MARSHALL, Mo. (May 20, 2022) - Dr. Diane Bartholomew, vice president of academic affairs for Missouri Valley College, has announced the Spring 2022 Dean’s List. The requirements for the Dean’s List are a 3.3 or higher grade point average; at least 12 graded hours for the semester and no “D,” “F,” or “Incomplete” grades for the semester. The following student from the area was named to the Dean’s List:
Main street traffic slowed between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 21, near 717 Main in Boonville as Cooper Lodge #36 hosted their annual pork steak dinner.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Leaders of a Tennessee abortion clinic calculated driving distances and studied passenger rail routes as they scanned the map for another place to offer services if the U.S. Supreme Court lets states restrict or eliminate abortion rights.
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Concern mounted Saturday over Ukrainian fighters who became prisoners at the end of Russia's brutal three-month siege of Mariupol, as a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Shenaya Ann Washington and a close friend cleared a small patch of grass at the base of a utility pole on Riley Street. They dug a hole there and planted a red rose bush seedling. Next to it, they leaned 10 prayer candles against the pole.
The May meeting of the Boonville Board of Education focused on budgetary items, of which, salary schedules were a main issue. “Salary schedules are a very significant budget item and always take a great deal of consideration,” stated Superintendent of Schools Sarah Marriott.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maybe extra rest isn’t such a bad thing for a racehorse after all. In the Preakness Stakes that was run without the Kentucky Derby winner because Rich Strike’s owner felt he needed more time off after his 80-1 upset, Early Voting validated a gutsy decision to skip the Derby and aim for the second leg of the Triple Crown.
BERLIN (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over,” the head of the World Health Organization warned Sunday, despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the omicron wave. He told governments that “we lower our guard at our peril.”
It was Laura Speed Elliott Middle School’s turn to participate in the All Hands On Deck service project initiative. On Tuesday May 17, the entire school turned out to do their part for Boonville.
The Boonslick Heartland YMCA will be a happening place this summer. Once school is out, Summer Day Camp 2022 will take over for many families as a way to keep their child engaged, developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills over the summer.