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By: Mike Roux In a never-ending endeavor to bring our readers the very best in newspaper content, The Boone County Journal is proud to announce a new outdoor column to

By:  Ernie Wren There seems to be a lot of musical chairs going on around downtown with local businesses. First, USA Mortgage – Team Ashland will continue to offer mortgage

Ernie Wren of the Ashland Optimist Club is pinned as the next East Missouri Optimist (EMO) District Governor by outgoing Governor Lauren Dell. Ernie has been a member of the

The yard of Lynne White, 15492 Revolutionary, is the yard of the month. The border of the drive and front porch consist of varieties of coleus and many other annuals

The Princess Diana Cherrywood Challenge Rose Collection is currently on display at the Missouri Quilt Museum in Hamilton. Cherrywood Hand Dyed Fabrics of Brainerd, Minnesota, sponsors an annual  quilter’s challenge.

Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) crews are scheduled to close the Boone County Route M/Y (Broadway) bridge over U.S. Route 63 next week to make pavement improvements.For the safety of

By:  Ernie Wren With the start of school just around the corner, I have been putting together some articles for the Journal, starting with the new football season and coach.

By: Ernie Wren Andy’s Nutrition offers a variety of protein shakes that can be used for meal replacement or in-between meals filler. For this week’s healthy meal, I ordered the

By: Ernie Wren “Do you know when the Optimist bingo games will start up?” This is a question I often receive, and here is the update I received this past

The Cattlemen Days Rodeo will be adding an exciting new event to its lineup this weekend. Women’s breakaway roping is comparable to men’s tie-down roping, except the cowgirls are not