Crawford
Road District #2 starts customer service program
Crawford County District #2 Commissioner Jared Boast has heard the concerns of those who’ve complained they couldn’t reach a person to report issues with roads or bridges and has initiated...
Commission directs boards on appointments
Crawford County Commissioners have drafted, approved, and sent out letters to representatives of the three boards that govern the operation of tax-funded entities in the county. The commission is responsible...
Pedestrian killed on I-44
An 18-year-old Sullivan pedestrian was killed in the early hours on Monday, September 26 when the woman entered the roadway on Interstate 44 and was struck by an oncoming vehicle.
Phelps
Senior Companions honors retiring commissioner
The Senior Companion Program recognized Randy Verkamp, Phelps County’s Presiding Commissioner, at their monthly in-service meeting September 20 at the Veteran’s Memorial Park Pavilion.
Phelps Health to hold groundbreaking for new Emergency Medical Services base
Phelps Health will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Emergency Medical Services (EMS) base and second helipad at 10:45 AM on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. The public is invited...
Phelps County has higher poverty rates than neighboring counties
On September 16, the Missouri Community Action Network (MCAN) released its 2022 Missouri Poverty report, which provides information across a variety of data showing aspects of poverty and how it...
Bourbon
Bourbon holding Heritage Day October 16
By Alice Bremer The Bourbon Community Foundation will host another Heritage Day in Bourbon on October 16 from 1-4 p.m. at the Bourbon Community Center. This is the third year...
Bourbon council hears update on water usage
During its regular monthly meeting last week, the Bourbon City Council heard an update on water usage from Monty Todd, who was tasked with performing a water study after it...
Zuzack family named Missouri Farm Family
Mike and Tammy Zuzack and family of Bourbon were among the families honored during the 64th annual Missouri Farm Family Day, Aug. 15 at the Missouri State Fair.
State and Regional
Financial aid workshops are being hosted by ECC
East Central College’s financial aid department will hold a series of workshops to help students fill out the 2023-24 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) over the course of...
ECC to host Manufacturing Day at BIC
East Central College is inviting local manufacturers and community members to its Business and Industry Center (BIC) to showcase the college’s career-ready programs and state-of-the-art equipment.
Area unemployment rates remained low in August
While Missouri’s unemployment rate was unchanged from July to August, area rates were mixed while remaining low. Crawford County also reported the same unemployment rate from July to August but...
Outdoors
MDC reminds people not to feed deer in CWD management counties
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is asking residents who live in Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) management counties to help slow the spread and reduce the impact of CWD in...
Keep and eat spotted bass to help smallmouth
By Larry Dablemont A couple of weeks ago a friend and I found a stretch of the Sac River we wanted to fish and a strange thing happened…we caught five...
Teen hunter enjoys teal opener
By Bill Cooper Teal are on the move. They begin their migrations from breeding grounds in the prairie pothole regions of the U.S. and Canada in mid-August as the primordial...
Entertainment
Old Iron Works Festival planned for October 8
With the onset of fall come the promise of cooler temperatures and colorful foliage displays in the Missouri Ozark. Events that take advantage of this natural backdrop are popular for...
Missouri Quilt Museum is voted best in the U.S.
The Missouri Quilt Museum, Hamilton, along with the National Quilt Museum of Paducah, Kentucky and the International Quilt Museum of Lincoln, Nebraska, have been chosen as the top quilt museums...
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove to speak at Missouri S&T
Rita Dove, whose many accomplishments include the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and a stint as United States Poet Laureate, will appear at Missouri University of Science and Technology as the...
Letters to the Editor
Smith is ineffective
The 8th Congressional District is suffering from the lack of effective representation in Congress. Jason Smith ranks last in effectiveness of all our federal elected officials according to an analysis...
Restore lost freedom
Is freedom important to you? The U.S. Supreme Court recently made the radical decision to overturn nearly 50 years of precedent and end the legal right to abortion opening the...
Scared and hateful
In regards to “You should be scared” is that what your religious belief is about! Being scared, frightened, than progressing into hate, vengeance revenge.
Opinions
There are so many benefits of spending time in greenspaces
By Dr. Graham A. Colditz, Siteman Cancer Center As wonderful as summertime can be, there’s also something really nice about the calendar—and the weather—turning toward fall. The light starts to...
Make a plan to pay for higher education
By Scott Fitzpatrick According to a Georgetown University study, the cost of higher education has increased 169 percent over the last 40 years. And according to Sallie Mae’s annual How...
It’s wrong for the government to tell us ‘Shut up or else’
By Gene Policinski There may be no worse assault on our freedom of speech than a law that would permit the government to tell us to “shut up” when it...