Every four years, the USA National Games provide an opportunity for Special Olympics athletes to compete at the national level in summer sports. The 2022 USA Games are set for Orlando, FL. Team Missouri will attend with a delegation of 127 athletes, Unified Partners, coaches, sports managers and staff.
Former North Central Missouri College (NCMC) head men's basketball coach Dale Kimberling died on April 7, at the age of 76. Kimberling launched his collegiate coaching career as head women's basketball coach at State Fair Community College from 1977-1979. He then came to NCMC to lead the men's basketball program from 1979-1987. After one year at Missouri Southern State University following NCMC, Coach Kimberling returned to State Fair where he finished his career. He led the women's program for 17 more years followed by two years as head coach for their men's program before retiring from coaching.
Michael Thomas Gulley, 45, Marceline, has been charged with in two separate cases with first degree sexual abuse. On March 31, Gulley was charged with felony first-degree sexual abuse and fourth - assault, from crimes alleged to have occurred between July 20, 2021 and Aug.
Marceline City Market Marceline City Market is reopening from 3-6 p.m., at the Walsworth Community Center. It will be open every Tuesday from 3-6 p.m.
Recently, the Brookfield Water Plant received the 2022 Water System of the Year Award from the Northeast Section of Missouri Water and Wastewater Conference. .
The Bucklin R-II School District is seeking applications for a vacant seat on the board of education. An individual will be appointed to fill the term until the April 4, 2023 election have been held, certified and the newly elected member is sworn into office.
Marceline FBLA students walked away from the 2022 MO FBLA State Leadership Conference with three advancing to National Conference in Chicago. Students advancing to Nationals by placing 2nd in state are Ruth Shackelford, Avery Gordon and Lola Kitchen in Intro to Event Planning. Also placing at state in 10th place was Bennett Phillips, Trevor Terrell and Bennett Phillips in Public Service announcement and Cassi Rodgers walked away with 9th place on Insurance and Risk Management.
Missouri non-farm payroll employment decreased slightly from February 2022 to March 2022, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point. Employment, seasonally adjusted, decreased by 200 jobs over the month. Private industry employment increased by 600 jobs, while government employment declined by 800 jobs. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.6% in March 2022, down from 3.7% in February 2022. Over the year, there was an increase of 82,100 jobs from March 2021 to March 2022, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by 1.2%, from 4.8% in March 2021 to 3.6% in March 2022.
Sixteens residents of the Missouri Highway Patrol Troop B territory completed a Community Alliance Program offered by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Troop B Headquarters, including a Bucklin resident. This was the 16th program of its type conducted at Troop B since 2001. The Community Alliance Program is a unique opportunity for citizens to gain insight and understanding of the training and many duties of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. It also offers an opportunity to meet and interact with several members and employees of the Patrol. During the program, the participants met at the Troop B Headquarters in Macon, for six consecutive Monday evenings. Classroom and practical instruction covered various topics, including firearms, traffic stops, criminal investigations, polygraph examinations, and driving while intoxicated enforcement.
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young turkey hunters in Missouri harvested 2,881 birds over the youth weekend, April 9 and 10. Top harvest counties were Miller with 87 birds harvested, Osage with 71, and Franklin with 71. Young hunters checked 2,795 turkeys during the 2021 spring youth weekend.