October 2022

Brookfield, Marceline District Grid Seedings Down to Finale

As the 2022 high school football season comes to a conclusion this weekend, the district playoffs seedings for the Brookfield Bulldogs and Marceline Tigers still were in flux going to their finales Friday night. What happened in their winnable games and in the meeting between Milan and Maysville/Winston was to tell the tale whether a second meeting of the season between the county rivals would come about in next week’s opening round of the postseason or could be a possibility – albeit much more remote – down the line. Brookfield began its regular-season finale against Ewing: Highland with a rating of 32.66 for the season, fourth-best in Class 1 District 7. Marceline was sixth in the district at 28.48 with Maysville/ Winston separating the two at 30.89. Those ratings, along with third-place Milan’s 33.52 were closely- enough bunched that a BHS-MHS rematch – either as the Nos. 3 and 6 or Nos. 4 and 5 seeds were distinct possibilities. If Marceline handled Paris Friday and Brookfield did the same – which both were expected to do, their ratings would improve a bit. If Milan defeated Maysville/Winston in their meeting at Maysville, Marceline had a strong chance to slip past Maysville/Winston into fifth, while Brookfield would stay fourth. If Maysville/Winston won, it would not pass Brookfield, but the Bulldogs almost certainly would surpass Milan and get the No. 3 seeding, while Marceline stayed stuck in sixth. In either of those two eventualities, the blue and while would host the black and gold in the district quarterfinals this coming Friday at 7 p.m. The county clubs met at Marceline in the annual regular- season “Bell Game” rivalry battle in early September (second week of the season) and BHS prevailed in a tight one, 20-14. However, if Brookfield did not take care of its business against Highland or Marceline faltered against Paris – neither very likely, the second go-around might not come to pass, at least not this week. If not then, both probabl

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US Awards $2.8B in Grants for EV Batteries in 12 States

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday awarded $2.8 billion in grants to boost domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles in 12 states. A total of 20 companies will receive grants for projects to extract and process lithium, graphite and other battery materials, manufacture components and strengthen U.S. supply of critical minerals, officials said.

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MoDOT, Safety Partners Aim for Zero Fatalities on Missouri’s Roads

Oct. 21 is Buckle Up Phone Down Day in Missouri For the sixth year, the Missouri Department of Transportation and the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety, along with various safety partners, schools and businesses throughout the state, are encouraging better driving behaviors as part of Buckle Up Phone Down Day; and this year, aiming for the goal of zero traffic fatalities throughout the day.

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