USPS Warns Missouri Ballots May Not Arrive in Time to be Counted The United States Postal Service is telling the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office that some ballots requested close to the state’s deadline may not be returned by mail in time to be counted for the November election. The letter was sent, from USPS…… Continue Reading
Friday COVID-19 Update From Audrain County Health Department
Friday COVID-19 Update from Audrain County Health Department As of 2:00 this Friday afternoon, the Audrain County Health Department is reporting 4 new cases of the novel coronavirus. There are now 219 cases in the county with 19 still active. Three more recoveries have been made since last night’s report, bringing that number to 199…… Continue Reading
Centralia Schools Back to School Plan
Centralia Schools Back to School Plan The Centralia Schools have released a back to school plan. According to Superintendent Steven Chancellor the plan has 2 primary goals of continuing to deliver a good education to the districts students and to provide that education with a minimum risk of infection and quarantine. The plan includes putting…… Continue Reading
Boone County Records New Record in COVID-19 Cases
Boone County Records New Record in COVID-19 Cases Boone County Recorded a new record of fifteen hundred cases of COVID-19 yesterday (Thursday). The county had its first case of the coronavirus on March 17th. Boone County currently has a seven day positivity rate of 9.7 percent. The state’s positivity rate is at 11.8 percent. The…… Continue Reading
Governor Parson Holds Press Briefing at Missouri State Fair
Governor Parson Holds Press Briefing at Missouri State Fair Governor Mike Parson highlighted personal responsibility and acknowledged the youth’s hard work during a speech at the Missouri State Fair yesterday (Thursday). Parson said the fair was not going to be canceled on his watch. The governor said most people at the fair were social distancing…… Continue Reading
Nicole Galloway and Lindsey Simmons in Mexico on Wednesday for Grand Opening of Audrain County Democratic Headquarters
Nicole Galloway and Lindsey Simmons in Mexico on Wednesday for Grand Opening of Audrain County Democratic Headquarters The Audrain County Democratic Club Headquarters in Mexico is officially up and running after a grand opening yesterday (Wednesday). Democratic Nominee for Governor Nicole Galloway and Democratic Nominee for Congress Lindsey Simmons made appearances at headquarters located at…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Health Department Daily COVID-19 Testing Numbers for 8/13
Audrain County Health Department Daily COVID-19 Testing Numbers for 8/13 One new case of COVID-19 being reported in Audrain County yesterday (Thursday). As of 9 last night (Thursday) the Audrain County Health Department reported a total of 215 cases of the coronavirus, with 18 active cases. 196 recoveries have been made with one death.… Continue Reading
First Recorded Sighting of a Brown Booby in Missouri
First Recorded Sighting of a Brown Booby in Missouri A seabird is making a rare appearance in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Conservation said the state made history after a Brown Booby showed up along the Current River in Ripley County on Saturday. Brown Boobies are large, long-winged seabirds that are often seen from southern…… Continue Reading
DESE Looks to Ease Qualifications for Substitute Teachers in Missouri
DESE Looks to Ease Qualifications for Substitute Teachers in Missouri Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education officials may ease qualifications for substitute teachers. The current qualifications require a substitute teacher to have 60 semester hours of coursework, while the department is looking to keep this rule another option would include 20 hours of online…… Continue Reading
Cole County Sets New Daily COVID-19 Record
Cole County Sets New Daily COVID-19 Record Cole County with 38 new COVID-19 cases reported yesterday (Wednesday). The new cases broke the previous daily record of 26 cases that was reported last week. According to the Cole County Health Department the county has seen an increase in new cases starting in early July. The increase…… Continue Reading
