Norwood News

This past Feb. 9 dawned damp and cold on a farm northeast of Norwood. But something strange happened the night to a beef cow owned by Gayland and June Jones.

Watch for slow-moving stripers today on state routes and ramps in the Springfield area.

A couple of weeks ago in this column, I mentioned that our neighbors in Wright County were dealing with several cattle mutilations.

Coby Hopper is a Norwood native A new officer has joined the Seymour Police Department.

On the MoDOT Web site you can see what they plan on doing with their share of over $500 million in stimulus money for the Department of Transportation.

A Norwood School District bus came off a hill and slid on a muddy rural road on Wednesday morning, hitting a low water bridge.

It was recently brought to the attention of the Norwood R-I School District that Norwood High School has been cited in a national publication for being one of the best high schools in the nation.

A woman from Mountain Grove earlier this week pleaded guilty to three counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of second-degree assault stemming from an accident that left three teens dead.

A Norwood man and three children were injured this afternoon in Douglas County when their vehicle lost control on an icy roadway and hit a tree, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

A fire did extensive damage to the Dora White Community Center on Monday afternoon.

Wright County clerk Tony Dugger has run local elections for 14 years and supports the concept of early voting, but he opposes state lawmakers passing along another unfunded mandate to county governments.