Emerging Artist Opportunity in Joplin

Joplin Regional Artists Coalition is excited to host an Emerging Artist juried exhibit this fall at the Spiva facility in the new Cornell Complex (Nov 12-Dec 31). Please see below for the guidelines and deadlines. We can’t wait to see what the area’s new artists come up with for this event. Please share this announcement

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C-17 flyover at El Dorado Springs

By: Jacque Gilpin Dudley (Proud Aunt) On Friday, August 19th, proud Grandfather Howard (Shorty) Gilpin was watching the sky over El Dorado Springs with family. His grandson, Major Matt McCandless, was piloting a C-17 for his traditional final flight with the Air Force. He wanted to flyover his grandparent’s farm and road in El Dorado.

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Burn ban lifted

The Cedar County Emergency Management Director and the Cedar County Commission are lifting the countywide burn ban for Cedar County due to sufficient rainfalls improving recent drought conditions. This ban is no longer in effect as of this date until, or unless, conditions worsen to necessitate a future ban. Thank you, Marlon Collins, Presiding Commissioner;

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Governor’s cost-share program to generate economic development

The Missouri General Assembly in the last legislative session appropriated $75 million to the departments of transportation and economic development for the Governor’s Transportation Cost-Share Program, aiming to build partnerships with local entities to deliver road and bridge projects. Guidelines and applications for the cost-share program are now available at modot.org/governors-transportation-cost-share-program. The Governor’s Transportation Cost-Share

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Press release from Cedar County Prosecutor

The Cedar County Prosecuting Attorney announces action on the following felony cases between the dates of August 6, 2022, and August 19, 2022. The following persons were bound over to the circuit court pursuant to a preliminary hearing: Tyler Pate, Case #22CD-CR00208; Tyler Pate, Case #22CD-CR00213; Carlina Simmons, Case #20CD-CR00381; Carlina Simmons, Case #20CD-CR00441; Carlina

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The Rock Wall

George Smith’s wife drove the little school bus that picked my up at the end of our driveway and dropped me off at Liston. One year earlier and I would have walked two miles to the Aarat Country school I understand that this Thursday will be the first day of school for the El Dorado

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PSC to hold local public hearings in St. Louis and Kansas City

The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold local public hearings in October in a natural gas rate case filed by Spire Missouri, Inc. (Spire). The Commission will hold an in-person local public hearing in St. Louis on Oct. 12, 2022 and one in Kansas City on Oct. 18, 2022. There will also be a virtual

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Sensory experience scheduled at Bennett Spring State Park

Join naturalists at Bennett Spring State Park as they read a book inside a tent while participants learn about nature through a sensory experience. The event will be held 11 – 11:30 a.m. on three Saturdays: Sept. 3, 10 and 17. Sensory experiences may include smells of nature, touching stuffed animals and crosscut wood, and

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