Belle marshal shares Halloween safety tips with children at Doodlebugs
BELLE — With Halloween approaching, Belle Marshal Jerry Coborn recently visited children at Doodlebugs in Belle to share trick-or-treating safety tips, answer questions and introduce youngsters to …
R-2 seeking bids for BHS gym roof replacement
BELLE — Maries County R-2 officials are seeking an additional bid to replace the Belle High School gym roof after being told continued repairs are no longer a viable option. Superintendent Dr. …
Maries R-2 Early Childhood Center nears completion as district works to secure internet service
BELLE — Maries County R-2’s new Early Childhood Center is about 95 percent complete, but district officials are still working to establish internet and telephone service at the facility. …
Voter registration deadline Wednesday
VIENNA — The voter registration deadline is Oct. 7 for the Nov. 3 midterm election. Maries County residents can register to vote at the following: • Clerk’s office at the Maries …
Belle/Bland News
BELLE — Visitors to Belle City Park may have noticed a few feathered guests enjoying the lake this fall, as Canada geese take advantage of the peaceful waters and grassy shoreline. Several of …
BELLE - Belle Elementary students showed improvement in both reading and math on the beginning-of-year iReady testing, while school officials have set new academic goals aimed at increasing …
BELLE — Mayor James (Pudd) Mitchell updated the Belle Board of Aldermen Sept. 16 on the status of the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) construction on Highway 89 through the four-way …
Vienna/Vichy News
MARIES COUNTY — Missouri Ozarks Community Action (MOCA) is expanding transportation access across its eight-county service area through MOCA Transit, a volunteer-driver program providing …
MARIES COUNTY — A Vienna woman sustained serious injuries and a 16-year-old passenger suffered minor injuries in a one-vehicle crash early Sept. 22 in Maries County. According to the Missouri …
MARIES COUNTY — Maries County 911 dispatchers could receive raises of up to $1 per hour as the Maries County Emergency Services Board attempts to retain employees while preparing to take over …
Opinion

Back yard birds

A couple weeks ago, as the weather cooled and the acorns pelted my rooftop, a covey of 15 or 20 quail fed around in my back yard for much of an afternoon. The big oaks are producing a lot of acorns …

It’s been two years, no one has responded

It’s been two years since my column on abortion asked abortion advocates to convince me that the child in a mother’s womb is not human. I’m still waiting. With adjustments to the first …

Curly cord calls

It used to be referred to by a full noun. Telephone. Sometimes ‘phone’. Never ‘cell’. We had telephones in our houses, connected to our walls or sitting on tables. Usually, there was only …

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