Crawford
County treasurer disagrees with minutes, news article
Crawford County Treasurer Karen Sikes has expressed her disagreement with information reported in the commission meeting minutes, and in the Crawford County Commission Notes for January as printed in the...
Stolen car found near Birds Nest
A Sullivan woman has been charged with stealing a car in Cuba and abandoning it in a ravine near the Birds Nest river access point. According to court documents, the...
Clerk praises voters for balanced budget
Crawford County has a truly balanced budget for the first time in many years, and it’s due in large part to the increased sales tax approved by voters in April...
Phelps
Missouri S&T design teams on display at St. Louis Science Center
The St. Louis Science center will celebrate National Engineers Week 2019 with a program called SciFest: Engineering Expo. Visitors are invited to see, touch and interact with student engineering projects...
MRPC staff attends DRA training
Executive directors and staff from Missouri’s five Local Development Districts joined more than 80 leaders from across the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) region and DRA staff for a training workshop...
PPQG celebrates member’s accomplishment
Recently several members of the Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild (PPQG) gathered at a guild workshop; learning the Braided Star quilt block pattern designed by member Dana Moore. Many of...
Bourbon
Keep the Faith night is big success for Lady Warhawks
On Saturday, February 9, the Lady Warhawks Basketball Team hosted the “Keep the Faith” night at their game against the Lady Blue Jays from Viburnum. The night was held to...
Car thief caught in Bourbon
A Leasburg man stands charged with stealing a car from a Bourbon home, with an investigation showing that he had attempted to steal several other vehicles on the same date....
Man robs Bourbon convenience store at gunpoint
Armed robbery and assault charges have been filed against a Union man who stole money from the ZX gas station in Bourbon on February 10. Mark Tanner Lusty, 25, stands...
State and Regional
Auditor Galloway releases compilation of Criminal Activity Forfeiture Act (CAFA) seizure reports for 2018
• Reports from prosecuting attorneys and Attorney General show $9.1 million seized under CAFA, up from $7 million in 2017 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (Feb. 21, 2019) Missouri State Auditor Nicole...
Should those on Medicaid have to work for coverage? Some senators say yes
By Elizabeth Elkin, Columbia MissourianJEFFERSON CITY — Able-bodied Medicaid recipients would have to meet minimum work requirements to keep their benefits under a proposal being debated by state senators.
Changing Missouri's Constitution could be harder under slew of Senate bills
By Yue Yu, Columbia MissourianJEFFERSON CITY — She stood out day and night. She stood out in cold and heat.Sherry Golden, a home care worker in St. Louis, fought hard...
Outdoors
Plenty going on involving outdoors in winter
We may be in the grip of winter, but the hardiest outdoorsmen are enjoying outdoor activities. However, there are plenty of activities and actions going on in the great outdoors...
MDC offering four prescribed burn workshops during March in the St. Louis region
Prescribed fire is a valuable tool that can help landowners achieve their land management goals and benefit native plants and wildlife at the same time.The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC)...
Hasn't February just been grand?
At my corn feeder here on my wooded ridge-top, a pair of deer fed while it snowed, and in the cedars around it, there was a covey of quail, nine...
Entertainment
Waitress to play the Fabulous Fox Theatre March 25-April 7
St. Louis is thrilled to announce WAITRESS will play the Fabulous Fox Theatre for a limited 2-week engagement March 26-April 7.
Cody Johnson returning to 2019 Crawford County Fair
Fans of country music performer Cody Johnson were more than a little disappointed after his concert was rained out on the final night of the 2018 Crawford County Fair. Those...
Ethel performing at the Leach Theatre
The string quartet ETHEL will perform alongside three-time Grammy Award winner Robert Mirabal this February as a part of the 2018-19 Campus Performing Arts Series at Missouri University of Science...
Letters to the Editor
Seek forgiveness
In his letter last week Stan Schell gives a scenario that, if true, would be reason for complaint. However, I noticed that he does not mention the actual crime for...
Just propaganda
A recent missive from Congressperson (Jason) Smith states the federal government should be run like a family farm in terms of dealing with a budget. That is wrong.
More food control?
The latest entry in the perpetual quest to “fix” the food system, the EAT-Lancet Commission, has released its report urging nothing less than a Great Food Transformation, to be kicked...
Opinions
Transit funding—the deficit vs. the need
By Denny Ward As one of the nation’s largest rural public transportation providers, and the second largest rural provider in the state of Missouri, Southeast Missouri Transportation Service (SMTS) began...
Drugs, cops, politics and some compromise
By Phill Brooks Ever since the first narcotic monitoring bill was introduced into Missouri's legislature 14 years ago, I've wondered about the real motivations and forces behind the bill. Has...
How to win money for state highways
By Phill Brooks Missouri's governor and legislators should look to 1987 to find an effective way to address the financial problems of our state highways being addressed this year by...