Missouri Child Support awarded two $1 million grants focused on teens

The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration of Children & Families awarded two $1 million grants to the Department of Social Services, Family Support Division Child Support Enforcement to develop interventions to educate teens on parental financial, legal, and emotional responsibilities to help youth be the parent they hope to become.  Activities will begin

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Statement of the Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys on concurrent jurisdiction following passage of HB2 in Senate

As elected local  prosecutors who have tried countless homicide cases to Missouri juries, we are gravely concerned regarding the miscarriage of justice from the unprecedented usurpation of the authority of a locally elected prosecutor being attempted by Missouri’s Attorney General. Last night in the midnight hours, the Missouri Senate passed a provision which, if made

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MU Extension online cattle management workshop to begin

MU Extension regional livestock and agriculture business specialists have put together a three-night online cattle management workshop series to educate cattle producers on various management and financial strategies for optimum performance of their cattle operation.  “Management is key to profitability in a cattle operation,” says Patrick Davis, MU Extension Regional Livestock Field Specialist.  The workshop

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Love note from Jeff City

Greetings, My Fellow Missourians Due to living close to the Hwy ZZ Bridge, my neighbors have been asking for an update on when it will reopen. Neighbors hauling hay used to have a 3 mile drive to their property located on the other side, now they have a 26 mile drive going around. I did

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CEDAR COUNTY SHERIFF

08/30 • Trespasser on W Lafayette Eldo identified himself as a police officer and said he had a gun.  RP asked for an ID and he refused and left.  Notified ESPD • Disturbance reported on E Fields Eldo.  Transferred to other agency. • C&I driver reported on S 151 Rd Eldo.  Speeding by the RP’s

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ST. CLAIR COUNTY SHERIFF

Sheriff Scott Keeler reported deputies made 17 arrests and took multiple reports during the weeks of August 18 through September 1, 2020.     Arrests Ashley Miller- On Aug. 31, Ashley Miller, 32, Independence, was arrested by a St. Clair County deputy on a class D felony possession of a controlled substance, and a class

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VERNON COUNTY SHERIFF

Sept. 1, theft at S. 4th St., Bronaugh. Sept. 1, harassment at S. 1200 Rd., Nevada. Sept. 1, domestic dispute at S. 1350 Rd., Nevada. Sept. 1, burglary at W. First St., Schell City. Sept. 3, assault at S. 1200 Rd., Nevada.

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Marjorie Ann Hill

Marjorie Ann Hill, age 78, of San Antonio, TX, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. She was a former resident of Appleton City, El Dorado Springs, Branson, Springfield and Willard. Marjorie was born May 11, 1942, to John and Dorthea (Lukenbill) Sherieck in Appleton City. She was a 1960 graduate of Appleton City High School.

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Clara Aleyne Shaw

Clara Aleyne (Macari) Shaw, a.k.a. “Mac,” 90, of Edwards, passed away on Sept. 5, 2020, at the Wilshire at Lakewood in Lee’s Summit. Aleyne was born on March 7, 1929, in Hume, to Bert Mayo Macari and Clara Elizabeth (Lee) Macari. She married Jacob Carl Shaw on Jan. 17, 1948. They were married for sixty-seven

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Walter Joe (W. J.) Steward

Walter Joe (W. J.) Steward, 82, of Nevada, passed away on Sept. 2, 2020, at his home.  W. J. was born in southeast Vernon County on April 23, 1938 to Walter Lavere and Mary Josephine (Bradin) Steward.  W. J. and Avril Ann Levi were united in marriage on Aug. 7, 1965, in Stockton. W. J.

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