Crawford
Road work to close lane on westbound I-44
Crews with the Missouri Department of Transportation will begin concrete repair work on Interstate 44 in Crawford County next week. The work will close one westbound lane of I-44 between...
Addiction recovery program implemented at county jail
Crawford County Jail inmates have a new opportunity to learn how to fight drug addiction in their lives. A support group program implemented in October gives incarcerated men and women...
County still seeking resolution to issues between assessor and collector
Crawford County Presiding Commissioner Leo Sanders recently reported that discussions were in progress between the county collector, assessor, and attorney to attempt to iron out the tax payment issues plaguing...
Phelps
S&T ‘Escape Room’ provides a welcome diversion during finals
Missouri University of Science and Technology’s career opportunities and employer relations (COER) department has constructed an “Escape Room” to help students unwind during the run-up to finals week at the...
Phelps Health’s Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive benefits more than 200 families
Phelps Health teamed up with GRACE (Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise) and Good Samaritan of the Ozarks this fall to provide Thanksgiving meals to more than 200 families in need...
S&T alumnus R. Tim Bradley to speak at Missouri S&T commencement Dec. 14
R. Tim Bradley of Austin, Texas, retired president of Kinder Morgan C02 Co., will speak at two commencement ceremonies at Missouri University of Science and Technology this month. Bradley earned...
Bourbon
New addition completed at the Bourbon City Park
The Bourbon Park Board Commission met at 5:30 p.m. on November 14, 2019. The Park Board Commission members were updated on the big ideas for the Bourbon City Park that...
BHS ag students hoping bond issue will bring new building
Bourbon High School agriculture students could see some major improvements coming to the program, provided voters approve a no-tax increase bond issue in April. The $2.3 million measure will also...
Senior Center will be closed Thursday and Friday
October and November birthdays and anniversaries were celebrated at the Bourbon Senior Meals and Activities Program on November 21. 2019. October birthdays were Dorothy Benthal and Randy Tyree. November birthdays...
State and Regional
Veteran public safety leader Zim Schwartze named Missouri Capitol Police Chief
Department of Public Safety Director Sandy Karsten today announced that Zim Schwartze has been named Chief of Missouri Capitol Police. Schwartze, a 28-year public safety veteran who is currently Director...
Missouri DHSS launches new online reporting system for adult abuse, neglect
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has integrated a new online reporting system for mandated reporters to ensure all concerns of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of...
Missouri AMBER Alert system receives upgrade to streamline notification process
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the Patrol has launched an upgraded Missouri AMBER Alert system that streamlines the process to get alerts to...
Outdoors
Most of 2019 was spent in the Missouri Ozarks
By Bill Cooper Another great year in the outdoors has come and gone. With its passing comes new opportunities in the world of outdoor media. One of the grandest things...
MDC encourages birders to help with Audubon Christmas Bird Count
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) encourages experienced birders to become citizen scientists by helping with the National Audubon Society’s 120th Annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) between Dec. 14 and...
Those ducks had to come from somewhere else
By Larry Dablemont Bolt and I loaded up the boat and headed for Truman Lake the day before Thanksgiving. Bolt is my big brown Labrador, the third or fourth greatest...
Entertainment
MU School of Visual Studies show coming to Rolla
The University of Missouri’s School of Visual Studies (SVS) Art on the Move (AOM) Outreach Program presents SVS student, Alex Sapaugh in Rolla, on Friday, December 6 for a reception...
Auditions for 9-5 The Musical planned
East Central College theatre is proud to announce auditions for their spring show, 9-5 The Musical with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and the book by Patricia Resnick, the...
Mound Ridge hosting fundraiser at Steelville winery
On Friday, Nov. 8, Mound Ridge Mission and Retreat Center will be holding a community fundraiser at Peaceful Bend Winery starting at 6:30 pm. This event is to support the...
Letters to the Editor
‘Prosperity Gospel’ is a plague on our country
Christmas, of course, celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. But you know what? Jesus did not come down here to set up a luxury resort, as some seem to believe....
Many helped to brighten Christmas
The numbers are in! A total of 12,567 shoeboxes were processed through the Central Drop-Off in Rolla compared to last year’s count of 11,093 for Operation Christmas Child.
Smith needs to quit spewing nonsense
First, I appreciate you for allowing others to express their beliefs and thoughts. Jason Smith’s weekly comments are so one-sided yet are placed in an editorial section every week.
Opinions
Economic freedom strong in Missouri
By R.W. Hafer Missouri is the 16th most economically-free state in the union according to the just released 2019 edition of the Economic Freedom of North America. The report is...
The (silent) one percent
By Matthew Evans What does it take to be in the one percent? Well, in our four counties (Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, & Texas) it takes a lot. In fact, to...
Broadband still elusive 50 years after Internet’s birth
By Eric Bohl On October 29, historians and computer scientists celebrated the 50th birthday of the internet. On that day in 1969, the very first login to the internet occurred....