Crawford
Commission addresses road complaints
Both Crawford County Treasurer Karen Sikes and her husband have questioned commissioners about road maintenance in recent weeks, along with two other county residents.
Several facing felony drug, stealing charges
The Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney’s office has filed felony charges against the following people. Each person is presumed innocent of the charges until proven guilty in a court of competent...
MU Extension holds livestock drought recovery meetings in August
Livestock producers in the southern half of Missouri face many challenges because of the drought. To help ease their stress, University of Missouri Extension is holding free in-person meetings in...
Phelps
Missouri S&T makes list of “degrees of the future” for energy engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology is one of 15 U.S. universities chosen by the science and technology website Gizmodo as schools that offer the best energy engineering programs in...
HHS awards local health center with ARPA funding
South Central Missouri Community Health Center, of Rolla, will be one of 27 Missouri health centers to receive American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. The facility will get $65,500 to...
Arnold’s Grill-N-Smoke to serve lunch at the Rolla Regional Hiring Event at Columbia College
The Rolla Job Center is excited to announce that Arnold’s Grill-N-Smoke will be on hand at the Rolla Regional Hiring Event on Thursday, August 18, 2022, from 10a.m.-2p.m. at the...
Bourbon
American Legion Auxiliary makes donation for school supplies
Helping to make a better start to school, the Bourbon American Legion Auxiliary recently gave $200 to purchase supplies needed that have not been donated. Accepting the check and supplies...
BHS earns Esports award
Bourbon High School announced Monday that Generation Esports has selected the school as winner for its 2022 AMD Learn and Build STEAM (LABS) program.
Park Board Commission receives $500
The Bourbon Park Board Commission received a total of $500 dollars from Thrivent, to make repairs to playground equipment and for mulch to put around some of the equipment in...
State and Regional
American Lung Association Seeks Grant Applications from Innovative Researchers in Missouri
Today, the American Lung Association in Missouri announced the start of its 2023-2024 research awards and grants cycle. The organization is now accepting research grant applications from researchers here in...
CFO grants $25,000 from Let’s Get to Work Fund
In the first grants from the Let’s Get to Work Fund for the 2022–23 grantmaking cycle, the Community Foundation of the Ozarks is granting $25,000 to three agencies:
Patrol provides synopsis of some new laws related to public safety
The abbreviated descriptions below are intended to make the public aware of some of the new legislation enacted by the Missouri General Assembly which is related to crime and public...
Outdoors
2022 Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program grant application round is now open
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Division of State Parks, is now accepting application for the sixth round of the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP). For 2022, a total...
Now is the time to be fishing on top of the water
By Larry Dablemont Most reservoir bass fishermen fish deep in the summer, trying to lure a lunker by bouncing jigs over ledges and rocks. But if you want to fish...
Keep your torn plastic baits to use them with ‘wacky rigs’
By Bill Cooper Like everything else in our inflation crazed economy, soft plastic stick baits for bass fishing have become more expensive. Increased cost has caused even the best of...
Entertainment
Tammy Reid Collection at quilt museum
A new exhibit has opened at the Missouri Quilt Museum in Hamilton. Tammy Reid, wife of Kansas City Chief’s head coach Andy Reid, is displaying parts of her extensive quilt...
'The Great Gatsby' being presented by OAT August 11-21
Ozark Actors Theatre is proud to present THE GREAT GATSBY with Paul Pilcz, Shaina Vencel, and Brendan Massar leading the production. Pilcz comes to OAT by way of New York...
Ozark Actors Theatre presents Rumors
OAT is pleased to present RUMORS; its second main stage show this summer. This hilarious comedy was written by famed author of stage and screen Neil Simon. The farce follows...
Letters to the Editor
Bourbon firemen have great tradition
In the 1930s a group composed of merchants and citizens of Bourbon organized the Bourbon Volunteer Fire Dept. The original fire truck was a 1939 Chevrolet truck.
Please donate books to county inmates
We are once again, requesting your help with building up our Jail Library. In the past, our community has been very generous with donations of paperback books to the inmate...
Caring Center in dire need of assistance
The St. James Caring Center Commodity Day has hit a critical point with food distribution. Shortages at the Columbia Food Bank tricked down to our location the past two months....
Opinions
Start planning for a healthy school year
By Dr. Graham A. Colditz, Siteman Cancer Center It’s not what many kids want to hear right now, but the new school year is just around the corner. Even while...
Criminal justice is not a game
By Larry Newman Get out of jail free! No, we're not talking about playing a friendly game of Monopoly, but rather, the far higher stakes of criminal justice with habitual...
Support 911 tax increase during August 2 primary
If you want good service, especially in government, then you must be willing to pay for it. On the federal level we often ask for the best, our military is...