New Franklin first grader Kelsey Snider was less than a year old when she was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, eight-year-old Kelsey Snider was transformed into Princess Kelsey.

Chorus members are being sought for the Gilbert and Sullivan opera “The Mikado” being produced June 27 and 28 by the Swinney Conservatory of Music at Central Methodist University in Fayette.

Pilot Grove’s Academic Team competed in the State Academic Tournament on Friday, May 2.

At the Cooper County Public Health Center monthly meeting held Tuesday night, administrator Melanie Hein presented the audit report for 2007.

The Boonville City Council, at its Monday night meeting, unanimously approved a resolution refining a proposed involuntary annexation area to the city to 1,381 acres.

The Boonville Tourism Commission met on Wednesday afternoon for their monthly meeting, despite the fact that there weren’t enough board members for a quorum.

Members from the New Franklin High School girls and boys basketball teams, as well as students from teacher Erich Gerding’s modern nonfiction class, joined members of the Missouri River Relief for a cleanup of the Missouri River at Franklin Island on Monday, May 5.

Pilot Grove High School honored high school senior Nate Schuster during Tuesday night's annual Spring concert by retiring his band uniform.

The first ever Best of Missouri Life Festival showcases the best of what Missouri has to offer.

The Boonville City Council approved several grants from the city’s gaming fund during the council's meeting Monday, May 5.

Boonville High School will highlight students’ work at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Creative Showcase 2008.

Rebecca Enochs will speak at CMU's commencement ceremony May 10 in Fayette, Mo.

The Boonville Post Office letter carriers will be collecting non-perishable food items Saturday, May 10 as part of the nation-wide Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Among topics duscussed at Pilot Grove's City Council meeting Monday night was the city's water system improvements.

At Monday night's city council meeting, Mayor Dave Nicholas cast a deciding vote to allow Glen Martin to serve beer at company picnic on Kemper grounds during Heritage Days.