Newsletter Early Week
MDC, Maramec Spring Park honors veterans with Free Fishing Day
ST. JAMES – The Missouri Department of Conservation joins the James Foundation in honoring our veterans with a Veterans’ Free Fishing Day Saturday, June 14 at Maramec Spring Park.
Missouri governor calls for task force to keep state education funding flat
A group of state officials and business leaders tasked by Gov. Mike Kehoe with creating a new formula to fund Missouri’s public schools gathered for the first time on Monday under an expectation that funding should be below what lawmakers approved earlier this year.
Flip you for it
A coin toss decided an 1888 congressional race involving Pike County.
Missouri State Beekeepers Association addresses alarming honeybee losses with comprehensive educational conference
SPRINGFIELD, MO – The Missouri State Beekeepers Association announced recently one of its proactive efforts to combat this year’s honeybee colony losses experienced across the state, emphasizing the critical impact on Missouri's agricultural sector. In response to these challenges, the MSBA is hosting an educational conference, MO Bee Day 2025, on Saturday, June 21, at the Darr Agricultural Center in Springfield, Mo.
Off-road park was the place to be over the weekend
If you stepped outside last weekend and heard a roaring noise coming from Bowling Green’s northeast, just know it was the Missouri Mudders racing event taking place at Pike’s Off-Road Park.
Options for Women hosts Walk for Life fundraiser
Dozens of people gathered in Bowling Green’s main park on Saturday to help raise funds for Options for Women, a women’s clinic with offices in Bowling Green and Hannibal.
Winners and losers of Missouri's 2025 legislative session
For the first time in years, the legislative session wasn’t defined by Republican infighting.
Bingo to return to Clarksville American Legion Hall
It took some doing, but Clarksville American Legion Cmdr. Pat McGuire was able to re-activate the Legion’s certification to hold bingo games.
Tornadoes and severe weather are well above average
The severe weather season has had an early and active start this year and according to USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey, it is expected to continue.
Cheers and jeers
Champ Clark’s campaign to win the Democratic presidential nomination was chugging along in May 1912.