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House Speaker Tim Jones Says Boeing Decision Serves as a Reminder that Missouri Must Take an All-Encompassing Approach to Creating an Attractive Business Climate
House Speaker Tim Jones Says Boeing Decision Serves as a Reminder that Missouri Must Take an All-Encompassing Approach to Creating an Attractive Business Climate JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In the wake of Boeing’s decision to build the 777X airliner in the state of Washington rather than Missouri, House Speaker Tim Jones emphasized the importance…
Read MoreForecast Calling For Winter Weather: Drive With Caution
MSHP – In several areas of the state, the forecast is calling for winter weather to arrive later this week. The Missouri State Highway Patrol encourages motorists to plan ahead and drive safely or not at all during inclement weather. Is your vehicle ready for winter? Check the battery, heater, defroster, lights, hoses, belts, brakes,…
Read More22nd Annual Parade of Champions to be October 12
22nd Annual Parade of Champions to be October 12 Marching band fans will have a chance to see over twenty-two bands in action at the 22nd Annual Parade of Champions parade and field show competition at Kahoka, MO on Saturday, October 12, 2013. The competition, sponsored by the Clark County R-1 Fine Arts…
Read MoreGateHouse Media files for bankruptcy
GateHouse Media files for bankruptcy (GateHouse Media) — GateHouse Media Inc., which owns newspapers in Missouri, has commenced voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. GateHouse requested confirmation of a joint prepackaged plan of reorganization. GateHouse and affiliates announced on Sept. 11 a plan to restructure…
Read MoreWorks By Local Craftsmen And Artists Featured In Benefit Auction – Wine & Art Gala In Columbia
By Echo Menges The hard work of several local artists and craftsmen will be auctioned off at an event to benefit Rain of Central Missouri. It is Rain’s 19th Annual Wine and Art Gala and it is the organization’s most important fundraiser of the year. Rain of Central Missouri, which is not widely…
Read MoreUrsa Farmers’ Coop Buys Logsdon Elevators
By Kevin Fox After working at the Farmer’s Elevator in Wayland, Gabe Logsdon bought the Wayland facility in 1946, according to his grandson John Logsdon, who serves as Manager of the Gabe Logsdon & Son Elevator at that location. Mr. Logsdon would also buy the Gregory Landing facility the following year in 1947. In 1948…
Read MoreNew Scotland Co. Coroner Appointed By Gov. Nixon
JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Jay Nixon today appointed Jeffrey Davis, D.O., of Memphis, as the new coroner for Scotland County. The position became vacant upon the death of Coroner Virginia Monroe. Dr. Davis, an Independent, is a family medicine physician and chief of staff at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, and has served the hospital…
Read MoreUSPS Crime Alert – Bogus E-Mails Sent To Postal Customers
BEWARE OF SPAM! Some postal customers are receiving bogus e-mails about a package delivery or online postage charges. The e-mails contain a link or attachment that, when opened, installs a malicious virus that can steal personal information from your PC. The e-mails claim to be from the U.S. Postal Service and contain fraudulent information about an attempted or…
Read MoreResurfacing Planned for US 136 in Clark County
MACON – Within the next couple of weeks, motorists will begin to see signs going up along US 136 in Clark County for work that is going to be taking place in the near future. The project on US 136 was awarded to W.L. Miller in the amount of $2,047,033.07 and will include a thin…
Read MoreEntries Needed for Wyaconda Fall Festival Parade
Entries of all kinds are needed for the parade at Wyaconda’s Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 7. Line-up for the parade begins at 11:30 a.m. at the old Wyaconda School parking lot area. The parade will begin at 1:00 p.m. It will proceed south down Main Street and then turn onto Jefferson Street. Prize…
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