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BLOOMFIELD — Stoddard County will dig into its reserves to cover expenses in 2022. The county projects $18,516,080 in revenue in 2022 with expenses expected to be $23,410,906. However, Stoddard County Clerk Cecil Weeks said the difference in revenue and expenditures will be paid from unspent revenue from previous years...

Stoddard County Presiding Commissioner Danny Talkington explained the reasons why the county’s projected expenses will be more than its projected revenue and how those expenses will be paid. In the proposed budget released during the Jan. 3 commission meeting, the county estimated $23,410,906 in total expenses for 2022 and $18,516,080 in total revenue...

A nonelection has been declared in Puxico following the withdrawal of a candidate from the board of aldermen race. City Clerk Alice Patrick said in a news release that Gary Wilfong has withdrawn from the Ward I race. Under Puxico City ordinance 105.015 the city can forgo an election when there is only one candidate up for the available seat. ...

VAN BUREN — The Ozark National Scenic Riverways is looking for public comments through early March on a proposal to modify the motorboat horsepower limits in sections of the Current and Jacks Forks rivers, as well as creating new seasonal non-motorized zones...

A Wayne County man’s 2018 convictions on charges of manslaughter and armed criminal action were vacated Tuesday by the Missouri Supreme Court, sending the case back to circuit court. Samuel J. Whitaker was convicted in Wayne County in the 2013 shooting death of his stepson-in-law, Carl Streeval. He was sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter and 13 years for armed criminal action...

The Puxico School Board approved multiple program evaluations and learned of a new program at its January meeting Thursday evening. Instructional coach Tammy Thompson presented the guidelines for the Grow Your Own Teacher Program to the board. This is a new program in the district that will allow it to create a financial award to be applied toward college tuition or completion of the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE). ...

“I made a promise to my wife that after I turned 65 I would retire,” said Dexter Water and Wastewater Superintendent Tom Espey. “And she is holding me to it.” Later this month Espey will keep that promise when his more than 40-year career with the city of Dexter ends Jan. 27. During his career he has worked under five different mayors and countless aldermen, police chiefs and other city officials...

Attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey garnered global news attention after the couple pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters as they traveled down the McCloskeys' private street in an affluent St. Louis neighborhood. The McCloskeys' actions on June 28, 2020, were met with both praise and scorn...