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Fundraising is ongoing for the Brookfield Junction Park, located at the corner of North Main Street and East Boston Street near Brookfield Library. “We are hoping to create a pleasant addition to the city park system where families can visit and learn more about the railroads’ part in the founding of Brookfield and perhaps see friends and relatives honored in the tribute wall as contributors to railroad history and to this park,” Rob Riddle Brookfield Junction Park Committee President said.

A high school physical education teacher for the Braymer C-4 School District is facing charges after allegedly sending nude photos to students from July 2021-March 2022. Zachary Wayman Douglas, Utica, has been charged with one count of felony sexual misconduct involving a child under 15, one count of misdemeanor first-degree sexual misconduct, and four counts of misdemeanor furnish pornographic material or attempt to furnish to a minor.

IT’S A GIRL!!!! Maria Joy Alvina Wetzel arrived on March 14, 2022, to make her home with James and Marissa Wetzel, Lawrence, Kan. Maternal grandparents are Cory and Stacy Surber, Wheeling; maternal great-grandmothers are Pat Holloway, Chillicothe, and Angie Thomas, Wheeling.

After a more than two-year postponement of flights due to the pandemic, Central Missouri Honor Flight (CMHF) is preparing for its first flight of the 2022 flight season on Monday, May 9. Veterans, some of whom have waited more than three years for their Honor Flight, will be treated to the trip of a lifetime to Washington, DC, to see the memorials dedicated to their military service.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Rep. Rusty Black and the members of the Missouri House of Representatives have given their approval to legislation that would protect the rights of patients to have visitors during a hospital stay. Known as the No Patient Left Alone Act, HB 2116 was approved by the House Wednesday morning by a vote of 120-27.

Missouri producers who have an active 2018 Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) Classic, CSP-Renewal or CSP Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) contract that will be expiring at the end of 2022, have until April 15, to apply for potential renewal of their contract for an additional five years. Contract holders can visit their local USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office to complete the required renewal process.

Every spring, as snow and ice fade to an unpleasant memory, attention turns to trash that has accumulated on roadsides during the winter months. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) would like to invite all who use Missouri roads to join us in doing some spring cleaning throughout the month of April.

For two years, shoppers have seen how supply chain problems can shock the food system. Initially triggered by the pandemic, these problems have persisted due to labor shortages, transportation bottlenecks and now international conflict.

State Auditor Nicole Galloway announced her office has begun an audit of the Carroll County Ambulance District. The ambulance district board of directors passed a resolution requesting the audit, after a complaint to the State Auditor’s Whistleblower Hotline led to an initial review of the allegations by the Auditor’s Public Corruption and Fraud Division.