The Boonville R-I Board of Education will meet for their last meeting of 2011 on Wednesday evening.
With what appears to be a light agenda, Superintendent Mark Ficken said the board will discuss "common, end of the year business."
Atiyyah Ellison spoke to students Thursday at Laura Speed Elliott Middle School as part of Red Ribbon Week, a substance abuse prevention program.
Thursday marked what Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic School Principal Alan Lammers deemed a "turning point" in the school's latest project.
Therapeutic Riding, started in Europe in 1951 as a therapy for disabled persons, treats those with disabilities, or behavioral or emotional issues, through interactions with horses. Bonnie Riley, a Boonville resident, started Riley Equine Center, a nonprofit facility, about a year ago.
Oct. 10 - Oct. 14 is Fire Prevention Week in Boonville. Firefighters are traveling from school to school and teaching young people about techniques for fire prevention as well as strategies for safely exiting a blaze.
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.
Courtney Hunt is in her second year as a counselor at Prairie Home.
As the district prepares for new lights over its Community Sports Complex, board members discussed whether it is worth preserving the old ones at a meeting Wednesday.
Boonslick Technical Education Center director Paul Wootten resigned earlier this month in the initial stages of the transition to the project based learning curriculum he proposed.
A fire Monday night at a concession shack near the Kemper Military School football field left the structure in ashes.
Boonville Chamber Choir members participated in a district competition on Sept. 10 at Odessa High School.
Boonville Board of Education agreed to replace the Community Sports Complex lighting at a special meeting Thursday.
Michael Kelley was elected vice president of the House at the eight day leadership program in June. He and five other participants received a congressional proclamation Wednesday.
Donna Sharpe teachers family and consumer sciences at Praire Home R-V School. She answered the Boonville Daily News' questions via email.
Terry Ehlers, a Boonville High School teacher, had a teacher's aide walk into his classroom and tell him to turn on his television almost 10 years ago.
Erich Gerding has taught seven years in New Franklin School District.
Emily Allsop recently started teaching at Boonville High School. She is also a girls basketball coach at Laura Speed Elliott Middle School. She answered the Boonville Daily News questions via email.
We examine the district's spending on special services.
