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Two produce trucks overturn in high winds

High winds caused a semi-trailer truck to crash at 6 a.m. Monday on Interstate 70 west of Kingdom City, scattering potatoes and onions onto the median.

State hospital staff to begin 12-hour shifts

Move will affect about half of workforce

About half, which is from 600 to 700, of the employees at the Fulton State Hospital will be required to work 12-hour shifts, instead of their current eight-hour shifts, starting July 1.

Services set today at firefighters memorial

More than 100 American flags have been erected for memorial services this weekend at the Missouri Firefighters Memorial at Kingdom City.

New Bloomfield football proposal sidelined

A proposal by the New Bloomfield Football Boosters Club to start a school football program stalled Thursday with the Board of Education taking no action on the idea.

Fulton firm to expand DOC hatchery

A Fulton company recently was awarded its first project with the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Public disc golf course suggested for greenway in Holts Summit

Creation of a public disc golf course at Greenway Park in Holts Summit was proposed Monday night during a meeting of the Holts Summit Board of Aldermen.

$300,000 cut from Head Start in Mid-Missouri

Federal budget cuts will result in 30 fewer training slots for the next Head Start and Early Head Start training programs this year in Cole County.

Callaway veterans to take Honor Flight

Eight Callaway County veterans will be on next week’s Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. The veterans will tour various veterans memorials and then make the return flight home on the same day.