Crawford
Series of drug charges filed in Crawford County
Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney David Smith filed criminal charges on April 15 against several people for drug-related felonies. The series of cases, though unrelated, all date back to incidents that...
Steelville man arrested with meth and loaded guns
Crawford County Sheriff Darin Layman issued the following press release on Thursday afternoon, April 18: On April 17, members of LANEG and the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office executed a drug...
Apartment break-in results in burglary and assault charges
Burglary and assault charges have been filed against a Sullivan man who allegedly forced his way into an apartment in order to take his infant child from the mother.
Phelps
OAT receives $250 community grant for summer theatre academy
Meramec Regional Community Foundation (MRCF) awarded Ozark Actors Theatre a $250 grant for its summer theatre academy. The check was presented at MRCF’s invite-a-friend luncheon March 12 at MRPC in...
Leuthauser named as new director
Yvonne Leuthauser was named as the new director of the Phelps County Senior Companion Program on April 1, 2019. Leuthauser has been coordinator for the Senior Companion Program since March...
Meeting being held April 20
The Noah Coleman Chapter April 20 meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m. at Sybill’s in St. James, Missouri.
Bourbon
Assault charges filed after man threatens LEOs
A Leasburg man stands charged with resisting arrest, assault, and attempted assault on law enforcement, after an incident that took place at his home on April 13.
Bourbon Boosters make April Book Buzz donation
Alice Bremer of the Bourbon Boosters shows off the April Book Buzz books the Boosters recently donated to the Bourbon School library as part of Three Rivers Publishing’s Newspapers In...
Missouri S&T to hold presentation
By Alice Bremer On Tuesday, April 23 the Bourbon Boosters, Bourbon Community Foundation and the City of Bourbon will host the group of students from Missouri S&T of Rolla to...
State and Regional
House passes carjacking, tax extension, digital license bills
By Anna Lewis, Missouri News NetworkThe House passed a slew of legislation Monday, including bills that deal with carjacking, an emergency income tax extension and digital driver's licenses.Lawmakers passed HB...
United in tragedy, two fathers push for changes to Amber Alert system
By Abigail E. Shaw, Missouri News NetworkJEFFERSON CITY — Jim Wood and Markus Owens sat side-by-side in a House hearing room Monday.Wood’s son, Craig, killed Owens’ 10-year-old daughter, Hailey, five...
Proposal places limits on open state demographer position
By Rosemond Crown, Missouri News NetworkJEFFERSON CITY — One person in Missouri will soon hold the very powerful title of “state demographer,” playing a key role in redrawing district lines...
Outdoors
Department of Natural Resources hosts 25th annual Earth Day celebration April 26
More than 1,000 children from schools across Missouri will visit Jefferson City next week to join in the 2019 Earth Day celebration. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the...
MDC offers Discover Nature Girls Camp July 8 at Busch Shooting Range
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will be offering its ninth annual Discover Nature Girls Camp Monday, July 8 at the August A. Busch Shooting Range and Outdoor Education Center...
Celebrate Kids to Parks Day the entire month of May in Missouri State Parks
Missourians can experience fun, family-friendly activities throughout the state park system during the month of May in celebration of Kids to Parks Day.
Entertainment
Take part in Missouri S&T’s 18th annual Earth Day celebration
ROLLA, Mo. – Learn how different organizations throughout Rolla practice sustainability at Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Earth Day celebration this month.
Come From Away playing at the Fox May 14-26
St. Louis is thrilled to announce the national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, will make...
Easter pageant being held at First Baptist Church of Salem
The First Baptist Church of Salem will hold their 2019 Easter Pageant presented by the Celebration Choir and cast on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14 and Saturday, April...
Letters to the Editor
No to campus carry
I remember…Uncle Frank and his .22 and terrier Mitzi with a mess of squirrels that they had hunted. My brothers’ excitement about deer season. I remember a deer hanging in...
Close our primaries
Recently you printed a letter warning your readers about the closed primary legislation currently under consideration in our general assembly (“Beware of proposed voting change”, April 4, 2019 opinion page)....
Facts of the Bible
This letter is about facts of the Bible. Whether or not a person believes them is their choice. Fact 1: the Jew Jesus of Nazareth said "I am the way...
Opinions
Be honest with Missourians about tax withholdings
By Nicole Galloway, CPA, Missouri State Auditor When Missourians filed their taxes this year, they probably didn't spend a lot of time thinking about money that had been held back...
Let Parson be Parson
By Phill Brooks As the Kansas City Star noted just before the legislature went on its spring break, it's been a rough beginning for Missouri's Republican governor. The Republican-controlled House...
Floodplains are just not suitable for development
While some of our elected officials are calling for bigger and taller levees to hold back the annual spring flooding on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, which would ultimately just...