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UPDATE: Area schools announce closings for Tuesday
2/8/2010
Because of the severe winter weather that has hit the mid-Missouri region, schools in the Howard County area have already announced that classes will not be in session on Tuesday.
As of 10:50 p.m. Monday, KOMU has listed that Fayette R-III, St. Mary's of Glasgow and Glasgow R-II schools have canceled classes for Tuesday. Boonville R-I will be closed Tuesday as well.
According to KOMU's listing of school closings,
nothing has yet been announced regarding New Franklin R-I, Grace 'n' Glory Christian Academy, Harrisburg R-VIII or
Higbee R-VIII schools as of that time. Stay tuned for future updates.
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UPDATE: Area high schools announce postponements of athletic events
2/8/2010
A couple of area high school basketball games scheduled for Monday night were postponed due to inclement weather, according to a post on centralmoinfo.com.
The Harrisburg JV and varsity girls basketball games at Hallsville were postponed until Tuesday night.
The Higbee varsity boys and girls basketball games at home against Bucklin have been rescheduled for Feb. 15, starting at 6 p.m.
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addition, there are several area high school basketball games scheduled
for Tuesday. The Fayette JV girls, varsity girls and varsity boys are
to play at Paris, starting at 5:15 p.m.; the New Franklin JV, varsity
girls and varsity boys are to host Keytesville, starting at 5 p.m.; the
Glasgow JV, varsity girls and varsity boys are to host Cairo, starting
at 5 p.m.; the Hallsville JV and varsity boys are to play at
Hallsville, starting at 6 p.m.; and the Higbee varsity girls and
varsity boys are to host Jamestown, starting at 6 p.m.
Check back Tuesday morning to find updates on possible cancellations for Tuesday's game, or visit the KRES radio Web site for all updates around the north central Missouri region.
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Boonville Katy bridge saved at last
2/5/2010
Gov. Jay Nixon announced today that the State of Missouri has reached an agreement-in-principle with Union Pacific Railroad that will preserve the historic MKT railroad lift bridge over the Missouri River at Boonville.
The governor was at the Katy Trail depot in Boonville on Thursday afternoon to make the announcement, where he was joined by representatives of the city of Boonville and the railroad, by members of the Save the Katy Bridge Coalition, and by hiking and bicycling enthusiasts.
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Free tax service available through CMCA’s VITA program
2/5/2010
With tax season under way, Central Missouri Community Action will again offer the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA) to low and moderate income workers.
The VITA program, which began earlier this week on Monday is designed to provide free income tax preparation assistance to families that earn low to moderate incomes and encourages use of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the Child Tax Credit, or the Missouri Property Tax Credit.
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City council approves payment for wastewater treatment facility contractor
2/5/2010
With some misgivings, the Fayette council approved paying $193,794 to the contractor who has built the new wastewater treatment facility. They also received some daunting news about the deteriorated status of the city hall building at their regular meeting Tuesday.
Leann McClanahan of USDA-Rural Development attended the meeting. She strongly recommended the council approve payment of half of the retainage fee ($193,794) to the general contractor, Sterling Excavation.
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New Franklin viaduct closing date pushed back
2/5/2010
The Missouri Department of Transportation announces the closing of the concrete viaduct (known as the Katy Trail Bridge) on Route 5 in New Franklin has been rescheduled to Feb. 22.
Although the closures will not take place until that date, the contractor, Widel, Inc., of Blackwater, will begin moving equipment into the area and doing some preliminary work beginning Feb. 16.
Missouri Street, which runs parallel to the bridge, will also be closed to all thru traffic.
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FHS students ‘shadow’ over area jobs on Groundhog Day
2/5/2010
Several juniors at Fayette High School took a day away from school Tuesday to participate in a shadow theme for Groundhog Day.
Approximately 28 students took part in a nationwide event of job shadowing over area business around the central Missouri area.
“With job shadowing and Groundhog Day, the ‘shadow’ theme goes hand-in-hand,” FHS guidance counselor Geoff Moorehead said. “This day was adopted to send students out to job shadow.”
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Fayette girls optimistic in spite of loss
2/5/2010
It’s not often that Fayette girls head coach Mike James can take a lot of positives from a loss this season.
But that was precisely the case in the Lady Falcons’ 60-50 loss Tuesday night at Fayette High School. Even though the loss dropped Fayette’s season record to 3-16, it was the second-most points the girls have scored in a game this season.
“I thought, even though we lost by 10 points, this was our best effort offensively,” James said. “I thought we looked like we were composed, it looked like we could handle their pressure, it looked like we had a good idea of where everybody was supposed to be. There were very few breakdowns.”
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Falcons’ loss could lead to quick exit from Class 2 ranks
2/5/2010
The joy ride for the Fayette boys basketball team may be over before it actually began. Literally.
After a stellar 3-0 performance last week in the Slater Tournament, the Falcons were welcomed back to Lewis & Clark Conference action with a 68-61 loss to Marceline at home Tuesday, dropping their record this season to 16-4.
When the Falcons’ players woke up the next morning, they saw that sports writers from around the state had voted them at the No. 10 ranking in the Class 2 polls. The polls weren’t released until Wednesday morning.
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Littrell, Daniels lead Glasgow to sweep over Braymer
2/5/2010
After suffering two tough losses in last week’s Slater Tournament, the Glasgow boys basketball team found its stride Tuesday with a 46-34 home victory over Class 1 state-ranked Braymer. The win improves Glasgow to 15-3 this season.
“This game was won by our defense, plain and simple,” Glasgow head coach Mick Cropp said. “Braymer is very big and athletic and made it difficult for us to score, so we had to play good team defense, and that’s what we did.”
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CMU to recognize men’s head coach Jeff Sherman on Feb. 13
2/5/2010
Central Methodist University will be honoring head men’s basketball coach Jeff Sherman for his induction into the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame at the CMU home basketball games on Feb. 13.
Sherman, who is in his 25th season at the helm of the CMU program, was inducted into the MBCA Hall of Fame in October. He will be recognized between the women’s and men’s basketball games against William Jewell College.
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Harvey Linneman (1937-2010)
2/2/2010
Lifelong Forest Green resident, Harvey Herman Linneman died Sunday
(Jan. 31, 2010) at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. He was 72.
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Geraldine Tippett (1929-2010)
2/2/2010
Geraldine (Jerry) Tippett, life-long Howard County resident, died at the age of 80, Sunday (Jan. 31, 2010).
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