Crawford
COVID cases slow in Crawford County
Following several weeks with high counts, including one at the top spot in the state for its infection rate, Crawford County is reporting fewer positive COVID-19 cases and a correlating...
County taxes put on April ballot
Crawford County will ask voters to renew two sales taxes in April. Two half-cent taxes will expire at the end of 2021 unless voters agree to extend them. One funds...
More drug trafficking charges filed against Wade, Carty
Additional drug trafficking charges have been filed against a Steelville man and Cuba woman by the Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney. The class A felony charges were filed on January 4...
Phelps
One dead, one injured after shooting near Doolittle
One person is dead after a fatal shooting took place outside Doolittle on Saturday, according to the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department.
Phelps County Extension Council election is next week
Six residents are running for five open positions on the University of Missouri Phelps County Extension Council and the election will run from January 25-29. Anyone citizen of voting age...
Phelps Health plans vaccination event
Beginning Monday, January 18, Phelps Health will hold a vaccination clinic from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Phelps Health Delbert Day Cancer Institute (please enter from the west...
Bourbon
Snow cancels BHS homecoming
Bourbon High School was scheduled to host Viburnum last Friday for its annual homecoming games and coronation but the event had to be canceled due to winter weather. Homecoming has...
Charges filed for drug sale near elementary school
The man who allegedly sold meth near the elementary school in Bourbon in 2019 now faces felony charges for the incident.
BHS homecoming planned for Friday
Students at Bourbon High School are celebrating homecoming this week. Activities began on Monday and will conclude with the annual homecoming basketball games and coronations ceremony on Friday.
State and Regional
Tax Form 1099-G available online For Missourians who claimed unemployment benefits
Missourians who received unemployment benefits in 2020 can now view, print and download their 1099-G tax form online at uinteract.labor.mo.gov.
Governor announces activation of First Tier of Phase 1B of Missouri’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
Today, Governor Mike Parson announced the activation of Phase 1B - Tier 1 of Missouri’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan.Federal partners have informed the state that they plan to significantly increase vaccine...
Literacy Council establishing county committees
The East Central Area Literacy Council is establishing county committees comprised of volunteers to support adult education programs. Each committee will be comprised of local volunteers, an Adult Education and...
Outdoors
MDC offers free virtual field to freezer sausage making class Jan. 19
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will offer a free virtual class in sausage making from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Venison or elk are especially popular...
Powder Valley Nature Center’s Evening with Raptors goes virtual Jan. 29
Bird buffs, falcon fanciers, and anyone enraptured by raptors are invited to meet the objects of their admiration online during this year’s An Evening with Raptors virtual event.
A magnificent place with unusual sights
By Larry Dablemont You see some strange things in nature when you spend as much time outdoors as I do. I live in the woods far from people, and I...
Entertainment
OAT acquires Pine Street property
Ozark Actor’s Theatre (OAT) has acquired a property located at 612 Pine Street, Rolla, MO through a grant from the Missouri Department of Economic Development and a generous gift from...
ECC Theatre to tell tales from the shadows
Join the East Central College Theatre Department on campus for a chilling theatrical experience featuring storytelling and surprises. Tales from the Shadows is a unique outdoor event that includes a...
OAT Radio Show planned for October 29-30, November 6-7
The Cedar Street Players, the Community Theatre branch of Ozark Actors Theatre’s, are pleased to present the OAT Radio Show, October 29, and 30, and November 6 and 7. This...
Letters to the Editor
Violence can’t be allowed
Our government cannot allow violence—whether against itself or its citizens and their properties. And sometimes drastic measures need to be taken to prevent it. Romans 13:1 in the Bible says...
Museum needed in Steelville
As an active member of the community who cares in the preservation of our history, I believe that Steelville needs a museum. For several years the idea of building a...
We must take our country back
I am bitter about the socialist communist progressives which aren’t Democrats in our government.
Opinions
Protest is how we talk to ourselves as a nation, but violence isn’t protest
By Gene Policinski Assembling to protest is our right under the First Amendment—it’s how we talk to each other as a nation. Sometimes politely. But often not. Occasionally at the...
Public opinion and costs support putting an end to the death penalty
By David Dozier A study in California revealed that the cost of capital punishment in the state has been over $4 billion since it was reinstated in 1978. Since California...
You can help KC’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum honor its great American legacy
By Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt and U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver II On a mild Chicago afternoon on Oct. 20, 1924, the Kansas City Monarchs baseball team took the field...