Homecoming

Newtown-Harris celebrates Homecoming week

Newtown-Harris R-3 School is celebrating homecoming this week. A spokesperson for the homecoming activities reports candidates includes seniors Brooklyn Middleton and Tim Metcalf, juniors Hannah Garcia and Ryan Metcalf, sophomores Lillian Fordyce and Coy Miller, freshmen Jaden Veatch and Ashton Meyer, eighth graders Louve Rainey and William Guardipe, and seventh graders Landry Oaks and Zack […]

Delta Queen Riverboat

Senators Blunt and McCaskill announce legislation to bring historic riverboat back to the Mississippi River

Missouri Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill announced that their legislation to bring the historic 1920’s riverboat Delta Queen back to the Mississippi River was signed into law. The bill reinstates a decades-long exemption to allow the boat to operate from its new homeport of Kimmswick, in Jefferson County – creating jobs and strengthening economic […]

NCMC - North Central Missouri College

NCMC Board of Trustees accept retirement request

The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees accepted the retirement of Green Hills Head Start Program Director Doctor Beverly Hooker at its meeting Tuesday afternoon. Hooker’s last day of employment will be January 31st, 2019, which is the end of the current fiscal year. She has been employed at NCMC and Head Start since […]

Jamesport Missouri

Jamesport City Council approves ordinance

The Jamesport City Council accepted a bid and approved an ordinance at its meeting Tuesday evening. The accepted bid was from Ryan Ranes for $850 for a Ford Ranger for the city. The approved ordinance regarded raising salaries for City Clerk Shelley Page and employee Brett Matthews.  Page reported her pay increased by $1.00 an hour, […]

President Donald Trump

Audio: Columbia officials release parking plans for President Trump’s Thursday evening rally

City officials say people attending Thursday evening’s rally with President Donald Trump at Columbia Regional Airport will NOT be permitted to park in any airport parking lot. Columbia spokesman Steven Sapp tells Missourinet rally participants can park at the Cartwright Business and Technology Park, which is at Highway 63 and Route H.     Sapp […]

Farm Service Agency FSA

Farm Service Agency ballots to be mailed to agriculture producers

Missouri Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Brent Hampy announced Tuesday that the United States Department of Agriculture will begin mailing ballots to eligible agricultural producers next Monday, November 5th for the 2018 FSA county committee elections. Hampy said county committee members represent farmers, ranchers, and foresters. He added that producers elected to the committees […]

Halloween Dance

Prepare for Halloween with these safety tips

Children are now in the school routine and most children look forward to the Halloween holiday. If your daughter has already decided that she is going to be Elsa, and your son is debating between one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, then you are on your way to a successful Halloween. For other children, […]

Accident

Bosworth woman hurt in Friday crash

The Highway Patrol reports a Bosworth woman sustained minor injuries as the result of a vehicle running off the road in northern Carroll County Friday afternoon. Forty-two-year-old Gayle Grace drove north on U. S. Highway 65 at Route U when a vehicle stopped on the side of the road allegedly pulled onto the road. Grace […]

Audio: Missouri candidates for state auditor, Nicole Galloway, Saundra McDowell take center stage in debate

(Missourinet) – Missouri’s top candidates running for state auditor have squared off in a debate-style forum and are clashing over their records. Todd Sauter reports from the St. Louis suburb of Maryland Heights.     Democratic incumbent Nicole Galloway wasted no time going after Republican challenger Saundra McDowell. “She’s so financially compromised, she might be willing […]

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Chula Street Fair to kick off Saturday morning

Numerous activities kick off the Chula Street Fair which is slated for Saturday, September 15th, 2018. Activities start with biscuits and gravy as well as coffee at the Community Center at 7 o’clock Saturday morning. There is no cost but donations will be accepted and benefit the Chula Fire and Rescue.  Sign up for the Baby […]