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The proposed development of six duplexes off Liberty Lane, just east of the Middleton subdivision took a sudden turn Tuesday night as the Ashland Board of Aldermen approved the first reading approving the development. Last Tuesday the Ashland Planning and Zoning Commission had unanimously shot down Schooler Construction’s request for a zoning change from “Commercial”

Many businesses and government offices will be closed on Monday for the July 4th holiday. The City of Ashland will be closed and trash services will be moved back one day. County offices will also be closed for the holiday. Moser’s Grocery will be open on July 4th from 7 a.m.-10 p.m. The Ashland Optimist

An Ashland man was in serious condition at University Hospital after his car was struck Friday night near the Isle of Capri casino in Boonville. Donald Wood, 73, of Ashland had stopped his car on the railroad tracks near the casino at about 8:25 p.m. A Union Pacific train headed east-bound crashed into Wood’s 2002

Ashland Mayor Gene Rohrer said Monday he could not complete the work of the city’s largest infrastructure project in history and run for county commission at the same time. Rohrer suspended his campaign in the Southern District Boone CountyCommission race with a written statement. “My first responsibility is to the City of Ashland,”Rohrer wrote. “I

The proposed development of six duplexes off Liberty Lane, just east of the Middleton subdivision took a sudden turn Tuesday night as the Ashland Board of Aldermen approved the first reading approving the development. Last Tuesday the Ashland Planning and Zoning Commission had unanimously shot down Schooler Construction’s request for a zoning change from “Commercial”

The Southern Boone School board was scheduled to meet twice this week – once on Tuesday night for a budget work session and again on Thursday for the board’s regularly scheduled June meeting. And the news for both is very positive, according to SoBoCo Superintendent Chris Felmlee. Concern over the next school year’s budget has

The first week of fireworks season has annually seen the Eagle Flight Fireworks stand go up on the east side of Highway 63, off Forsee Road. And it’s usually a hot business – literally. But this year the fireworks stand has been replaced – by a new 2,880 square-foot building for Ronnie Basinger and his

A pair of crashes on Highway 63 on Monday afternoon provided two more to the list of growing injury accidents in Mid-Missouri. Statewide the trend is growing as well as Missouri State Highway Patrol has recorded 369 traffic fatalities this year compared to 350 for the same time a year ago. Monday’s crashes happened within

The Ashland Planning and Zoning Commission denied approval for its second multi-family housing development in two months on Tuesday, June 14. Schooler Construction and C.L. Richardson Company were seeking a change of zoning for a vacant lot on Liberty Lane just east of the Middleton Crossing housing edition. The lot is currently zoned Commercial, the

Ashland residents took to Facebook last week to voice their irritation over the city’s new trash plan. The City of Ashland recently changed the trash service, along with its vendor Republic Services. The City chose a new contract which allowed for no increase in costs, but cutting trash pickup from twice each week to once