Stouffer, Jones attend Boonville cell phone provider ribbon cutting

A ribbon cutting was held Friday morning as a celebration of AT&T's continued growth in mobile broadband coverage.

Fuqua, home manufacturer, closes after four decades in Boonville

A modular home manufacturer stopped producing at its Boonville factory in May and decided to close for good earlier this month.

City ceases negotiations with Stein House owners

The city of Boonville's negotiations with Stein House owners to purchase the burnt-out property ended Monday when council members voted to withdraw an offer, according to closed session minutes.

Greetings from Boonville: Retired David Barton teacher sells cards

Luanna Carpenter remembers when she taught fourth graders how to cut and paste pictures together — not Microsoft Word cut and paste, but construction paper and glue.  Now she cuts and pastes greeting cards for additional income through her cottage hobby, Cards by Luanna. 

Boonville woman uses wine bottles past the last drop

Nancy Schler recycles old wine bottles, salt shakers, even light bulbs into craft pieces. Her wine bottle collection can be seen at Cooper's Oak Winery.

Dry cleaners pressed for money after Kemper Military closed

The Boonville Daily News reflects on the closing of Kemper Military School and College's long history and its closing in 2002. An alumni association is hosting a reunion this weekend in Boonvile.

Boonville artist creates pots with some bite

Carolyn Edwards, a dental assistant, also operates a pottery studio in her home.

FROM THE EDITOR: Mamtek deal sour for Boonville

That the city of Moberly is likely sweating the sweet stuff because it issued $39 million in industrial development bonds to build a plant for an artificial sweetener company, Mamtek, that is now trying to avoid bankruptcy makes a pretty safe bet. But for the the city of Boonville, which signed a three-year $300,000 agreement with the nonprofit organization integral in completing the Mamtek deal, what kind of taste did the economic development gone sour leave?

City of Boonville releases gaming revenue disbursement figures

The city of Boonville provided a list Wednesday documenting how it disbursed gaming revenues to public entities and nonprofit organizations.

Boonville veteran dives into stained glass artwork

Retired Master Sgt Dearing McMillin Jr.  once saved lives.  If soldiers were trapped in a plane underwater or downed pilots were located in remote settings accessible only by water, he was asked to use his skills as a scuba diver to reach them. Now a Boonville resident, he uses his skills as an artist to produce stained glass pieces such as windows, novelties, and light-catchers with the goal of providing people an enjoyment of art.

Women in Agriculture conference tours Christmas tree farm

Three charter buses filled with women toured Starr Pines Christmas Tree Farm Tuesday afternoon as part of the Women in Agriculture State Conference. They sat on hay bales in a trailer and listened as the farm owner detailed the operations of growing thousands of scotch pines on a 200 acre farm south of Boonville.

Boonville tattoo parlor owner featured on television show

At Midway Auto Truck Plaza, site of a new reality television show, evidence exists that if you film it, they will come.

FROM THE EDITOR: Bobber Cafe a victim of tough industry

Both my parents worked in the food business — my dad had several restaurants and my mom managed catering at clubs and corporations — and both can offer cautionary tales to the person certain that his sports bar will work at that corner location or that a downtown area needs another fine dining establishment.

Historic Bobber Cafe to close in Boonville

For the first time in its 50-year existence, the lights inside Bobber Cafe were dark an entire day earlier this year, when harsh winter weather prevented employees from opening.

The closure proved to be an augury of the restaurant's ultimate fate.

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED: Boone Village Shopping Center construction?

Midway Properties, the owner of the shopping center, is renovating and expanding the buildings once occupied by Movie Gallery and Orscheln Farm and Home.

Nordyne closing Tipton plant, moving operations to Boonville

Nordyne, a heating and cooling equipment manufacturer, is closing a Tipton plant and moving the operations to its Boonville facility.

Financial adviser with ties to Boonville on debt downgrade

The Boonville Daily News asked a few of our community leaders and bankers about what the U.S. debt downgrade would mean for small towns such as Boonville. The city has obtained lease financing for $8.7 million through federal Build America Bonds program.

Boonville Farmers Market healthy in second year

In its second year, vendors say business has been steady, if not overwhelming, and they want to see the operation grow.

Fire at Huebert facility destroys fiberboard

An early morning fire destroyed a large amount of finished fiberboard at Huebert Fiberboard facility on Morgan Street Saturday.

Assessing economic impact of First Battle of Boonville

The commemoration of the sesquicentennial of First Battle of Boonville organized by Boonville Civil War Commemorative Commission drew 10,000 visitors to Boonville and 21 vendors, said commission chairperson Deborah Marshall, publisher of the Boonville Daily News.

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