Delta Dunklin Democrat

06/08/2026

Trivia fundraiser and $15 fish fry on June 25 will support Kennett’s OAKS Nutrition Center, with team tables, costumes, mulligans and a silent auction to help ease budget strain. Full article available at dddnews.com

06/08/2026

Kennett City Clerk administers the oath to recently hired police officers, left, James Wiggins, and Riley Harmon.

06/08/2026

Kennett marks America 250 with a Flag Day festival at Jones Park, featuring local bands, food trucks and family games, plus history programs and events afterwards.

Kennett marks America 250 with a Flag Day festival at Jones Park, featuring local bands, food trucks and family games, plus history programs and events afterwar...

06/07/2026

After a stray dog named Buddy changed one family’s life, his memory now shapes a kindergarten classroom, where a stuffed Buddy and daily awards teach children kindness.

After a stray dog named Buddy changed one family’s life, his memory now shapes a kindergarten classroom, where a stuffed Buddy and daily awards teach children k...

06/07/2026

How Revolutionary War soldiers turned simple flour rations into soft bread, hardtack, or “fire cake,” and the baking methods used in Washington’s army. — Kennett writer Carol Fisher takes a culinary trip into the past.

How Revolutionary War soldiers turned simple flour rations into soft bread, hardtack, or “fire cake,” and the baking methods used in Washington’s army.

06/06/2026

In a moment of reflection, Mike Buhler recalls covering the Kennett Indians baseball’s district title 20 years ago, remembering parents in the stands, friends lost, and the good days that time leaves behind.

In a moment of reflection, Mike Buhler recalls covering the Kennett Indians baseball’s district title 20 years ago, remembering parents in the stands, friends l...

06/06/2026

Super fan Kenny 'the magnet' Stroup recalls his friendship with Lou Holtz, years of letters and locker room visits, his many celebrity funerals, and an animated feature in the works about his life.

Super fan Kenny 'the magnet' Stroup recalls his friendship with Lou Holtz, years of letters and locker room visits, his many celebrity funerals, and an animated...

06/05/2026

Lincoln Day Banquet set for June 6 at Elk Chute Lodge in Gobler, Mo., featuring local candidates, state lawmakers and State Treasurer Vivek Malek as keynote; tickets $30.

Lincoln Day Banquet set for June 6 at Elk Chute Lodge in Gobler, Mo., featuring local candidates, state lawmakers and State Treasurer Vivek Malek as keynote; ti...

06/05/2026

"I really think (the publication) is so important because it's editorially independent, and that's something that we're kind of worried about because the Pentagon wants to control what comes out of the newspaper, and it just didn't really work back in World War II when General Patton tried to control the narrative. He tried to get Bill Mauldin's cartoons taken out because he thought that they were sloven, and you know, didn't reflect the Army, so getting the Pentagon back in the newspaper is not what we want."

“We need to keep it apolitical. I mean, Stars and Stripes has been in the media, and on the media bias charts it’s been right in the middle all the time, the whole time, always in the middle, up at the top and that’s where it needs to stay"

Museum director hopes editorial independence throughout history is preserved as Pentagon applies pressure on Stars and Stripes publication.

Museum director hopes editorial independence throughout history is preserved as Pentagon applies pressure on Stars and Stripes publication.

06/04/2026

After an eighth straight conference crown and a district title, Holcomb softball lands multiple all-conference, district and regional honors led by co-POYs Ella Lemings and Khloe Furlow.

After an eighth straight conference crown and a district title, Holcomb softball lands multiple all-conference, district and regional honors led by co-POYs Ella...