Boonville News

A new musical, "Gumbo Bottoms," is the story of Vivian Marks, who loses everything except a spit of land in Missouri, and the Turner Hall River Rats are extending a casting call to potential performers.

Fayette, Glasgow and Boonville Public Schools are now all under school improvement plans as the result of recent announcements for not meeting annual yearly progress standards as defined by No Child Left Behind ...

Fifth grade students will attend gender-specific classes in their core subjects beginning next Tuesday, the first day of classes at New Franklin School.

Three varied volumes which might be worth a few minutes of non-demanding summer leisure time have crossed this reviewer's desk.

The annual district convention of Jehovah's Witnesses from Central Missouri began at the Mizzou Arena on Friday.

The final closing of the historic 1925 Missouri River bridge which connects Howard and Saline Counties at Glasgow was met with much fanfare during ceremonies Saturday.

Neal R. Randol was recently selected as the principal for Laura Speed Elliott Middle School in Boonville.

The motor vehicle license bureau in Boonville has extended its hours in an effort to assist Howard County citizens.

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Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 4:32 p.m. On top of gas prices and rising food costs, the start of August also means another expense for families: back-to-school items.

Except for the pylons, the 85-year-old Highway 240 bridge across the Missouri River soon will be history.

Boonville wants to expand its borders, and the city has a plan for the area southeast of the city.

University of Missouri Health Care employee Barbie Morgan, right, and her husband, Nathan, carpool to Moberly with fellow UM Health employee and Moberly resident Debby Sartain yesterday.

The man accused of killing a Jefferson City man to cover up a break-in and arson in Syracuse made his initial court appearance Tuesday morning in Howard County.

One Boonville farmer found a creative way to help as local food banks try to keep up with the increasing demand as a result of the rising cost of living.

The man accused of killing a Jefferson City man to cover up a break-in and arson in Syracuse made his initial court appearance Tuesday morning in Howard County.

Karol Welcelean Robert Bray A longtime Howard County tradition continues next Saturday, July 26, with the 47th annual Roanoke Band Concert and Ice Cream Supper.

Michelle D. Howard and Rodney S. Sandbothe, of Boonville, were married at 2:30 p.m. May 24 at the Missouri State Highway Gardens.

The first Missouri newspaper was published 200 years ago this Saturday. Joseph Charless published the Missouri Gazette in St.

When the new Midwest Genealogy Center opened in Independence last month, it included an unadvertised surprise: six portraits by 19th-century Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham.The paintings represent the ...