County voters reject usage tax, agree to school bond issue

Hickory County voters made their voices heard in this year’s Municipal Election, during which they narrowly rejected a proposed usage tax for online purchases, but also agreed to a school bond …

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Learn to use prescribed fire as a land management tool

The Missouri Department of Conservation invites landowners to a prescribed burn workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, at the University of Missouri Land of the Osage Research Farm …

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Obituaries
Glenda June Brandy, 86
  Glenda June Bandy, age 86, of Wheatland, MO passed away December 4, 2024 at Hermitage Nursing & Rehab, Hermitage, MO.   She was born June 19, 1938 at Pittsburg, MO., the daughter of …
Vickie Lynn Bird, 67
Vickie Lynn Bird, age 67, of Pittsburg, MO passed away December 4, 2024 at Parkview Healthcare Facility, Bolivar, MO.   She was born April 3, 1957 the daughter of Richard and Jeanette (Fischer) …
Patricia Sue Lindsey, 72
Patricia Sue Lindsey, age 72, of Warsaw, Mo., passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at her home. She was born February 20, 1952, in Sunnyside, Washington, the daughter of Dick and Bernice …
Marsha Lynn (Krupp) Runnels, 71
Marsha Lynn (Krupp) Runnels, 71, of Weaubleau, Missouri, passed away on Monday, September 2, 2024. Marsha was born on April 27, 1953, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Herbert Gordon and Jane (Steffen) Krupp. …
Robert Lee Lightle, 83
  Robert Lee Lightle, age 83, of Weaubleau, MO, passed away September 5, 2024, in his home.   He was born May 15, 1941, near Quincy, MO, to Ralph and Wanda (Forehand) Lightle.   …
Sports
Hornets, Eagles, Mules advance to Final Four
Three area boys basketball teams have advance to the MSSHAA championshiups following vicotires in quarter-final games Friday, March 7. In Class 1, The St. Elizabeth Hornets came form behind to …
Wheatland Sweeps Humansville
The Wheatland Mules Boys Basketball Team swept the 91st Annual Humansville Boys Basketball Tournament, winning all three contests from Dec. 3-7. They began by beating Niangua 78-28 on Tuesday, Dec. …
Skyline teams take Warsaw
Skyline Tigers and Lady Tigers are the 92nd Annual Warsaw Invitational Boys Basketball Tournament and 37th Annual Warsaw International Girls Basketball Champions. Games were played from Dec. …

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