With the old Hair-I-Am salon building at 106 W. Second Street in Montgomery City being vacant for nearly a year, Julie Worsham wanted to do something about it. So during the fall, the Montgomery …
A year ago, Montgomery County was invited to join the BackStoppers organization, which has helped plenty of families of first responders such as police officers, firefighters and EMS workers. …
When she took over activity director duties at St. Andrew’s at New Florence in 2003, Lisa Popp dreamed of having a chapel to serve all of the residents. At 1 p.m. on March 3, Popp’s …
Landon Pottebaum and Beckham Cothren walked out of Wright City High School on March 7 with a big honor. The Montgomery County sophomores received all-Eastern Missouri Conference honors for the …
Business law has been a passion for Jacer Brower. The Montgomery County junior wants to be an attorney in the future. “I love to dress up,” Brower said. “I love to argue. …
Three years ago, Josh Waters joined the Montgomery County Joint Communications Center staff as a dispatcher. Now, the Illinois native is the center’s new director. He took over duties for …
Ever since the Montgomery County Junior Fair Board was formed last year, it performed many duties such as helping out with the day-to-day operations at the Montgomery County Fair and coming up with …
Nathan Carroz has enjoyed a successful legal career that includes nine years as prosecuting attorney and two years as associate circuit judge for the 12th Judicial Circuit. The Wellsville native …
Derrick Cobb loves to do two things – drive a tractor and cook. The Montgomery County junior got to do both on Feb. 23. As part of FFA week, several members of the MCHS FFA chapter …
Carly Henderson couldn’t have asked for a better way to start her final FFA Week in her four years with the Wellsville-Middletown FFA chapter. The W-M senior left the Lake of the Ozarks as …
The Wellsville-Middletown R-I School District is asking community members to approve a $1.9 million no-tax-increase bond issue in the April 4 election that will help pay for improvements at the …
Year in School: Senior. Parent’s name: Karen Klingert Sinclair. High school activities: FFA, National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society. Favorite food: Cornbread. …
Jenna Fitzgerald has just one favorite moment about Science Day at Jonesburg Elementary School. “My favorite part is 3:30 p.m., when everybody has told me everything they learned,” …
Since 2018, the Montgomery County Cancer Supporters have been valuable in helping local cancer patients. “The last five years, we have gotten over $15,000 in gas cards and we served over …
For more than 10 years, the Cherry Pistols have been a popular party band in Missouri, playing a variety of rock, pop and funk songs from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. On April 1, the Jefferson …
When he was named the 44th attorney general in Missouri’s history on Jan. 3, Rhineland resident Andrew Bailey accomplished some history. He became the first Montgomery Countian to take …
In five months, High Hill Christian Church plans to send 10 people to a mission trip to Honduras. So the church is having a shoe drive to help pay for the trip. Gently worn, used or new shoes …
When the doors first opened at 3 p.m. on Feb. 4 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Montgomery City, the Carol Mills Retirement Reception drew a big crowd as 25 people were in attendance. Then, …
Whenever he hears a mythology question in a Scholar Bowl match, Ethan Vance gets pretty pumped up. “I spent three years researching mythology,” the Wellsville-Middletown junior said. …
Immaculate Conception School has a small, but outstanding eighth-grade class. Owen Merz, Emerson Schroeder and Carl Smith are the only eighth-grade students in the Montgomery City Catholic …
For over 60 years, St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital has been a top facility for treating children with cancer and other diseases. This year, Montgomery County native Travis Robinson …
When they were kindergarten students at Wellsville-Middletown Elementary School, Mason Guzy and Molly Scott marched through the school’s gymnasium as crown bearers during the W-M Homecoming …
For 23 years as director of Schlanker Funeral Home, Carol Mills has comforted many families in the Montgomery County area in times of grief. Now, that long run is about to come to an end. …
As the Montgomery City Area United Way Annual Meeting on Jan. 23 was about to come to a close, Jeff Miller of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri got out of his seat and thanked all of the area …
Montgomery County ballots have been announced for the April 4 election with one of the school districts seeking bond issues for building improvements. The Wellsville-Middletown R-1 School …
