The Emergency Food and Shelter Program for Phelps County is accepting applications from local non-profit agencies or governmental units that can assist in providing food and shelter to citizens in the event of a catastrophic emergency.

Recently passed city resolutions endorsing the proposed countywide sales-tax Proposition 911 were reviewed by Phelps County commissioners during its Tuesday session.

The high today will be 56 degrees with a low of 28. It will be cooler with thunderstorms.

Word of the Day

Chastise chass-TYZE (verb) To inflict punishment on (as by whipping); to censure severely; castigate -- www.merriam-webster.com

Web Site of the Day

Map Envelope
mapenvelope.com

Newburg officials addressed the city’s prospects for future electrical supply during Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
In December, it was announced Newburg and more than a dozen cities in southern Missouri would have their contracts terminated in 2013 by Sho-Me Power.

There were around 1,300 anglers on hand Monday morning, March 1, for the opening of the 2010 Missouri trout opener at Maramec Spring Park.