From its ridiculous opening scene, there is little denying that “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” is one of the stupidest movies of 2025. Its only real competition comes from Disney’s live-action “Snow White” remake thinking that its Dwarfs were fit for human eyesight. And it’s not even the fun kind of stupid horror movie. It was never really on the table for this to be a “good” horror movie like “Sinners,” but it could have at least been an interesting flavor of stupid. The potential for such flavor is at least present in the opening scene, but the movie squanders even that prospect fairly quickly. more

December 9, 2025 more

A multi-year behavioral health initiative funded by the Missouri Foundation for Health is reshaping how Polk County responds to residents experiencing a behavioral health crises. What began as a two-year project has now grown into a broader, community-wide effort—one that local leaders hope will reduce stigma, improve access to services, and prevent people from entering crisis in the first place. more

Jeffrey A. Madren more

“The Wonder of Christmas” more

Over 50 years and 100 games later, the epic Hwy 13 rivalry continues. The Drury men’s and women’s basketball team travels 27 miles up Hwy 13 for a battle on the hardwood in the Meyer Sports Center. With games starting at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1, Drury and SBU basketball programs are looking to give the Bearcats and Panthers faithful another entertaining edition of this rivalry. more

After numerous conference leading Bearcats, 10 SBU football members earn All-GLVC honors as announced by the conference office Monday afternoon, Nov. 24. This list included three 1st-Team, two 2nd-Team, and five Honorable Mentions for the Bearcats. more

For the BHS top tennis doubles team, it took three years. Senior, Kami Bryan and junior, Jillian Horner won three District Championships. They lost in the finals of State Doubles last year. more

Senior women’s soccer player Tamerra Gantt earned a Third-Team All-GLVC honor, as announced by the conference office Tuesday, Nov. 11. She is the second player to earn this honor for the program and first since 2021. more

The SBU men’s basketball team ended their opening weekend of play with a win over Ohio Dominican University. Holding the lead for the majority of the second half, they finished with a narrow 56-54 win moving to 1-1 on the season. more

The Bolivar High School cross country teams capped off an outstanding season with impressive finishes at the MSHSAA State Cross Country Championships this past weekend. more

Esbon Randall, 11 years old, killed his first deer with a 300 black out rifle while hunting the first weekend of the season. more

The season ended last week for the soccer Liberators in district competition with a hard fought loss to the top ranked team in Missouri Class 2. Led by six seniors who closed their BHS soccer careers with this tournament, the Liberators finished with a record of 18-6 and were ranked seventh in state rankings. more

After an amazing game plan and execution last week against Log-rog, the Liberators hoped to put another solid game plan in play against Carl Junction in the district playoffs. more

The 2025 tennis Lady Liberators are leaving their mark on a program that already boasts a reputation for success. This class of Bolivar athletes closed the season with some impressive stats but will be remembered for more than just what they accomplished on the court. For the second consecutive year, the Lady Liberators found themselves among the elite few playing on the final day of the Missouri high school girls tennis season. In a re-match of the 2024 State Championship, Bolivar fell to Clayton in the state semifinal round Thursday, Oct. 30 but returned Oct. 31 for a win over Kennett and a Class 1 third place finish. more

Liberator soccer closed out the regular season Tuesday night with a big win following a week with senior celebrations, program milestones and challenges from opponents, schedules, and weather. more

Learn more from MDC’s 2025 Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet, the MDC MO Hunting app, and online at mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/deer. more

The annual Morrisville Agrileaders/FFA Turkey Shoot will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 at the west ballfield at Marion C. Early School. more

On Friday, Oct. 24, the Bolivar Liberator football team traveled to Logan-Rogersville High School Wildcats in the last regular season game. more

The Bolivar High School girls golf team made history on Oct. 20-21, capturing a 6th-place finish at the MSHSAA State Golf Championships—the best team finish in school history. No other Bolivar golf program had sent a team to the state tournament before this year. more

Saturday morning, Oct. 25, the Southwest Baptist University women’s cross-country team competed against 13 teams at the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Championships in Romeoville, Illinois. As predicted in the preseason poll, the Bearcats placed second overall in the Women’s 6k with a score of 64 just behind Lewis University, the reigning GLVC champions. more

The annual Morrisville Agrileaders/FFA Turkey Shoot will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 at the west ballfield at Marion C. Early School. more

Postseason play came to Polk County Monday night after the Class 1 District 1 softball championship was relocated from Norwood to Bolivar, a more central location between the two finalists. The title game featured a familiar Polk County postseason matchup between the Halfway Lady Cardinals and the Marion C. Early Lady Panthers. This season’s final was the sixth meeting of the two programs in the last seven years of District tournaments. After eliminating the Lady Cardinals in postseason play and eventually earning District titles four straight years in 2020-2023 including back-to-back Final Four runs in 2022 and 2023, the Lady Panthers were reclassified to Class 2 for the 2024 season. This season found both teams back in Class 1 Districts together and the Lady Cardinals looking for a win of their own. more

Southwest Baptist men’s soccer closed out a historic weekend on the road with a 3–1 win over William Jewell on Sunday afternoon. The victory completed the Bearcats’ first full GLVC weekend sweep since the program’s restart after a shutout 3-0 victory on Friday over Truman State. This secured their most points in a single season since joining the conference, with 11 so far, with three games left to play. SBU was also the only GLVC team to go 2–0 this weekend. more

SBU Basketball is excited to host their annual meet the players night on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. This event is for all to come meet the 2025-26 men’s and women’s basketball teams, and will take place in the IM gym at the SBU Meyer Wellness Center. more