Boonville News

Connie Stevens recalls her past. Photo by Don Shrubshell Actress and director Connie Stevens, center, introduces cast members of "Saving Grace B. Jones" before the two showings Saturday at Thespian Hall in Boonville.

Ollie Lusby Sr. of Fayette, died Wednesday at the Golden Living Center in Glasgow.

Lane closures will continue next week during pavement repairs to F.M. 158 near Austin's Colony Parkway.

In a new Clysdale farm neat Boonville lives a horse unlike any other. His name is Joe and grew up in Mid-Missouri, where there is a stable of talent.

A movie directed by actress Connie Stevens includes an appearance by musician Lonnie McFadden of Kansas City.

Friday, November 06, 2009 David Wayne Hendrix of New Franklin died at Ashley Manor Care Center in Boonville on Sunday .

BOONVILLE, Mo. - The owners of the Nordyne plant in Boonville say 110 jobs will be cut at the plant next year.

The Boonville Daily News' investigation into Boonville High School's student newspaper found there was no protocol for school administrators to review the Pirate Press.

Cooper County Memorial Hospital has fired its chief executive officer after discovering he was convicted of felony theft in Illinois.

While no injury accidents occurred in Saline County during Thursday's persistent rain, three crashes on Interstate 70 just across the border in Cooper County affected motorists in both counties.

A Cooper County accident Thursday morning caused traffic traveling on Interstate 70 to be rerouted through Sedalia.

No state has been hit harder by the economic recession than Michigan, where unemployment stands at 15.2 percent.

Richard and Joyce Woods, of Sedalia, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly, to Nathan James Porter, son of Neal and Terri Porter of Sedalia.

Putting together the cookbook, "Steppin' Back in Thyme," a collection of recipes by Ted and Betty Wassman, of Pilot Grove, was a labor of love filled with not only family recipes, but family photos dating from the 1930s to 2005.

Country singer and Missouri native Sara Evans will sing the national anthem before the Tigers' football game Oct.

Dr. Mark McAllister grew up in Boonville, Mo., where his family welcomed the new priest into their home.

A few items remain on the mostly bare shelves of the Main Street Grocery. Pilot Grove, with a population of 723, lost its sole grocery when the Main Street store shut down in June.

It was once an old hat factory, more recently a fine-cabinet manufacturing plant.

Byron Smith can remember hanging out at Cemetery Hill, a predominantly black neighborhood in Columbia where he heard the train traffic at Wabash Station.

In an effort to better serve its readers, the office of The Fayette Advertiser and The Democrat-Leader is preparing to launch a brand new Web site with additional features.