Hartsburg News

"Rain, rain, go away. Come again some other day!" That's the chant organizers of the Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival always think to themselves in the day's leading up to the town's biggest draw.

It's still warm outside, but leaves are changing and fall is in the air. There is a must-see fall stop this year in Hartsburg.

IF YOU GO What: Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Where: Hartsburg, 25 miles south of Columbia off U.S. 63 on state Highway A. You'll find: Arts and crafts, food vendors, ...

This year's abundance of rain produced a great crop of pumpkins for the 17th annual Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival this weekend, pumpkin aficionados said.

Day three on the Katy Trail was equally divided into two parts - pleasure and pain.

Two motorists were injured in a rear-end collision yesterday on Highway 63 in south Boone County.

Nearly five months after May's disastrous tornado ripped through parts of Southwest Missouri, volunteers from Central Missouri are stepping up to help in the relief efforts.

Republican state Senate candidate Kurt Schaefer will embark Saturday on a 25-mile bike trek from Hartsburg to Columbia, a move meant to showcase an extension of the Katy Trail procured from an agreement ...

MICHAEL WILSON Ron and Ruth Niswonger of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelli Niswonger, to Michael Wilson.

The Boone County Sheriff's Department is investigating the theft of about $15,000 worth of electronics, appliances and firearms from a Hartsburg home sometime during the past two weeks.

At right, Ally Walker, 20, reacts after winning the 2008 Boone County Fair Queen title yesterday in the multipurpose room at the Boone County Fairgrounds.

At right, Ally Walker, 20, reacts after winning the 2008 Boone County Fair Queen title yesterday in the multipurpose room at the Boone County Fairgrounds.

In my previous job, I was one of those cases where I supposedly "resigned," but was really sort of fired.

Fallen giant Police officers inspect the wreckage of a Boeing 747 that crashed today in Madrid, Colombia.

On June 25, more than 30 Columbia and Boone County residents gathered at the Columbia Public Library to talk about the news media and what the word "media" means to them.

The developers of a Hartsburg subdivision are being sued by the attorney general for allegedly violating Missouri's Clean Water Law by allowing erosion and sediment to pollute a nearby stream.

Southern Boone County Fire Protection District firefighters Mike Bauer, right, and Shawn Garrison work yesterday to put out smoldering areas of a fire that destroyed a shed behind a home at 31 First St.

Nearly 300 bicyclists will start a five-day ride on the Katy Trail on Monday. The nation's longest rail-trail project at 225 miles, the Katy runs along the Missouri River and through part of central Missouri ...

Early morning storms Wednesday left thousands of Mid-Missouri residences without power.

Submitted by General Content on Wed, 06/04/2008 - 8:59am. A message from the chairs of the 2008 Chris Sifford Memorial Golf Tournament: Dear Friends and Golfers: It's been nearly eight years since our good ...