Blackwater News

MASONS DONATE bikes to local schools for the Bikes-4-Books program. From left: Curtis Carter, Todd Hill, Nathan Cary, Tom Miller, John Holtzclaw, Gary Whitehurse, Stuart Clark, Roy Cary, Chris Cary and John Ernst.

The boil order will remain in effect until 7 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, at the earliest, said Marshall Municipal Utilities General Manager Kyle Gibbs.

Kathy Borgman thanks the Friends of Arrow Rock Board of Directors, all of whom pitched in to buy her a print of a watercolor painting she had admired during the May art festival in Arrow Rock.

Kathy Borgman thanks the Friends of Arrow Rock Board of Directors, all of whom pitched in to buy her a print of a watercolor painting she had admired during the May art festival in Arrow Rock.

The Pettis County Commission this week opened bids from nine companies across the state for a project that will replace a bridge over Crooked Creek.

The Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation will consider nominations to the National Register of Historic Places during its quarterly meeting May 15 in Jefferson City, including a portion of Blackwater.

Every year the Arrow Rock chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sponsors an essay contest on a topic in American history for fifth- through eighth-grade students at Blackwater, Hardeman, Orearville, Slater and Gilliam schools.