Chamber Awards

The Southern Boone Chamber of Commerce held its annual awards dinner for 2019 last Wednesday, after having been rescheduled due to poor weather related road conditions the week before. Back

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Dreaming in Italian

Throughout the long month of January, an almost audible stirring begins in the hearts of all held captive by winter’s icy grip. By February, the hours of daylight are becoming

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Winter Weather

A storm is forecast to slice across the Central states from Tuesday night to Wednesday. The southern side of the same storm that will spark severe weather across the Gulf

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Sandra Lee Cole

Sandra Lee Cole, 78, of Ashland passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at the University of Missouri  Hospital, Columbia surrounded by her daughters.  Sandra was born on September

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Col. Jimmy Lloyd Sapp

Col. Jimmy Lloyd Sapp, 79 of Ashland passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at Boone Hospital. Graveside services were held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, January 25, at New Salem Cemetery.

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Police Report

Ashland Police and Boone County Sheriff’s office reported the following arrests recently: • 01.26.20: Lee Allen Downing, 50, of Ashland was arrested by Boone County Sheriff’s deputies on an out

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Farewell to the Hut

The City of Ashland has recently become one of many to be impacted by the massive rate of Pizza Hut shop closures across the United States. In August 2019, the

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Aldermen Changing of the Guard

“It’s the changing of the guard,” said Alderman Jesse Bronson, at the January 21, Board of Aldermen meeting when he resigned as Alderman effective after April 2020.  An appreciative and

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