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WESTPHALIA — School counselors Kary Brunnart, Robin Schulte, and Jessica Davis gave a presentation on the recent updates to their program manual. Essentially, they said, nothing has …
CHAMOIS —In a special me eting April 10, Chamois aldermen approved an ordinance establishing a curfew in a public place for any minors under age 17 not accompanied by their parents. The …
CHAMOIS —Chamois Aldermen approved eight different policies and procedures at their meeting on Wednesday, March 20.   All policies and procedures went into effect immediately. …
Commission News

Bonham, Sallin concerned about threats to mail fentanyl to government offices

OSAGE COUNTY   — Osage County Health Department (OCHD) Administrator Kim Sallin and Osage County Sheriff Mike Bonham told commissioners last week they were aware of threats to mail …

County leaning toward Bartlett & West for Pentecostal Bridge replacement

OSAGE COUNTY — Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) Transportation Planner Joanie Prenger met with commissioners on Thursday, Sept. 18. They showed her their evaluations of the seven …

OAD annexation on August ballot, voting now under way

OSAGE COUNTY — Osage County Commissioners took an unusual step, meeting an hour early Tuesday, June 27. The purpose of convening was to officially approve a ballot measure providing for …

Sports

CMS Pirate track places fifth at Vienna

VIENNA — Running on a 300-meter track. That is what Chamois’ Pirates and Lady Pirates got to do last Wednesday at Vienna High School during the annual Vienna Middle School (VMS) …

Fatima track posts top-five team finishes at Eldon

Winning three events and scoring points in 23 others, Fatima’s Lady Comet and Comet track teams both placed in the top five of their respective team standings Thursday during the Maroon and …
Curtis Deeken makes a tag on a close play at home.

Linn opens baseball 1-2

Linn opened the baseball season with a 5-3 win over Eugene on Saturday after losing earlier in the day and on Friday. “Beating a very good Eugene team was a highlight for us on …
Sports

Robinson, Robertson top All-Conference list

Fatima seniors Levi Robinson and Alli Robertson earned the most votes among Show-Me Conference coaches to earn MVP honors. Easton Haslag also made the first team, while Noah Hall of Linn, …

Lady Comets see season end at the quarterfinal game

Fatima fans get loud in support of the Lady Comets at Friday’s Class 3 quarterfinal game at Fair Grove.

Strope wins fourth straight district title; Comets earn second place as team

Fatima senior Cody Strope became the Comets’ first four-time district wrestling champion at Saturday’s Class 1, District 2 tournament at Butler. “That’s impressive, …
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Democrats ruining America

Dear Editor: I do not know where to start, there is so much going wrong in our country. Obama-Biden are destroying our country, our freedom, our rights. Borders are wide open to illegal …

Democratic policies destroying America

Heather MacDonald has degrees from Yale, Cambridge and Stanford Law School and recently wrote a piece for Hillsdale College on how America is being destroyed, because racial equity has become the …

The power of dreaming big

The Oxford Dictionary defines a dream as “a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal.” Six simple words, yet they hold the potential to ignite innovation, progress and personal …