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The Buddies programs have returned to Kennett. “Taste Buddies and Play Buddies have been combined for a super camp this year that we call Buddies Camp,” said Dunklin County Caring Council Healthy Communities Coordinator Christina Nixon. The Buddies Camp last six weeks, June 17 through August 1, with no camp 4th of July week, and each week will have a fun theme...

The City of Campbell held its city council meeting Monday night after having to reschedule, due to the lack of a quorum from the previous week. Mayor Raymond Gunter announced that the City of Campbell has been two officers short and the City is seeking officers who want to be well compensated for their work...

If you’ve ever been to Circa Salon and Boutique on the Kennett Square, you know the atmosphere is one of a kind and the products carry a unique style. Katie Adaway, owner and stylist at Circa, has spent many years perfecting the style she wants to bring to her store...

The 2019 Kennett Municipal Band will offer its annual concert-in-the-park, a contribution to Kennett’s Independence Day celebrations, on Monday, July 1, beginning at 7:30 p.m., at the Jones Park Bandstand in Kennett. The park is located behind Kennett’s South Elementary School, just north of the roundabout on US412...

Applications have been sent to the agencies participating in last year’s United Way funding campaign for inclusion in the upcoming 2019-2020 campaign. The application process is open to other non-profit agencies wishing to apply for United Way funds as well...

The City of Malden held its monthly meeting Monday night, June 17, where resident Linda Sherrod addressed the council, asking for the City to pave Bruce Street. Ms. Sherrod approached the council, giving them a folder which included photos and details about the property where she resides, as well as, a request for the city’s help in getting one of the city’s streets up to par...

Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland congratulates Kayton Harris for earning the Girl Scout Gold Award. Harris received Girl Scouts’ highest honor at Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland’s Girl Scout Gold Award Celebration on June 1, 2019. In total, 14 Girl Scouts from across Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland earned the Girl Scout Gold Award this year...

During the latest Malden City Council meeting, the members got to hear from Richard Lamunion, Director of the Dunklin County 9-1-1 Board, along with Phillip Santie, Dunklin County 9-1-1 board member. Santie and Lamunion addressed the council to update them on financial status of 9-1-1 services to the City of Malden...

A local working group charged with identifying local priority resource concerns and providing input about program criteria to the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will meet at 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday July 10, 2019 at the Dunklin County USDA Service Center at 704 N. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – A Caruthersville man pleaded guilty Monday to a drug distribution charge in the U.S. District Court. Jake Anthony McCall, 31, of Caruthersville pleaded guilty to one count of distributing more than 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and a separate count of possession of more than 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. ...

With the annual Piggott 4th of July Picnic and Homecoming Celebration less than two weeks away, last minute plans are complete. The annual celebration will be held Wednesday and Thursday, July 3 and 4, and will include several special observances and ceremonies...

According to reports from Steele Chief of Police Billy Joe Stanfield, on Wednesday, June 19, Steele police officers, along with the United States Marshal Service, the United States Secret Service, and Missouri State Highway Patrol, converged on a house on Ponderosa Street in Steele to serve an active federal arrest warrant to 42-year-old Kyweistamon Campbell...

DEXTER, Mo. - National Homeownership Month is observed every June as a time to celebrate the benefits that homeownership has not only for homeowners, but for the communities they call home. Homeownership is about so much more than just owning a home—it helps people build household wealth, can contribute to greater community stability, leads to increased social and community involvement, and more...

The Positive Brotherhood, along with the Malden Community Action Group, will be hosting a Community Fun Day on Saturday, July 6. From 1 p.m until 5 p.m., the groups will be hosting a community fun day in Martin Luther King Park in Malden. Greg Killebrew, President of the Positive Brotherhood said that his group has teamed with the Malden Community Action Group to host an event in which all of the proceeds raised will go towards the clubs’ back to school supply event...

BERNIE, Mo. — A Malden woman and Bernie man were arrested on drug possession charges after a police officer found them asleep in a grocery store parking lot Sunday in Bernie. Chasity Zimmerman, 35, of Malden and Micah Shane Weaver, 37, of Bernie are each charged through Stoddard County with one count of felony possession of a controlled substance, according to online court records...

The Kennett Alliance for the Arts (KAFTA) is in preparations for the 2019 Fall Into Arts Festival in September. “This year we’re celebrating artists, but we’re also bringing back the production aspect of it with a theater production,” said Festival Coordinator Mariann Wright. “That is going to be the music of Oz, celebrating the Wizard of Oz.”...

Tuesday night’s city council meeting was quite lengthy as the council prepared for a public hearing.No residents appeared for the public hearing, so the council moved into regular session. Mayor Chancellor Wayne advised the council, who has opted to go paperless, that they could now review the minutes from Kennett City Light, Gas & Water’s board meeting, as opposed to year’s past...

COLUMBIA, MO, June 18, 2019 – The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has $1 million available for Missouri landowners who apply by July 19 for assistance to plant cover crops on flooded cropland, State Conservationist J.R. Flores said...