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  By Christy Porter, Managing Editor Archeology is the study of prehistory and human history, done through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and physical remains through scientific techniques. The Missouri Archaeological Society (MAS) held a weeklong archaeological-survey program with professional and avocational (amateur) archaeologists training and working with members of the…

  By Shari Harris, Publisher Licking will celebrate Independence Day on July 3, thanks to the efforts of Debbie Cook, who assumed the lead role in organizing the event when long time planner Gary Hassell retired the informal position. The event is funded wholly by donations and requires a substantial amount of work by numerous…

MSHP   WILLOW SPRINGS, Mo. – In the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 15, 2021, officers with the South Central Drug Task Force, in coordination with the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Shannon County Sheriff’s Department, concluded a series of long-term narcotics investigations in Shannon County, Mo. As a result of these investigations, 17…

  By Christy Porter, Managing Editor Three generations of avocational archaeologists, Michael, father; Dustin, son; and Caden Walburn, grandson; participated in the Missouri Archaeological Society’s Piney River Narrows Natural Area survey program. This was the trio’s first time participating in a training session. They, along with Jessee, a son not at this survey, have a…

By Marie Lasater Ham radio operators from the Ozark Mountain Amateur Radio Club in Texas County, Mo., will be participating in a national amateur radio exercise from 1 p.m. on Saturday until sundown in the parking lot at the Texas County Health Department at 950 US Hwy 63, Houston. The event is ARRL Field Day…