Crawford
BJC HealthCare’s Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital opens COVID-19 collection site
BJC HealthCare’s Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital opened a COVID-19 specimen collection site today to help create more widely available testing resources throughout the region.
New CASA volunteers sworn in
Two new groups of community volunteers were recently sworn in as Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) by Judge Megan Seay, Presiding Circuit Judge of the 42nd Judicial Circuit. Mid-Ozark CASA,...
Circuit court announces additional pandemic changes in operation
In compliance with the Missouri Supreme Court’s Administrative Order 1795 dated April 1, 2020, the Office of State Courts Administrator’s “Statement on The Courts and the Coronavirus” and Governor Mike...
Phelps
Races development for commission, coroner offices as county candidate filing closes
Candidate filing for Phelps County offices closed on March 31, with nine candidates seeking two seats as county commissioners and two running for county coroner. Several other seats will be...
Missouri S&T postpones spring commencement
Missouri University of Science and Technology will postpone its spring commencement ceremonies to a date to be determined, Chancellor Mo Dehghani announced today (Thursday, April 2).
Missouri S&T students provide face shields for medical workers
Tom Hoing (left) and Max Foley (center), engineering students at Missouri University of Science and Technology, deliver the first run of over 1,000 face shields for medical personnel to Dr....
Bourbon
Bourbon Boosters make March Book Buzz donation
Jenna Kuenzel of the Bourbon Boosters shows off the March Book Buzz books recently donated to the Bourbon Elementary School library by the organization as part of Three Rivers Publishing’s...
Bourbon officials sued by former police chief
The city of Bourbon, mayor, and entire Bourbon City Council is being sued in their official and personal capacities by former police chief Paul Satterfield in the wake of his...
Bourbon city hall closed to public
During its meeting this week, the Bourbon City Council voted to close city hall until further notice due to the ongoing pandemic. The city also took action to help residents...
State and Regional
Department of Social Services extends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
In response to COVID-19, the Department of Social Services is extending the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program from March 31, 2020 to May 31, 2020 for Missourians who have not...
SEMA adapts Applicant Briefing to online presentation in support of local governments, nonprofits statewide involved in COVID-19 response
Following the federal disaster declaration for COVID-19 on March 26, the State Emergency Management Agency has made an online applicant briefing available for local government and nonprofit agencies statewide that...
Missouri.FreeLegalAnswers.org expands guidelines to help Missourians in need of legal answers
Even in these uncertain times, Missouri lawyers are here to help by fielding legal questions about COVID-19 and its impact on our lives and livelihoods. Missouri.FreeLegalAnswers.org, a virtual legal clinic...
Outdoors
MDC encourages you to enjoy Missouri’s flowering trees and shrubs!
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) encourages people to unwind in nature by enjoying Missouri’s flowering trees and shrubs. Many of Missouri’s native trees and shrubs bloom in spring, putting...
Missouri State Parks modifies operations to address overcrowding
Out of an abundance of caution and in response to recent events, Missouri State Parks will modify operations at five state parks to address overcrowding and concerns regarding public safety....
White bass fun with light tackle
By Larry Dablemont White bass caught on ultra-lite equipment, will outfight about anything in a stream…except smallmouth. And when there is a good current in a tributary to any Ozark...
Entertainment
Storytellng festival goes virtual
Many events this spring have been postponed due to COVID-19. The St. Louis Storytelling Festival did the opposite, launching a month early—as a virtual festival, of course.
Dent County Courthouse holding 150th birthday celebration Monday, March 30
By Deloris Gray Wood A 150th birthday ceremony will be held on the exact date, when the contract was let to build the Dent County Courthouse at 4 p.m. on...
Vichy Fire Department to host dessert auction and cake walk on March 14
The Vichy Vol. Fire Department's Annual Old-Fashioned Pie Supper, Dessert Auction and Cake Walk is at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 14 at the Vichy Firehouse and Community Hall. The...
Letters to the Editor
Think about the price Jesus paid
Jesus. Can we even begin to comprehend what He has done for us? His death on the cross is one of the most painful ways a person can die, yet...
What is the truth?
It is extremely difficult to decipher the truth when our contemporary media bring the news. Not since the time of Walter Cronkite and Tom Brokaw do people accept what is...
No toilet paper, no loan
My wife and I had a totally unbelievable experience this week. We went to our bank to see about getting a loan and they wouldn’t even talk to us about...
Opinions
The coronavirus and local job loss
By Rik W. HaferYou already have seen how efforts to thwart the spread of the coronavirus have led to significant jobs loss. Early forecasts see it getting worse before it...
Capitol Perspectives: Issues in covering coronavirus
By Phill BrooksThe coronavirus pandemic has raised some difficult journalistic questions for which there are not easy answers.Journalists are facing conflicts between stessing good health practices while, at the same...
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“Desperate times call for desperate measures.” According to Wiktionary, this phrase likely originates from a saying of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, which appears in his Aphorisms: "For extreme diseases,...