Opinion

By: Ernie Wren This Saturday, Father’s Day Weekend, is the annual Ashland Optimist Fishing Derby. The Derby will be held at the Ashland City park pond on Saturday, June 14th

By: Ernie Wren It’s great to be back after a vacation! New Orleans, Florida, and Universal Studios were a lot of fun, but the 90-degree weather, hot sun, and 12-ft

By: Ernie Wren This past week we celebrated “National Small Business Week,” which made me think about how our community has been blessed with small business owners who started here

By: Ernie Wren One of the hot topics of late has been that of the City of Ashland pulling the construction permit on the school district’s new VoAg wing at

By: Ernie Wren What a great past weekend, what with the city-wide garage sales, Southern Boone Area YMCA’s “Spring Clean 5K” and 10th year anniversary block party celebration, and the

By: Ernie Wren Joan Petralia is one of those people that do so much for the community year after year! Joan is a retired Southern Boone School District teacher who

By: Ernie Wren This past week, the local elections had a low turnout as voters were choosing among the candidates for our city council, fire district, and school board. Voters