Crawford
CCHD explains notifications for positive COVID-19 cases
Following some questions on who is notified about potential exposure to COVID-19, the Crawford County Health Department (CCHD) has released information on the procedures involved following notification of a positive...
COVID-19 forces changes to funerals and visitations
Funeral homes in Steelville and Cuba have been coordinating their response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and have made several changes to their services to reduce the risk of exposure...
County candidate filing is complete
There will be four races for county offices in August, with three current office holders facing opposition in their bid for re-election. All but one candidate on the ballot are...
Phelps
Successful transition to online-only courses for S&T faculty and students
Students and faculty at Missouri University of Science and Technology are back from spring break and back to meeting virtually after COVID-19 effectively shut down classrooms on the Rolla campus...
ECC makes medical supply donation to Phelps Health
ECC is providing as many of their medical supplies as needed to area hospitals in Washington, Sullivan and Rolla. Last week Phelps Health received gowns, gloves and masks from the...
Simpson appointed new resident advisory member on the Phelps County PHA board
Brandy Simpson was appointed as the new resident advisory member to the Phelps County Public Housing Agency (PHA) board of directors at the March 12 meeting. Simpson been an active...
Bourbon
Bourbon Boosters make March Book Buzz donation
Jenna Kuenzel of the Bourbon Boosters shows off the March Book Buzz books recently donated to the Bourbon Elementary School library by the organization as part of Three Rivers Publishing’s...
Bourbon officials sued by former police chief
The city of Bourbon, mayor, and entire Bourbon City Council is being sued in their official and personal capacities by former police chief Paul Satterfield in the wake of his...
Bourbon city hall closed to public
During its meeting this week, the Bourbon City Council voted to close city hall until further notice due to the ongoing pandemic. The city also took action to help residents...
State and Regional
Missouri Department of Labor increases staffing and online capacity amid historic spike in unemployment claims
The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ (DOLIR’s) Division of Employment Security (DES) reported a total of 104,230 initial claims for the week ending March 28, 2020, the most...
Governor announces expenditure restrictions to ensure balanced budget, funds to combat COVID-19
During Wednesday’s press briefing, Governor Mike Parson announced $180 million in expenditure restrictions to ensure a balanced state budget and the necessary funds to combat COVID-19 going forward.
Lawmakers looking to prevent COVID-19 spread at Capitol amid budget talks
BY MADISON CZOPEK, Missouri News NetworkLawmakers will return to the Capitol next week with new measures in place to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 among themselves and essential employees...
Outdoors
Missouri State Parks modifies operations to address overcrowding
Out of an abundance of caution and in response to recent events, Missouri State Parks will modify operations at five state parks to address overcrowding and concerns regarding public safety....
White bass fun with light tackle
By Larry Dablemont White bass caught on ultra-lite equipment, will outfight about anything in a stream…except smallmouth. And when there is a good current in a tributary to any Ozark...
Enjoy some social distancing in the outdoors
By Bill Cooper I may have reached the pinnacle of my outdoor writing career, with the coronavirus pandemic. I’ve pedaled the outdoors as a cure for most social ills for...
Entertainment
Storytellng festival goes virtual
Many events this spring have been postponed due to COVID-19. The St. Louis Storytelling Festival did the opposite, launching a month early—as a virtual festival, of course.
Dent County Courthouse holding 150th birthday celebration Monday, March 30
By Deloris Gray Wood A 150th birthday ceremony will be held on the exact date, when the contract was let to build the Dent County Courthouse at 4 p.m. on...
Vichy Fire Department to host dessert auction and cake walk on March 14
The Vichy Vol. Fire Department's Annual Old-Fashioned Pie Supper, Dessert Auction and Cake Walk is at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 14 at the Vichy Firehouse and Community Hall. The...
Letters to the Editor
Think about the price Jesus paid
Jesus. Can we even begin to comprehend what He has done for us? His death on the cross is one of the most painful ways a person can die, yet...
What is the truth?
It is extremely difficult to decipher the truth when our contemporary media bring the news. Not since the time of Walter Cronkite and Tom Brokaw do people accept what is...
No toilet paper, no loan
My wife and I had a totally unbelievable experience this week. We went to our bank to see about getting a loan and they wouldn’t even talk to us about...
Opinions
The coronavirus and local job loss
By Rik W. HaferYou already have seen how efforts to thwart the spread of the coronavirus have led to significant jobs loss. Early forecasts see it getting worse before it...
Capitol Perspectives: Issues in covering coronavirus
By Phill BrooksThe coronavirus pandemic has raised some difficult journalistic questions for which there are not easy answers.Journalists are facing conflicts between stessing good health practices while, at the same...
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“Desperate times call for desperate measures.” According to Wiktionary, this phrase likely originates from a saying of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, which appears in his Aphorisms: "For extreme diseases,...