Crawford
Treasurer reports on fund balances, seeks higher bond
Crawford County Treasurer Karen Sikes presented a financial report and made an official proposal to increase her bond at the Crawford County Commission meeting on January 17. She provided year-end...
State Rep Copeland promotes rural county legislation
Missouri Representative Ron Copeland visited the Crawford County Commission meeting on Tuesday, January 17. He participated briefly in discussion on county investments and mentioned a couple of bills he has...
Commission hears report on county investments
Crawford County will have $1 million invested this year, part of the promise made to voters to set aside funds as a cushion for the county when the additional half-cent...
Phelps
Two online S&T grad programs in top 10 of U.S. News & World Report rankings
Two of Missouri University of Science and Technology’s graduate online engineering programs are among the top 10 nationwide, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Online Master’s in...
Phelps County Sheriff’s Department report
On 01/16/2023, deputies responded to the 16000 block of N Highway 68 and arrested Christina M. Schmitt, 34 of Cuba, on a Crawford County warrant charging her with possession of...

Operation Christmas Child team celebrates successful campaign
The South Central Missouri Area Team (SCMAT) for Operation Christmas Child was blessed to receive approximately 13,400 shoeboxes from 10 different Missouri counties.
Bourbon
Bourbon superintendent search moving ahead
The search to find a new superintendent continues as the Bourbon Board of Education plans on conducting the first round on candidate interviews this week. Last month, the board selected...

Bourbon church welcomes new pastor
New Pastor at First Baptist Church of Bourbon – First Baptist Church of Bourbon is pleased to announce they have a new pastor. Brother Brendon Sanders has already begun and...
Business assessment meeting planned in Bourbon
Bourbon Economic Development, Missouri S&T, and the Missouri Small Business Development Center will be hosting a “Business Assessment and Planning” meeting on Wednesday, February 9, at the Bourbon American Legion...
State and Regional
AmeriCorps ranks Missouri 10th in the nation for formal volunteering in latest Volunteering and Civic Life in America research
The Missouri Community Service Commission (MCSC) announced today that AmeriCorps determined more than 1.4 million Missourians formally volunteered through an organization from September 2020 to September 2021. These volunteer efforts...
Department of Natural Resources receives more than $5.8 million to reclaim abandoned coal mine sites in Missouri
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will receive more than $5.8 million in new federal funding to reclaim abandoned coal mine sites across the state. Allocated through the Bipartisan Infrastructure...
MPUA awarded $1.1 Million DED grant for workforce training
The MPUA Resource Services Corporation (MPUA-RSC) has been awarded a $1,142,145 ARPA Workforce Training Grant from the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED). MPUA-RSC will be able to offer additional...
Outdoors
Black death and bad news are coming
By Larry Dablemont They are coming, and believe me, nothing seems to slow them down. They are non-native birds known as black vultures…an evil plague on the Ozarks.
Sam Potter is a long-time educator and fishing guide
By Bill Cooper “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent. Sam Potter, of Rolla, seems, at first glance, to be a quiet, unassuming man. Underneath that...
Henges Shooting Range to offer four-part fly-tying program again in February
The art and craft of tying flies for fly fishing may seem inaccessible, but it is something that can be learned. Whether you want to try your hand pursuing trout...
Entertainment
Buddy Mondlock to perform for The Ozark Artists Theatre in Rolla
Award winning singer/songwriter Buddy Mondlock will be performing a record release concert presented by The Ozark Actors Theatre at the Cedar Street Playhouse in Rolla on Friday, February 10th at...
SIX the Musical playing at The Fox Theatre January 24-February 5
The Fabulous Fox Theatre is delighted to announce the casting for the Tony Award®-Winning electrifying new musical phenomenon SIX by Tony Award®-winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss playing at the...
Les Misérables playing at the Fox January 17-22
Casting for Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISÉRABLES, has been announced for the touring production coming to the Fabulous Fox...
Letters to the Editor
Smith misleads voters
In a recent “Capitol Report” Jason Smith accuses the “Washington Democrats” of throwing “trillions of taxpayer dollars down the drain to reward the wealthy and score political points with the...
Good year for unborn
Last year was a wonderful year for preborn babies. Roe v. Wade was overturned. The decision of whether to allow abortions is now left up to each state. Those of...
Law of love
Words have meaning and have consequences. Take the above—law of love. Some people claim that law is restrictive of love. Actually, law shows the way that love is achieved. Christians...
Opinions
State voters won’t fall for politicians ballot initiative power grab
By Jamie Corley For over a century, Show-Me-State voters have had the ability to amend the constitution by ballot initiative and simple majority vote. As a conservative, I take pride...
MOFB looks forward to 2023 legislative session
By Garrett Hawkins The 2023 Missouri Legislative Session is underway and legislators have been back in Jefferson City since January 4. Every year brings a new opportunity to address items...
Can’t see voters for the roads
Despite years of complaints from voters, the Crawford County Commission can’t seem to bring itself to make a needed change in the way it operates when it comes to road...