Optimist Community Swim Pool
While swim pools in other communities such as Boonville and Centralia have announced they will not be opening this summer, the Optimist Community Swim Pool committee has announced that it
Women Nurses in Missouri Paid Less Than Male Counterparts
In observance of National Nurses Week, the Women’s Foundation today released data showing that women represent the overwhelming majority of registered nurses in Missouri, yet earn 77 cents for every
Hunt squirrel and catch-and-keep black bass beginning May 23
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds hunters and anglers that squirrel and black bass season opens May 23, the Saturday before Memorial Day. SQUIRRELS The open season on eastern
Missouri State Parks cancels 2020 Katy Trail Ride
Out of an abundance of caution and to protect participants amid ongoing COVID-19 concerns, Missouri State Parks and the Missouri State Parks Foundation have cancelled the 2020 Katy Trail Ride
MDC reports on spring turkey season
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that turkey hunters checked 38,730 birds during Missouri’s 2020 regular spring turkey season, April 20 through May 10. Top harvest
You Are Not Alone
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, which gives me a good excuse to write about my favorite subject: Me. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, “Nearly
The Common Ingredient that Connects Us
In its December 2014 magazine, National Geographic provided a link to an initiative exploring the future of food (natgeofood.com). Revisiting this issue over five years later, its relevance is powerfully
Ryan Edwards 1985-2020
Ryan Kieth Edwards, 34, passed away at his home in Hartsburg, Missouri on Saturday, May 9, 2020. He was born to Larry Edwards and Bobbi Joanne Nichols on December 15,
COVID-19 Testing
We are told that no physician’s note is required for you to be tested. There will be medical professionals on site to take care of the necessary paperwork. This is
Teachers love students?
Several years ago, when I was subbing in Music at Southern Boone Primary School, a first grader approached me and whispered in my ear, “Mr. Naughton, I have loose stools.”
