Aubrey Schwartze

Stricklan, Schwartze earn MBCA All-District honors

Now into the month of March, postseason basketball honors will begin rolling in. Vienna High School’s basketball duo of Cash Stricklan and Aubrey Schwartze were named to their respective …
News
VIENNA — The Vienna city government will no longer be split into wards for the purpose of electing aldermen after aldermen voted at the March 4 meeting to have all future board members elected …
BELLE — Residents who request to be on a Belle Board of Aldermen meeting agenda are required to share the topic they wish to discuss, according to Mayor Pro Tem James (Pudd) Mitchell. …
BELLE — Republican candidates in the Maries County Sheriff race were among the speakers at the Maries County Republican Central Committee’s annual Lincoln Day Banquet on Feb. 29 at the …
JEFFERSON CITY — On April 8, citizens across southern and southeast Missouri will have the chance to see a rare celestial event — a total solar eclipse. The moon will block the …
Bland Fire Protection District on March 2 welcomed a 1991 International fire truck with a 1,500-gallon tank from Hebron Fire Department in New York to replace a 1989 Mack tanker that has been out of …
Commission News
VIENNA — T.C. James with Show-Me Land Surveying came to the March 7 Maries County Commission meeting to share the survey he finished on Maries Road 306 as part of the court order regarding Fish …
VIENNA — On Feb. 20, the Maries County Commission reconvened after its usual morning meeting at the courthouse. In the afternoon, Presiding Commissioner Victor Stratmann and Eastern …
VIENNA — At a Maries County Commission meeting last week, the commissioners briefly discussed news that the city of Rolla agreed to lease part of the Rolla National Airport with solar energy …
VIENNA — On Feb. 1, the Maries County Commission approved the 2024 budget with an increase from last year and a total budget of $7,894,111. Several taxes bring revenue to the county. …
VIENNA — Chief Deputy Scott John came to the Jan. 29 Maries County Commission meeting to tell the commission that the sheriff’s office had received its first shipment of medication from …

Martha Alexander

Martha Louise Alexander, 97, of Dixon, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in the Dixon Nursing and Rehab, Dixon. She was born Jan. 1, 1927, to Edgar and Amanda Myrtle (Vaughan) Blanton in …

James Rhodes

James “J.C.” Curtis Rhodes, 68, passed away peacefully Friday, March 8, 2024, at his residence in Bland. He was born Jan. 28, 1956, the youngest child of Louis and Vera (Franklin) …

Karen Wallis

Karen Ann Wallis, 65, of Dixon, passed away Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, at Mercy Hospital, Washington. She was born Dec. 30, 1958, to Louis and Betty (Linderer) Castellana in Spokane, Wash.  …

Sports
Baylar Smith

BHS hoops quartet earns MBCA All-District honors

Ending their respective seasons with winning records, Belle’s Tigers and Lady Tigers both had two players named to their respective Missouri Basketball Coaches Association (MBCA) Class 3, …

Lady Bears sweep Highway 28 volleyball showdown against Dixon

Swept by Cuba last Thursday opening a three-match home stand last week at Bland Middle School (BMS), Kaci Jones’ BMS Lady Bear volleyball teams looked to finish the home stand with wins against …
Tiger basketball players (from left) Hank Stratman and Baylar Smith accept the Battle of Maries County boys basketball trophy after their win last Tuesday night.

Belle sweeps Battle of Maries County contests

Sports

Little Cheerleaders cheer on the Tigers

Over 70 little cheerleaders came out to cheer on the Tigers Monday as they played Calvary Lutheran. The cheerleaders cheered between the JV and varsity games.

Belle Tigers need overtime for Highway 28 hoops win over Dixon Bulldogs

Nearly a week removed from their homecoming win over Plato, John Viehland’s Belle Tigers welcomed Dixon’s Bulldogs to town for a Highway 28 hardwood showdown Thursday night that was …

Vienna’s Cash Stricklan reaches 1,000 career points

Vienna Eagle senior basketball player Cash Stricklan (standing at center) holds a basketball commemorating him reaching 1,000 career points at Vienna High School. He is flanked by his fellow …
Photo oGallry

Another Sisters Day has come and gone. That’s 2 of 12. One quick question before I begin…there seems to be a fever bug going around Jeff City. I was just wondering if it is going around …
To the editor: I was saddened to read Wilburn Rowden’s obituary in the Maries County Advocate. Because of my friendship with the Rowden family, I included Wilburn C. Rowden along with …
My dime at the end of the day I get very frustrated every time I read an article in the Advocate newspaper about the city of Belle’s alleged violations of the Sunshine Laws. Why …