Urbana First Baptist Church will have a special Good Friday Service at 6:30 p.m. April 7. Refreshments will be served afterward. more

Helping farming operations and individuals reach consumers through direct marketing of food products is the goal of a University of Missouri Extension webinar series. more

Fiction more

Load ’em up and ship ’em out. more

New Growth, a west central Missouri small-business support organization, opened a satellite office in March in Bolivar, to better serve the southern portion of its 15-county region, which includes Dallas County. more

The Fair Grove Sunshine Club met March 8 at the Fair Grove Senior Center. more

A Missouri girl in an Iowa setting more

Crash near Phillipsburg more

Duane Hamilton, full-time director at Dallas County 911, was sworn in as interim Buffalo police chief last Friday. The Buffalo City Council is pleased that he has agreed to take the position. more

At the end of life, a legacy is created by works, deeds and the family lineage they leave behind. Vernon Viets made his mark on Buffalo and Dallas County as a funeral director, helping hundreds of families say goodbye to their loved ones. more

Tongue in cheek, Mike Pearcy does fly high as a lifelong pilot. He is the managing partner for the cannabis facility south of Buffalo, Heartland Labs, that produces both medicinal and recreational marijuana, which allows others to fly high. Pearcy recently presented his cannabis business to the Buffalo Rotary Club. more

What chore do you absolutely hate doing? more

Groups have stepped up to support the Helping Hands cleanup days for the 2023 season. Special thanks goes to BHS Interact, 4-H groups, RTE 678 Youth Group, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Calvary Chapel High School, BHS FFA, OMB, BHS fall athletes and OakStar Bank. more

State Sen. Sandy Crawford and Dallas County Presiding Commissioner John Crawford attended a public meeting held by the Missouri Department of Conservation at Bennett Spring State Park to discuss the MDC’s plans for renovating the hatchery facility inside the park. The benefits to Dallas County of the park’s plans to renovate this aging infrastructure and its subsequent trout management plan are significant to economic development in the region. In addition, a new hatchery will draw anglers and tourists from across the country, as Bennett Spring offers a premier trout fishing experience for anglers. more

I would like to thank everyone for the beautiful cards and phone calls on my 90th birthday. They certainly brightened the day and my life. May God bless you! more

On March 9, Leadership Buffalo had the pleasure to learn from the Dallas County Historical Society. Linda Crawford went into detail of how Dallas County was founded from Polk County and wasn’t named Dallas until 1844. Records before 1867 are difficult to recover because of courthouse fires during the Civil War. Many records they still have are available over the older families from the area. more

The city of Buffalo Easter Egg Hunt Eggstravaganza is Saturday, April 1, and free for all ages. The egg hunt event begins at 10 a.m. There will be a special appearance by the Easter Bunny, and parents can snap photos of their children with Mr. Cottontail. more

Buffalo High School Interact Club is sponsoring a clothing drive from now through April 30, with proceeds going to the Dallas County R-1 School nurses. more

What is the Dallas County Community Foundation, and what has it been up to? more

The Women’s Ministry of the Dallas County Association of Southern Baptists invites the women of the area to the annual Ladies Retreat on April 29 at Macks Creek First Baptist Church. Registration beings at 8:30 a.m. with worship and classes running from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., costing $15 per person. more

Buffalo Songwriter Salon is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, April 1, at Maple & Main. Seriously, no April Fools’ joke here. more

Community members are invited to join Dallas County Family Medical Center physicians for Bison Walk and Talk, a monthly doctor-led community walking event to promote a healthier community. more

Members of the Dallas County Emergency Recovery Unit are traveling to Mississippi with their chain saws and other equipment this week to aid in the recovery of that state following a series of tornadoes that caused considerable damage. more

Students from Buffalo High School attended the 2023 Missouri Family, Career and Community Leaders of America State Leadership Conference on March 12-14 at Tan-Tar-A Conference Center in Osage Beach. Almost 1,500 delegates from across the state represented 8,603 members of Missouri FCCLA. more

The Reynolds Cemetery annual meeting will be at 2 p.m. May 6. This year’s meeting is being changed to a different date due to the unforeseen schedule conflict with the board members. Also, at 8 a.m. May 6, there will be an annual work/cleanup day in the cemetery. Anyone interested in helping with the maintenance and cleanup of the cemetery is encouraged to attend. Those who are involved in the cemetery and who are unable to make it for cleanup are encouraged to attend the 2 p.m. meeting. more