With temperatures 20 degrees higher on the average for our spring, it's very tempting to get an early start in the garden, isn't it.
This past week, the Rolla Police Department handled 677 calls for service. Of these calls there were: 24 arrests, seven alarm calls, 21 traffic accidents, 17 traffic complaints, 54 check the well being requests, 118 traffic stops, 22 disturbance calls (including domestics), 15 suspicious nature complaints, 19 assists of other agency requests, 15 field interviews, seven escorts, six leave without paying complaints, 64 security checks, one loitering complaint and 39 animal control complaints. This call total is up 23 calls from last week and yes, another busy week!
Head Start is now taking applications for the 2012-13 school year.
Christopher Sanders and Masen Ridenhour have a lot in common. They are life long friends, wrestling teammates and college roommates. Today, they are also both celebrating their fifth birthdays.
Although I don’t like writing about the same topic two weeks in a row, I have to mention the city council’s candy-throwing ban again, because there is so much misinformation going around about it.
Shortly before 4 a.m. Tuesday, while most people were tucked away snug in their beds, I was in my bathtub.
Let’s get this straight: Mayor Bill Jenks is not trying to ban the distribution of candy to children at the Christmas Parade, the St. Pat’s Parade or any other parade that traverses Rolla streets.
Lighting a candle is such a simple religious ritual that it has taken me most of my life to understand the spiritual truth of Channukah, a Jewish holiday that starts at sundown today.
The Newburg school district received a positive audit Monday from CPA Ken Schultz.
In total, the district was able to keep its expenditures further below its revenues than it did last year, increasing the surplus to $157,216.
Even with a budget that has moved from red to black, Newburg schools are preparing for another tough financial year.
After starting a few years with little room to spare, the district is estimating to be $139,000 in the black on its $4.6 million budget next year.
“He betrayed us! He played on our fears!”
—Al Gore
Shopping is something that we all must do some time during the week or the month. You have heard the Chamber state that it is important to shop locally but most people don’t know WHY it is important to do so.
Over and over again, we’ve heard about how the federal stimulus dollars are going to help us recover during these tough economic times. There are many parts of the federal plan that have some serious strings attached – strings that would re-write or trump Missouri law.
Just over a week ago governors from across the Nation met in Washington, DC to learn about the federal stimulus (dependency) package recently lashed onto the backs of taxpayers present and future.
The lambs were housed, nourished and cuddled.
They trusted the “One” to provide all sustenance. The master preached “hope” and “change” for their future.
Missouri unfortunately is known to be a meth haven with labs commonly being found in neighborhood homes. Methamphetamine, also known as `meth,' `speed,' or `crank,' is a powerful stimulant that increases wakefulness and physical activity but can also induce symptoms ranging from extreme nervousness and hyperactivity to convulsions and irreversible brain damage.
As businesses seek shelter from the economic storm, increasing numbers of businesses are pursuing membership in business associations and chambers of commerce.
The House floor was abuzz last week. We heard legislation on a broad range of topics and several bills addressing the four main components of our Family Recovery Plan. As you know, this plan combines Tax Reform, Healthcare, Jobs and Energy in an effort to jumpstart our sagging economy.
You can’t turn on the news these days without hearing about the Federal Stimulus Plan and the billions of dollars that the President and Congress is handing out to the nation. Over and over again we’ve heard about how the dollars are going to help us recover during these tough economic times.
Phelps County Regional Medical Center is different. And proud of it.
During an informational session for community and press members, leadership at the center talked numbers, philosophy and followed up with a tour.
PCMRC was again in the spotlight at this past week’s PR Club meeting at Alley Cats, along with other local health providers.
President Obama’s contradictory speech to Congress has introduced the country to a dance that’s been popular in Illinois politics for more than 100 years: the South Side Samba. Obama sashayed into the realm of liberal doublespeak, hyperbole and hypocrisy to applause and standing ovations.
The fawning, hypnotized media pose a grave danger to this country in particular and Western civilization in general.
