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.
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.
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 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.
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 Linn County Commission met on May 10 with Commissioners Murrain and Muck and Clerk Stephenson present. Commissioner Muck, serving as Acting Presiding in Commissioner King’s absence, called the meeting to order. The agenda was reviewed.
“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.
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.
The second annual Linn County Extreme Bull Ride will be held this Saturday at the Linn County Fairgrounds in Brookfield. The event, sponsored by Brookfield Vet Clinic and Linn County Fair Board, begins with gates opening at 5:30 p.m., Mutton Bustin' at 6 p.m., and bull riding at 7 p.m.
Dear Amy: My sister-in-law recently died of Alzheimer's, and her celebration of life is coming up. I am an older man.