The Brookfield Senior Center can be reached at 660-258-2577. There is a $3 suggested contribution for meals for those 60 years and over; and $6.75 cost for meals for those 59 years old and younger. Please be sure to store any uneaten meals in the refrigerator. Milk is provided with each meal.
Red Cross Blood Drive in Bucklin Green Hills American Legion Auxiliary Unit 57 will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on March 29 from 2 - 6 p.m., at Post Hall-12 N. Livingston St.
Brookfield voters are being asked to pass Proposition Bulldogs when they go to the polls for the April 5 election. Several months ago, the Brookfield R-III Board of Education voted unanimously to place Proposition Bulldogs on the ballot.
Early Saturday morning residents across the Brookfield area began to notice and report low water pressure. Al Schneider, lead water plant operator for the city of Brookfield said the entire City of Brookfield, City of Laclede , Linn Chariton Water District #3 lost water service for several hours and were then placed on a boil order through 9 a.m., Monday when it was lifted.
State Rep. Risty Black has announced he is running for Missouri State Senate for the newly formed Senate District 12 which includes 15 counties including Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan, parts of Carroll, Caldwell, Buchanan and other counties in north west Missouri.
Mark Singer was born on February 15, 1959 and raised in Chillicothe Missouri by Midge and Wilbur Singer. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on March 13, 2022,…
The annual honors ceremony for Marceline High School’s winter sports athletes (basketball, wrestling) was held for the 2021-22 teams this past Tuesday in the school fieldhouse. In addition to the MHS boys recognized, these Lady Tigers, along with some not present for the photo, were honored. (From left) Sophomore Molly Sportsman was named “Newcomer of the Year” for the wrestling team. Madison Teeter, a 10th grader also, was chosen “Most Improved” girls’ grappler. Sophomore Maddie Dauber, a state-tournament qualifier, received the “Outstanding Wrestler” honor. Seniors Kennedy Edgar and Ramzee Bruner shared the basketball “Team Captain” award. Chloee Dorrell, another 12th grader, received the “Tiger Award” for basketball for her team leadership, hard work, and dedication. Sophomore Ireland Bloss was chosen “Most Improved” Lady Tigers cager. Junior Addison Huber was selected for the “Offensive Player of the Year” award in basketball. Natalee Pennington, a freshman, received the “Defensive Player of the Year” honor. Senior Sevilla Bussman was co-recipient (with Dorrell) of the “Tiger Award” and senior Gracey Jordan was “Tiger Award” winner for the wrestling team. Jordan and Rachael Cupp (not present for photo) also were recognized and honored for being the first 4-years participants in the girls’ wrestling program which came into existence their freshman year. The other girls’ award recipient not on hand for the post-event photo was freshman Finley Watson, tabbed as “most improved” junior-varsity basketball player. A photo of the MHS boys’ award recipients will appear in an upcoming edition of the LCL. (Paul Sturm/LCL PHOTO)
A three-alarm fire early Wednesday has reportedly left as many as 33 people, including eight children without homes after 12 apartments and several businesses burned along Brookfield’s Main Street. Smoke could be seen for miles Wednesday morning while fire crews from Brookfield, Chillicothe and Marcleine battled the blaze while dozens of spectators watched the scene unfold.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Baseball had seen nothing like Shohei Ohtani’s unanimous AL MVP season in over a century.
Keegan Murray has given Iowa a firstteam Associated Press All-American for the third straight year, and Kofi Cockburn has made it two in a row for Illinois — not bad for a couple programs that haven’t had a whole lot of them.