The Hamilton City Wide Garage Sales are scheduled for Saturday, June 3rd. If you wish to have a garage sale that weekend and want to place your ad on the city map, call the newspaper at 583-2116. Ads are $10.
The 59th Annual Hamilton Alumni Banquet will be held on May 27, 2017 at the Penney High School Gymnasium beginning at 6:30 p.m. Each year alumni from Hamilton Penney High School gather to reminisce and renew old friendships from their years in high school in Hamilton, MO. Alumni of all ages attend...
New technology and old-school knowledge mixed in the aftermath of the tornado that struck Perry County Feb. 28.
The EF4 tornado ripped a 14-mile-long path through Perryville, population 8,225, and rural Perry County in southeastern Missouri. One motorist died when the tornado lifted a parked car...
Heavy rains have fallen across Missouri over the past week, causing flooding in many areas. Many Missourians have already seen historic flood levels in some areas of the state. Severe flooding continues to occur across the southern half of the state.
Officials encourage everyone to make good...
Greetings Friends of the 8th Legislative District!
House and Senate Head to Conference on State Spending Plan
With just one week left before the state operating budget must be approved by both chambers, the House and Senate have sent several of the appropriations bills to conference committees...
Since 2012, the number of fatal motorcycle crashes has resulted in 475 deaths – 122 of those deaths occurred last year alone. Motorcyclists have already begun hitting the road this spring, and more will be out soon with beautiful May weather just around the corner. The Missouri Coalition for...
As the only freshman legislator on the Senate Appropriations Committee, I want to say that it has been an honor to see the workings — the nuts and bolts — of the appropriations process in the Senate. Of course, during my time in the House I served on appropriations and budget committees, and that...
Anyone interested in growing hops may attend a free field day at Bradford Research Center in Columbia.
Visitors can take self-guided tours and attend presentations 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, May 23. The hops yard is at the entrance of the University of Missouri research farm at 4968 Rangeline Road, Columbia...
Congratulations to teachers Miss Morgan and Ms. Farabee and their 16 PK-1 students in Cowgill Elementary on winning the K-2 grade category and the grand prize for their entry, “Oscar will be your fan, if you keep it in the can!!” The school will receive a check for $200 for the category win and $...
The Penney High School Choir, under the direction of Mrs. Twyla Finch, performed at the MSHSAA State Music Festival for Large Ensembles in Maryville on April 4. The choir performed two memorized songs for three judges, then performed a song by sight reading for another judge. All four judges gave...