October 2020

Friends, family search for missing man

5 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

RAYVILLE – Family and friends gathered around 3 p.m. Friday to search for a missing man, Austin VanOster, 21, Rayville.

VanOster disappeared around 10:30 p.m. Sept. 29, having last been seen at Stella’s Nightclub, Richmond. Area law enforcers are aiding in the search.

“He was in my establishment … only once that I know of, and that was Tuesday night,” Stella’s owner Jessica Gray said Friday. “He went missing once he left here.”

Gray said he stayed about 90 minutes before leaving.

County audit in ‘coma’ status

5 years ago By News Staff

JEFFERSON CITY – Those who want Clay County audit information must wait. The audit is in “coma status,” meaning results will not be shared until after the Nov.

Celebrating National 4-H Week with three local youth

5 years ago By News Staff

4-H is an organization that empowers youth in STEM education, agriculture, healthy living and civic engagement. Projects that move towards career opportunities and real life experiences encourages youth to take steps forward that they may have thought impossible. Raising livestock, learning about the environment and how things in general work are part of the big picture that 4-H youth strive to achieve. Celebrate National 4-H week as we highlight some of the areas 4-H youth and their submitted stories below.

Hear the stories from Trinity Thomas, Dantin McBee and Malia Fairchild

State poster contest for students ends Oct. 31

5 years ago By News Staff

COLUMBIA – Missouri students in grades 3-12 have until Oct. 31 to submit poster designs to commemorate Missouri’s bicentennial in 2021.

Comments follow Hall of Waters’ inclusion on list

5 years ago By News Staff

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The National Trust for Historic Preservation unveiled its 2020 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, which includes the Hall of Waters. The annual list spotlights important examples of this nation’s architectural and cultural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage.