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    Always speak well of those around you

    By REV. DR. JACK SLADECornerstone Baptist ChurchHave you ever had an experience with words that...

    Always speak well of those around you
    By REV. DR. JACK SLADECornerstone Baptist ChurchHave you ever had an experience with words that...
    Pictured are a cottonmouth, a copperhead showing how hard it is to be seen and an unusual pink copperhead.

    What I learned from Rufous

    By LARRY DABLEMONTRufous Still must have been in his late sixties or early seventies when I met...

    What I learned from Rufous
    By LARRY DABLEMONTRufous Still must have been in his late sixties or early seventies when I met...

    Metzger’s Mutterings

    By MELODY METZGERLamar DemocratTo say that my head had been in a fog the last couple of weeks is...

    Metzger’s Mutterings
    By MELODY METZGERLamar DemocratTo say that my head had been in a fog the last couple of weeks is...

    The Postscript

    By CARRIE CLASSON“Happy Anticipation”Since my niece Isabelle was little, she was always a...

    The Postscript
    By CARRIE CLASSON“Happy Anticipation”Since my niece Isabelle was little, she was always a...

    Fork in the road

    By JEN KIRBYAs we walk out each day on this earth, we are confronted with small and big...

    Fork in the road
    By JEN KIRBYAs we walk out each day on this earth, we are confronted with small and big...

    Metzger’s Mutterings

    By MELODY METZGERLamar DemocratI’m ready to get off this roller coaster ride we’ve been on with...

    Metzger’s Mutterings
    By MELODY METZGERLamar DemocratI’m ready to get off this roller coaster ride we’ve been on with...
    A 1948 aerial showing Taylor Motor Co (yellow arrow) behind the Plaza Theater. This is where Lamar Supermarket would be starting in 1959. Wayne Taylor's service station is shown with the green arrow.

    Lamar Super Market: Part of a long gone era

    By JOE DAVISBarton County Historical SocietyThese days we are surrounded by the “big-box store”....

    Lamar Super Market: Part of a long gone era
    By JOE DAVISBarton County Historical SocietyThese days we are surrounded by the “big-box store”....
    Grandpa McNew and me in 1953.

    Too soon old

    By LARRY DABLEMONTMy maternal grandparents, Bert and Hilda McNew, had a little farm out southeast...

    Too soon old
    By LARRY DABLEMONTMy maternal grandparents, Bert and Hilda McNew, had a little farm out southeast...
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    Columns
    Always speak well of those around you
    August 3, 2026
    By REV. DR. JACK SLADECornerstone Baptist ChurchHave you ever had an experience with words that has destroyed your confidence? Maybe you have had...
    Pictured are a cottonmouth, a copperhead showing how hard it is to be seen and an unusual pink copperhead. What I learned from Rufous
    August 3, 2026
    By LARRY DABLEMONTRufous Still must have been in his late sixties or early seventies when I met him. I expect he was born around 1900 or just a few...
    Printed Paper Online
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    Government
    Property transfers
    August 3, 2026
    Warranty Deed, filed July 27, 2026. Casey Dighero, Holly Dighero Mendez and Fernando Mendez to Yasmin Sairi Perez, College Hill Add-College Grounds (Lamar).Warranty Deed,...
    Property transfers
    July 27, 2026
    Warranty Deed, filed July 14, 2026. Michael Allen Moore and Michael A Moore to William Brice Schilling and Brittany Michelle Schilling, STR 17-32-30 //SE, STR 17-32-30...
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    2026: 8-12,19,26,9-2 Cooley Letters Granted
    August 3, 2026
    IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURIPROBATE DIVISIONIn the Estate ofGERALD LYLE COOLEY,Deceased.Estate No. 265B4-PR00035NOTICE OF LETTERS GRANTEDTo all persons...
    2026 LEGAL 8-12,19,26 BC Bridges-4x9
    August 3, 2026
    2026 LEGAL 8-5 Central Township-3x8
    July 31, 2026
    News
    Corn sweat and Missouri's sticky summer heat
    August 3, 2026
    COLUMBIA, Mo.- High temperatures and high humidity coinciding with one of corn’s most critical growth stages results in a condition many refer to as “corn sweat.”Corn sweat...
    Restored Missouri 4-H building opens at State Fair
    August 3, 2026
    SEDALIA- A landmark on the Missouri State Fairgrounds will begin a new chapter as the Missouri 4-H Foundation and Missouri State Fair celebrate the restoration of the...
    July of 2026 comparable to same time last year
    August 3, 2026
    By MELODY METZGERLamar DemocratA total average of 89.1 degrees was recorded by the weather station in Lamar during July of 2026. That’s only .1 of a degree less than July...
    Obituaries
    WILLIAM “BILLY” LEE BORDEN
    July 27, 2026
    William (Billy) Lee Borden, 58, passed away at 1:10 a.m., Monday July 21, 2026 at his residence in Mindenmines, Missouri.He was born May 14, 1968...
    STEVEN ALAN SLINKER
    July 22, 2026
    Steven Alan Slinker was born on Saturday, January 8, 1949, at 12:10 p.m. at the Lamar Clinic in Lamar, Missouri, to James Kent Slinker and Margie...
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    Marriage license application
    August 3, 2026
    The following have applied for a marriage license application:Levi Rylee Cameron, 26, Lamar and Alivia Kay Cole, 23, Lamar.
    Bethel Church to celebrate annual reunion
    July 30, 2026
    All are invited to Bethel Church to celebrate their annual reunion on Sunday, Aug. 9. A potluck lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., followed by a fellowship song service at...
    Barton County Senior Center Lunch Menu
    July 29, 2026
    August 3-7MONDAY- Biscuits and gravy, sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns, peaches, coffee/tea/milk.TUESDAY- Cheeseburger w/bun, lettuce, tomato, onion and pickle, potato...
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