Marshfield News

The Webster County Health Unit is offering the following clinics in July. They include: * Well Women's Clinic - Tomorrow , next Wednesday , next Thursday and July 15, 16, 22, 23, 29 and 30.

The Marshfield Independence Day Rodeo begins Wednesday night and runs through Sunday at the Webster County Fairgrounds.

The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot of a helicopter that crashed near the Norfork Dam last year failed to maintain clearance of power lines.

Cooling centers are open in Marshfield and Seymour, according to the Webster County Office of Emergency Management.

Robert Eugene 'Bob'' Abbott, 85, of Marshfield, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009. He was born July 12, 1923, in Conway, to Clarence A. and Jessie Irene Abbott, who preceded him in death.

Marshfield's Independence Day Rodeo is July 1-5 at the Webster County Fairgrounds.

A Verona woman was injured Friday morning in a crash in Webster County, according to a Missouri Highway Patrol report.

Amateur radio operators - popularly known as "hams" - in southwest Missouri will take part in an annual field day on June 27-28 at several locations.

Ina Ceretta Womack, 90, of Marshfield, died Saturday, June 13, 2009, at her home.

EDITOR'S NOTE: 'Seymour In The Rearview Mirror' features what was in the news here 50 years ago, in 1959; 40 years ago, in 1969; and 25 years ago, in 1984.

Plumbers have figured out why toilets and sinks in a second-floor bathroom at the courthouse in Marshfield, Mo., backed up after rains.

United States Army E-6 Jason Letterman became wheelchair-bound when a roadside bomb blew away his legs in 2008.

Eight-year-old fiddling prodigy plays in Diggins this weekend Brett Dudenhoeffer is an 8-year-old boy with a disarming grin and a love of fries with catsup.

A Marshfield woman was detained Wednesday in connection to the theft of a Case skid steer worth about $20,000 from a Conway warehouse in January, according to a Laclede County Sheriff's Office report.

While researching the subject of cattle mutilations that we've been featuring recently in this column, I thought it would be interesting to remind ourselves of the last time this phenomenon occurred in Webster County.

Every time Cullen Barr lines up to run the 300-meter hurdles, he still thinks about that car accident on the way to last year's Class 3-4 state track and field meet.

EDITOR'S NOTE: 'Seymour In The Rearview Mirror' features what was in the news here 50 years ago, in 1959; 40 years ago, in 1969; and 25 years ago, in 1984.

Marshfield Junior High School had its third bomb threat in four days. Like the first incident, this note was written on a bathroom wall.

We would like to write a special thank you to all the people and companies that donated not only their time but products and money [following the storm in Fair Grove]. First and foremost we would like to thank the Fair Grove Volunteer Fire Department for putting the community first and also allowing us to use their facilities to serve food to the ...

A court martial against a Fort Leonard Wood soldier accused of murdering another soldier's wife has been delayed.