Crawford
Contract awarded to Capital Paving and Construction to resurface the outer road in Crawford County
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has approved a contract to resurface the Interstate 44 Outer Road in Crawford County. Capital Paving and Construction was awarded the contract after submitting...
Extension Council election begins
The names of six persons are on the January ballot for election of University of Missouri County Extension Council members. Council Chair Dana Richter said six county residents will be...
Crawford County Commission Notes: December 2018
Crawford County Commissioners met each week in December to discuss business for the county.
Phelps
CASA volunteers make huge differences for foster kids
There are few times in our lives when we, as individuals, can actually make significant differences in the lives of children. Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of South Central Missouri...
Weather spotter class being offered
A weather spotter class will be offered to the public on Wednesday, January 30 on the Missouri University of Technology (Missouri S&T) campus. The class is sponsored by Phelps County...
Rolla resident wins $2.9 million
It was a family affair when Linda Ragland claimed a $2.9 million Lotto jackpot on Dec. 27 at Missouri Lottery headquarters in Jefferson City. After matching all six numbers drawn...
Bourbon
Search for new Bourbon Schools superintendent is over
Dr. Kyle Gibbs has been hired by the Bourbon School Board as the new superintendent of the Crawford County R-I School District. He will assume duties as superintendent of schools...
Rustic Acres residents ask for roadwork
Two residents of Rustic Acres questioned county road maintenance in their area at the Crawford County Commission meeting on January 15. Joan King and Carol Hofstetter asked why only certain...
Meeting being held January 18
The next Onondaga Friends Association meeting is Friday January 18 at 6 p.m. at the State Park Visitor Center. This will be their Annual Meeting and get together.
State and Regional
Congressman Jason Smith announces 2019 Congressional Art Competition
Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) announced the 2019 Congressional Art Competition is now accepting entries from high school students across southeast and south central Missouri.
MDC, MoDOT invite schools to fight litter through trashcan decorating contest
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) invite Missouri public, private, and home-school students in grades K-8 to help fight litter in the Show-Me...
Governor’s proposed budget funds education, bridge repairs, workforce development
By Madison McVan, Columbia MissourianJEFFERSON CITY — After several years in which lawmakers have targeted higher education spending, core funding for Missouri’s colleges and universities would hold steady under Gov....
Outdoors
MDC test results reveal more deer with deadly CWD
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports 28 more deer from 11 Missouri counties have been found to have chronic wasting disease (CWD). This brings the number of cases of...
Deer was most likely a pet, not sick
Common sense isn’t used much anymore. I was recently involved in something of a comedy that could have used a little common sense. It happened just after the gun deer...
Apply online for MDC spring managed turkey hunts starting Feb. 1
Missouri youth, archery, and firearms turkey hunters can apply online for 2019 spring turkey managed hunts Feb. 1 - 28 through the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) website at mdc.mo.gov/springturkeyhunts....
Entertainment
OAT announces new managing director
The Board of Directors and Artistic Director A.S. Freeman are thrilled to announce that longtime Rolla resident Laura Light has joined the staff as the company’s managing director.
Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof is coming to the Fox Theatre
The Fabulous Fox Theatre is proud to present the St. Louis engagement of the Tony Award®-nominated Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof at the Fabulous Fox from January 29...
Meet a royal chef at the Working Women’s Show being held February 23 in St. Charles
Darren McGrady, chef to Queen Elizabeth, Princess Diana and Princes William and Harry for 15 years, will be the featured speaker on the Main Stage at the Working Women’s Show...
Letters to the Editor
Missouri could benefit from more food manufacturing
A new study soon to be released by the University of Missouri and agriculture industry partners including Missouri Farm Bureau finds that Missouri has the capability to grow the impact...
Children are a gift
January 19, 2019 is the 46th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to make abortion legal in the United States of America.
Marketing misleads
Food marketing claims have always stretched the truth. How many “miracle cures” or “superfoods” have been pitched to us over the years? But some recent trends are taking dishonest marketing...
Opinions
Pot will keep rolling through
When Troopers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol find 130 pounds of marijuana in a van they stopped on I-44, it’s hard not to think about our country’s ongoing debate...
The art of compromise
By Phill Brooks Members of Congress and the U.S. president might want to look to Missouri for lessons about the consequences of holding a government budget hostage to achieve a...
Presidential attacks on Fed are nothing new
By Rik W. Hafer and Howard J. Wall Chairman Jerome Powell delivered expected news following the Federal Reserve’s December, 2018 meeting: The benchmark policy rate—the Federal funds rate—would be raised...