The Vedette

The Vedette The Vedette has been providing news and information to Dade County and surrounding areas since 1866. Murphy, who also served as Dade County Assessor. Charles W.

Now locally owned and operated by Krista Guy and Marlene DeClue. The Vedette of today is successor of the original publication, The Greenfield Vidette (Est. 1866), as well as The Dade County Advocate (Est. 1874), The Greenfield Advertiser (Est. 1954) and The Miller Press (Est. 1956). "The Greenfield Vidette" was established in August 1866 by John W. Just two years later, the paper was sold to its

employees, Mason Talbutt and John Griggs, with Talbutt taking full ownership not too long after. Talbutt sold the paper in the summer of 1870 to (Maj.) Griffith, a native of Ohio, who would anglicize the name of the publication from the French "Vidette" to the English "Vedette." It has retained that name since, and the Griffith family continued to own and operate The Vedette for over 70 years. Phil S. Griffith succeeded his father Charles when he died in 1893, and when Phil Griffith died of a heart condition in 1918, he was succeeded by his brother Arthur Griffith. The Dade County Advocate was founded by Mason Talbutt in 1874, after he sold the Vedette, and The Advocate became The Vedette’s in-county partisan political rival in their early days. Talbutt later also became a county judge, and "Judge Talbutt" became the title by which he was commonly known. The mostly cordial competitors finally merged in 1951 to form “The Greenfield Vedette and Dade County Advocate.”

The Greenfield Advertiser, long owned by James "Jim" and Hilda (McConnell) Wallace, provided competition to The Vedette-Advocate, but it, too, was eventually combined with The Vedette-Advocate in 1981. At that time, the trade name of the publication was shortened to The Vedette, with the Advocate and Advertiser names retained on the masthead for several years afterward as well. In 1983, The Miller Press of Miller, Mo., came under common ownership with the Vedette, and the two staffs were slowly combined and some content shared between the sister papers. The Press was owned and operated for many years by Kenneth and Flavia Friar, who remained in the printing business in the Miller community for some years after selling the newspaper. The decision to fold The Press into The Vedette was made by a previous ownership group, occurring with the first edition of The Vedette in 2001. Today, The Vedette continues to provide news and information in print and online (and through TMC product The Lake Stockton Shopper) to all of Dade County, northern Lawrence County, and parts of Greene, Barton, Cedar, Jasper and Polk counties in Missouri. It is now a part of Lewis County Press, LLC, a growing company focused on providing quality news coverage to communities across Missouri and Mid-America.

07/04/2025

View George Irving Lioret, Jr.'s obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

Get out and celebrate this weekend with the Dadeville 4th of July Parade tomorrow at 11 am and Ash Groves Sparks in the ...
07/04/2025

Get out and celebrate this weekend with the Dadeville 4th of July Parade tomorrow at 11 am and Ash Groves Sparks in the Park on Sunday, July 6th.

REMINDER - Our offices will be closed tomorrow. Wishing you all a safe and Happy Independence Day!
07/03/2025

REMINDER - Our offices will be closed tomorrow. Wishing you all a safe and Happy Independence Day!

07/03/2025

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07/03/2025
07/03/2025

Join us as we celebrate our country tomorrow! Bring lawn chairs, a side dish, your favorite homemade ice cream and some fireworks and come have a blast with us!! 🇺🇸❤️💙🇺🇸

07/03/2025

Hungry for some Cashew Chicken? You’re in luck. The Miller Football Club is putting on a drive thru Cashew Chicken dinner on July 13th to help raise funds to send the football program (JH & HS) to team camp at Drury University.

Chef Travis Woods will be preparing the food for us and let me tell you it’s good. Mr Leong the inventor of Cashew Chicken would be impressed.

To order a meal please go to the link below. We need to have all orders in by 5pm on 7/11.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2Y5WLJCIDBJzxrv2tKAf5J5WRtNAIlG1-wtctJfCAo4q8mg/viewform

Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing everyone on the 13th.

>Leong

Cover Photo of the Month - Share your photos in the comments below for a chance to be our cover photo of the month for J...
07/03/2025

Cover Photo of the Month - Share your photos in the comments below for a chance to be our cover photo of the month for July. One photo will be picked at random on Monday, July 7th.

07/02/2025
07/02/2025

By Bob JacksonThe Greenfield Missouri City Park on Saturday, June 28, was the spot for the annual Celebrate America event to start the 4th of July...

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