JEFFERSON CITY — Living up to the expectations, Linn County R-1 High School junior Morgan Livingston produced a top-3 finish in the girls’ high jump last Friday in the 2022 MSHSAA Class 1 Track-and-Field Championships.
JEFFERSON CITY — With a school-record breaking performance by one new graduate and led one last time by distance-running phenom and also new BHS alum Alexandra “Alex” Sharp, Brookfield High School returned home Saturday night from the 2022 Missouri State High School Activities Association Track-and- Field Championships with three top-3 medals, but, for the first time in several years, no state champion.
Dear Amy: My sister-in-law recently died of Alzheimer's, and her celebration of life is coming up. I am an older man.
In the five months that Jennifer Anne Hall was a respiratory therapist at Hedrick Medical Center, the rural Missouri hospital experienced 18 "code blue" incidents — an alarming increase in sudden cardiac arrest events for a hospital that historically averaged one of them a year, according to a police investigator.
“In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row … .” So begins “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian poet and military physician. “The hauntingly eloquent words of McCrae helped to immortalize poppy as one of the most recognized symbols honoring soldiers who have died in combat,” said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein.
The draft FY 2023-2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) was presented to the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, on May 18. A 30-day public review and comment period ends June 17. The STIP makes available $9.9 billion of federal and state revenues for all modes of transportation over the next five years. Of the $9.9 billion, the draft STIP details $7.69 billion in road and bridge construction contractor awards, averaging approximately $1.5 billion per year.
The Missouri State Fair is accepting nominations for Veteran/Active Military Honoree of the Day, through July 5. The program is sponsored by Capital Materials, Retrieving Freedom, Inc., and Starline Brass.
To the Editor: As the daughter, sister, niece, cousin and wife of a War World II and Vietnam veterans, I hold a special place in my heart for the parents, siblings, spouses, and friends of those who served. I can’t help but think of all the men and women who have gone to fight for this great nation and didn’t return home.
The Livingston County Sheriff's Office is working with the Missouri Sheriff's Association (MSA) to potentially start a second law enforcement academy class in Chillicothe. According to a press release from Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox, this would be a parttime academy consisting of evening classes and some daytime weekend training.
Pam Murrain was honored at the Brookfield General John J Pershing VFW Post 4557 May 17, meeting, at the VFW Hall. Murrain a VFW Auxiliary member has assisted the post preparing breakfasts, the past two months and provided invaluable participation in a myriad of VFW activities.