Stories from Friday, June 13, 2025

Clyde William “Bill” Hickman, Jr., 86, Deerfield, MO passed away on Tuesday, June 10th, 2025, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. Bill was born March 9, 1939 in Sheldon, MO, the son of Clyde & Lydia Louise (Tyree) Hickman. He married Argie Faye Shields on March 15, 1958 and she survives of the home...

Mary Ann (Fleener) Davis, 78,  passed away on June 9, 2025 at Truman Health Care in Lamar, MO.  She was born in Virgil City, MO on October 12, 1946, to Kenneth Marvin Fleener and Grace Catherine (Ketterman) Fleener. Mary was the fifth of eight children.   On March 19,...

Much has been written about the stately Hildebrandt mansion at 823 N. Washington, and several families – the Kapples, the Torontows, the Novaks – have enjoyed the spacious interior through the years with its 12-foot ceilings and ornate exterior and inviting front patio...

The annual Bushwhacker Days Qult Show featured another Opportunity Quilt, donated by th guild as a fundraiser. Proceeds from tickets for the quilt are used for the guild’s many projects, which include Fostering Hope, the Children’s Center, doll blankets for the children’s Christmas toy drive, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Habitat for Humanity, and Kits for Girls, as well as cash donations throughout Vernon County, according to Jean Whitworth, Bushwhacker Quilt Guild president...