queen Kadyn Gonzales, right, was crowned. She was escorted by Heath Bressie.
The “Sew It’s Wednesday” Quilt Group recently made a generous donation to the Mountain Grove High School Alumni Association to help cover the cost of carving the tree trunk into a panther statue. The grand oak tree was hit by lightning killing the tree. The quilt group hosts the Mountain Grove Quilt Show during the Heritage Festival each year in August. Shown, from left: Tam Griswold, Chris Pigott, Patty Beard, Denver Mitchell, Sharon Sullivant, Susie Witt and Patsy Worrel.
The grand old oak tree on the southwest corner of the high school front lawn that has been the silent friend of more than 75 graduating classes was struck by lightning a couple of years ago killing the tree.The school came to the Mountain Grove High School Alumni Association with the offer that the...
The Sep. 10 meeting for the Mountain Grove R-III School Board was a special session meeting to discuss future projects within the school district. At the meeting, discussions included the district’s previous surveys and input that it had received about potential projects and decided the new weight...
The Mountain Grove High School Project Graduation 2026 held a Class of 2026 Golf Tournament recently at Randel Hinkle Golf Course.A large number of golfers turned out for the event.The list of winners in the different contests included:Championship Flight1) Kevin Clark and Jimmy Liska2) Lyndal...
Jayla Ferguson
Jayla Ferguson, a 2025 graduate of Hartville High School, has received the Benny Hensley Scholarship, administered by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.Ferguson, the daughter of Whitney Ivie and Spencer Ferguson, is attending Drury University this fall, where she is studying accounting,...
Manes R-V Kindergarten through fourth grade students shared biscuits and gravy with their grandparents for Grandparents Day. Students and their grandparents then went to classrooms and played Grandparent’s Bingo, Uno and made crafts together. A special thank you to all the grandparents that were...
The 2026 Homecoming Court is set for Mountain Grove High School as the Panthers’ football team will play rival Cabool on Friday, Sep. 26.Top row, from left: Seniors Leedy Curtis, Emilee Pridemore, Andrew Whitson, Kylie Roth, Heath Bressie and Kaydn Gonzales.
Bottom row: Freshmen Masen Byerly and...
Jodi Bettendorf
Hartville High School’s September Student of the Month is Jodi Bettendorf. Jodi is the daughter of Jeff Bettendorf.Jodi was nominated by her band teacher Ms. Courtney Maples. Mrs. Maples writes, “In the band program, she takes her job as drum major seriously. She chooses to go above and beyond for...
Zora Mulligan
For Zora Mulligan, becoming Chancellor of Missouri State University–West Plains (MSU-WP) is more than a professional milestone – it’s a homecoming. The West Plains native officially began her duties on July 1 and has spent the past several weeks immersing herself in campus life, meeting with...
Each semester, students at Missouri State University who attain academic excellence are named to the Dean’s List.For undergraduate students, criteria include enrollment in at least six credit hours during the summer semester and at least a 3.50 grade point average (on a 4.00 scale).Local students...