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LINN — During her principal’s report at Osage County R-2 School District’s April 16 school board meeting, Erin Sassmann announced that the high school will be adding 11 new courses …
VIENNA — The Maries-Osage Ambulance Board reconvened on April 8 following the election earlier this month. The board currently has only five members instead of the usual six following the …
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 …
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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Laci’s logic

Scott Peterson’s latest attempt to have his conviction for the 2002 double murder of his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, Conner, overturned have put those heinous crimes back in the …

The day I almost lost my manhood

I t may have been a spring day during my junior year in college, or it could have been late winter. In some ways, I have tried to erase this experience from my memory. Let me slow down a little …

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 …