A St. Charles County judge on March 17 declared a verdict that family and friends of Tara Fifer, Lexy Vandiver, Jessica Powell and Mason Vandiver have known in their hearts for nine years: Shawn …
With the four-day school week gaining popularity in Missouri, language arts teachers from Montgomery County High School decided to give their students an assignment in early March. Students …
Year in School: Senior. Parent’s names: Ted and Julie Fischer. High school activities : FBLA, Student Council, Volleyball, Basketball, A+ and National Honor Society. Favorite …
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 Montgomery County Extension Council held its annual meeting on Feb. 20 at the Montgomery City Lions Club building that included a couple of guest speakers who talked about the impact of health in …
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 …
With youth baseball in Wellsville starting in several months, the city’s Historical and Preservation Society is determined to help make improvements for Kiwanis Ballpark. So the …
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. …
Call it the Valentine’s Day miracle. The Eastern Missouri Conference boys basketball championship trophy is back at Montgomery County High School, thanks to a half-court shot from sophomore …
