The 2022 Ozarks Writers League Youth Writing Contest for students in grades 7-12 is now open. The categories include (1) Short story (fiction or non-fiction): Any genre,...

This year’s recipient of the Chance Kentner Memorial Scholarship is Golden City senior Caleb Cifuentes. Caleb will be attending Crowder College in...

SPRINGFIELD- School bells will be calling students back to the classroom soon and the American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas has steps everyone can take to help kids...

By JOE MOORE Lamar Police Chief The Lamar Police Department would like to remind everyone that the school year is starting. As it does start back traffic will increase...

SPRINGFIELD- Missouri State University awarded 2,878 degrees to students in spring 2022. The commencement ceremonies took place May 20, at Great...

Stuff the Bus, previously known as Tools for Schools, returned to the Lamar Walmart parking lot on Thursday and Friday, July 21 and 22 and thanks...

COLUMBIA, Mo.- The University of Missouri held its 2022 commencement exercises in May, with 5,828 students receiving a total of 6,360 degrees and certificates. Area...

The Wednesday, July 13 meeting of the Lamar R-1 School Board was opened by superintendent Dr. Zach Harris. The minutes from the June 22 meeting were unanimously approved...

By SAMANTHA NOVAK COLUMBIA, Mo.- Dwayne Watts of Lamar is among Missouri’s brightest high school students who attended the Missouri Scholars Academy (MSA) in June at the...

Come help “Stuff the Bus” with school supplies on Thursday and Friday, July 21 and 22, at the Lamar Walmart parking lot. This is an annual event...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah- Lane Marshall Wilson, Lamar, Mo., was named to the University of Utah’s Spring 2022 Dean’s List. Wilson, who major is listed as Biology BS, was...

SAN ANGELO, Texas- Nearly 170 Angelo State University student-athletes, including Katelyn Mooney of Lamar, Mo., have been named to the Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s...

By MELODY METZGER Lamar Democrat The 2022-2023 Lamar R-1 Budget was unanimously approved at the monthly school board meeting held June 22. Items coming before the board...

SPRINGFIELD- Earning a spot on Drury University’s Dean’s List is a significant accomplishment. The recognition means a student earned a grade point average of 3.6 or...