A Willard man was booked into the Greene County Jail on Wednesday, May 20, 14 months after apparently confessing to repeatedly molesting two girls. Edmond Louis Bolander, 54, is charged with 10 sex crimes, which, according to the criminal complaint, took place between 1993 and 1997.
An Ash Grove man received a suspended 180-day jail sentence and two years of unsupervised probation after pleading guilty to resisting arrest. Shane Roudybush, 35, pleaded guilty to the charge on Thursday, May 21, as part of a plea agreement.
A Republic man was arrested and booked into the Greene County Jail after he allegedly made a bomb threat at the Republic Wal-Mart, where he was an employee. Christopher William Henderson, 28, is charged with making a terrorist threat in the third degree, a Class A misdemeanor.
Ash Grove’s annual Fourth of July celebration Sparks in the Park has officially been canceled by organizer Ash Grove HTC. The announcement was made Monday on the group’s Facebook page. Additionally, the Boone Rendezvous was canceled for 2020.
The Republic Parks and Recreation Department has decided to postpone this year’s Have-A-Blast, an annual festival traditionally held around Independence Day, until Saturday, Sept. 5, which is over Labor Day weekend.
Missouri Governor Mike Parson Monday, June 1, signed Executive Order 20-11 to
declare that a State of
Emergency exists in Missouri due to civil unrest. The Missouri
National Guard and the Missouri
Highway Patrol stand ready
to support local authorities.
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrapped up a 5,046-mile, two-week trip visiting every county in Missouri delivering face masks, distancing strips, sanitizer, face shields and posters to local election authorities for the upcoming 2020 elections.
A Greene County inmate escaped the confines of the Greene County Jail the evening of Monday, May 26, however, was apprehended a short time later after a full on manhunt near the jail.
Dr. Shane Dublin was recently named the next assistant superintendent of academics for the Willard School District.
Dublin and his family joined the Willard Board of Education meeting on Thursday, May 21.
