The state saw a historic number of Missourians apply for unemployment benefits in 2020. About 639,000 Missourians filed in the first three months of the COVID pandemic, as businesses shut down to stave off the virus’ spread.
Are you in the Christmas Spirit? If so, the Pilot Grove Christmas Homes Tour may be just the thing for you or family members on Sunday, December 5th. This year’s Pilot Grove Christmas Homes Tour features five different homes and will be held from 1-5 p.m.
Boonville Tourism presents a historic downtown on Saturday, December 4th with Miracle on Main Street Festival. Christmas activities scheduled on Saturday include Parade of Porches, Roslyn Heights Tours, Santa at the Depot, Holiday Open House, Holiday Farmer’s Market, Model Train Open House, BHS Carolers, Soup and Sandwich Lunch, Holiday Parade, and Lights of Love Tree Lighting.
Gary AInsworth was recently inducted into the William Jewell College Athletic Hall of Fame. Ainsworth was a key member of some of the greatest football teams in Jewell history in the early 1980s.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of heroism will become a series of moving images further exploring the definition of a hero when a mid-Missouri filmmaker begins shooting his first full-length documentary feature.
The National Convention was back this year in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was from October 26-29.
Sedalia, Missouri – State Fair Community College invites the community to its annual “Jingle on the Green” from 6-8 p.m. Dec. 2 on the Sedalia campus. The event is free, and parking will be available in all campus lots.
The Cooper County Historical Society will meet at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 12, at historic Pleasant Green United Methodist Church, founded in 1825.
Easton Lenz, son of Jeremy and Leah Lenz of Bunceton and Desiree Green of Boonville, bagged his fi�rst deer with this 10-point buck on opening weekend. SUBMITTED PHOTO Brody Miller, son of Jordan and Jessica Poulsen and Sierra Miller, shows his little brother, Gatlin Poulsen, the deer he bagged on November 14th.
Marching Mizzou, the University of Missouri marching band, received a special surprise back in April. The band received an invite to perform in the 2022 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.