Crawford
The Doe Run Company supports STEM education at the Viburnum schools
This fall, The Doe Run Company (Doe Run) has pledged nearly $9,000 to support STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) curriculum at local school districts. The support is part of...
MBSH receives three PB 840 vents from BJC Emergency Supply
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital was able to secure three PB 840 Ventilators from BJC Emergency Supply. With the potential high demand for ventilators during the pandemic, MBSH was grateful to...
CC COVID cases increase by more than 100 for third straight week
More than 100 new COVID-19 cases were again reported over the past week in Crawford County, making this the third week in a row that number has been over that...
Phelps
DAR meeting being held December 5
Noah Coleman Chapter, NSDAR, will not meet in November due to Thanksgiving, but will meet Saturday, December 5 at 11:30 a.m. at Sybil's Restaurant in St. James.
Phelps County Commission orders mask mandate
The Phelps County Commission voted 2-1 on Tuesday to implement a mask mandate to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Presiding Commissioner Randy Verkamp and District #1 Commissioner Larry Stratman...
Health Department continues to struggle with number of COVID-19 cases
The Phelps/Maries County Health Department continues to struggle with the overwhelming number of cases of COVID-19 in the area. As testing expands and cases continue to rise across the state,...
Bourbon
New Mexican restaurant open in Bourbon
Maria and Figo Moreno recently opened Figo’s Mexican Barn in Bourbon at the former location of the Barn and Grill near Interstate 44. This is the family’s second location after...
Bourbon schools unlikely to make mask policy change
Following an announcement by the state that last week that schools can stop quarantining students and staff if they have possibly been exposed to the coronavirus as long as everyone...
More charges filed in Bourbon shooting case
The man who allegedly fired shots at another person outside of Bourbon on October 20 is in jail. The 21-year-old was originally charged with three felonies and held on a...
State and Regional
Missouri 2021 presenting program series
Missouri 2021 is rolling out a new virtual program series that focuses on the programs and events happening in Missouri to commemorate the state’s 200th anniversary of statehood. Leading up...
Governor announces launch of new COVID-19 vaccine website for missourians
As research and development of multiple COVID-19 vaccines continue to show promising safety and effectiveness findings, Governor Mike Parson today announced the launch of a new vaccine website for Missouri...
MSHP seeking applicants for next class
The Missouri State Highway Patrol, a premier law enforcement agency, is testing for new troopers. The Patrol is encouraging qualified individuals of all backgrounds to apply, and will offer testing...
Outdoors
They just don’t normally do that in winter
By Larry Dablemont As the seasons roll on in the outdoors, year after year, I see the strangest things…things I haven’t seen before. That happened again. Last week on one...
Winds of change for Missouri conservation regulations
By Bill Cooper Amidst tornado warnings and torrential rains, Missouri deer hunters bagged 80,550 deer on the opening weekend of Missouri’s firearms deer season. Of the 80,525 deer harvested, 48,695...
MDC reports November firearms deer harvest ends with 176,604
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 176,604 deer during the November portion of firearms deer season, Nov. 14-24. Of the...
Entertainment
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...
Missouri S&T theatre to host virtual ‘choose your own adventure’ play
Students of Missouri University of Science and Technology’s arts, languages, and philosophy department will present a two-part interactive Zoom play this October that allows attendees to create their own stories.
Letters to the Editor
Jaywalking should disqualify ballot
At a recent press conference President Trump announced that he now has his own cure for the coronavirus and he is making it available to the world free of charge....
Food pantry will accept food items
Since the Boy Scouts will not be helping to garner non-perishable food products for the Food Pantry in Bourbon this year, we will be accepting these products at the shop.
Disappointed
I am disappointed and saddened. Not mainly, however, because Donald Trump may not ultimately be president, but mainly because 70 million adult people voted for two attitudinal preborn baby killers,...
Opinions
Economic freedom in Missouri improves
By Rik W. Hafer How about some good economic news. According to the just released 2020 edition of Economic Freedom of North America, Missouri ranks as the 12th most economically...
What is coming next?
By Phill Brooks The title of this column is a question that kept popping into my head during Missouri's gubernatorial campaign. That question repeatedly was asked by fictional Pres. Jed...
We cannot allow our 1st Amendment rights to become ‘wrongs’
By Gene Policinski When do our First Amendment rights become “wrongs?” Well, when it comes to exercising your rights of free speech, assembly and petition in Tennessee, be careful. Setting...