By Shari Harris, Publisher Filings were due by January 19 and were certified by January 26 for municipal, township and school board elections to be held on April 6, 2021. The last day you can register to vote in this election is March 10, 2021. Below are some of the contested races for this election.…

By Sheila Wood A tombstone has been set, finally, after all these years, for James and Asseneth Buckner, who didn’t have a stone you could read. For the past 144-years, just a lot of fieldstone rocks had marked their graves. I spent some money and bought a flat stone to mark the graves, with some…

By Terra Culley, Assistant Director Have you ever accidentally called 911 and then hung up quickly? Maybe the phone was in your pocket or your purse. Has your little one been playing on the phone and you realized they had accidentally dialed those numbers, so you quickly just hung up? The phone rings, and as…

MoDOT JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Another round of wintery weather will move into the state overnight, bringing accumulating snow to roads that are expected to refreeze in bitterly cold temperatures. Snow is expected to move into the state in the early morning hours and continue throughout the day Wednesday. Snow totals of from 1 to…