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Back to School Bash draws a crowd

For the eighth year, the Boonville Kiwanis Club handed out school supplies to area children in kindergarten through fifth grade. On Sunday, August 14, the Kiwanis club, along with Central Missouri Community Action, Impact Activity Center, and the Thomas-Tuttle Post #52 of the American Legion convened at Lions Park for the Back to School Bash.

MoDOT brings Freedom Drivers Project to Missouri State Fair

JEFFERSON CITY—The Missouri Department of Transportation is partnering with Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) to bring the Freedom Drivers Project traveling exhibit to the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia beginning Aug. 18 and continuing through the end of the fair on Aug.

Missouri voters to weigh forgiveness for past weed crimes

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri could become the first state to pass a voter-led effort to require courts to automatically forgive past marijuana crimes as part of a constitutional amendment to legalize recreational pot on November’s ballot. Of the 19 states where recreational marijuana is legal, only seven states require some sort of judicial forgiveness for those punished for committing crimes that have since been decriminalized, according to the advocacy group National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

New Franklin looks to continue making progress in 2022

Entering his 15th season as head baseball coach at New Franklin, Erich Gerding would like nothing more than to see the Bulldogs continue to make progress and get better for the 2022 fall season. Although the Bulldogs were pretty good during the fall season of 2021 while finishing 11-3, they came back in the spring season to back it up while finishing 12-6 overall.