Although not much is known at the moment, it has been confirmed that the Republic School District will soon decide whether to move forward with a new Early childhood Center at the former site of the old football field at Price Elementary.
Freedom Bank of Southern Missouri announced that it and its parent bank holding company, Freedom Bancshares of Southern Missouri, Inc. have entered into an agreement to merge with Community National Bank, Monett, with Freedom Bank surviving the bank merger.
A Willard man will do time after his probation was revoked following a probation violation hearing on Thursday, Jan. 2. Benjamin Shane Seltz, 34, was sentenced to serve his original 10-year prison sentence, according to the amended sentence and judgement report in his case.
Ted Hillmer is officially retired after a 44-year career with the federal government. Friday, Jan. 3, was the last day on the job for the now former superintendent of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Park.
Lawrence County Farms, LLC, located west of Ash Grove, has been turned down for a medical marijuana cultivation facility license by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS).
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 1,909 deer during Missouri’s late youth portion of the 2019 deer hunting season, Nov. 29 through Dec. 1.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports two people died in traffic crashes during the 30-hour 2019 Christmas holiday counting period. The 2019 Christmas counting period ran from 6 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, through 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019.
The Republic R-3 School District passed their fiscal year 2019 audit with flying colors, according to a report presented at the Republic School Board meeting by Rebecca Friedrich, from KPM on Thursday, Dec. 19.
