Niangua News

Pauline Loretta Fleetwood, 88, of Seymour, died Saturday, July 5, 2009, in Glenwood Healthcare.

Drivers heading to and from Lake of the Ozarks can now skip past a traffic headache, thanks to the new Highway 5 in Camden County that opened earlier this week.

With the passage of the economic stimulus package, Missouri went right to work on state road projects.

Its been two years in the making: the new section of Highway 5 in Camdenton is complete and open to motorists Monday night.

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

A former kindergarten teacher pleaded guilty last week for having sexual contact with a high school student who was a tutor in her classroom.

These aren't the storm shelters of your grandparents. Safe rooms, many built above ground but some below, are: a Built to withstand winds of 250 miles per hour.

In road work to watch out for in the Ozarks during the coming week, two bridge jobs top the list: - The Lake Taneycomo bridge will have one-lane traffic tonight for joint repair.

* AT 833 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR STRAFFORD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

School Superintendent Andy Adams always felt a little uneasy when storms headed toward his tiny southwest Missouri community.If one hit during school, would the 1934 building be able to keep his kids safe or would it crumble? If the tornado slammed the town at night or on the weekend, what would happen then?“This is a very poverty-stricken ...

Marshfield --Among events also scheduled during the annual Cherry Blossom festival will be a book signing by Sarah Hicks, a schoolteacher at Fair Grover Elementary School and the widow of minister and author Roger Hicks.

A Marshfield boy died this afternoon after he was run over by a trailer, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

Residents of a small southwest Missouri town have a new place to take shelter when the tornado siren goes off.

THE NIANGUA DOME WILL BE OPEN SOON; WEBSTER COUNTY'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS THE UNIQUE STORM SHELTER WILL HAVE ITS' RIBBON CUTTING AND OPEN HOUSE ON THE 16TH AT 5 IN THE AFTERNOON AT THE NIANGUA SCHOOLS PROPERTY.

Janis Fay Cain, 67, of Niangua, died Friday April 3, 2009, at Select Specialty Hospital in Springfield.

A Hartville Kindergarten teacher has been charged with having sexual contact with a high school student while on school property.

A southern Missouri teacher is charged with having a sexual relationship with a student.Thirty-nine-year-old Katherine D. Hicks of Niangua was charged Thursday in Wright County with one felony count of sexual contact with a student on public school property.

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.

Velda R. Peppers, 75, of Conway, formerly of Lebanon, died Thursday evening, March 12, 2009, in Christian Health Care South in Lebanon.

Anyone who reads his column knows Larry Dablemont is an avid outdoorsman, however, he's as well known for his criticisms of the Missouri Department of Conservation as he is for his avocations.