Franklin News

Good morning everyone. From the offices of the Fayette Advertiser and Democrat-Leader, this is the Howard County report and here's what's making news on this Thursday morning.

Unlike a growing number of Americans, young and old, I enjoy my newspapers. My day starts and ends with a newspaper.

There's a stinky problem in Howard County and neighbors say it's been going on too long.

WALLY EATON, GREG LANHAM, JEFF OSWALD, AND WILLIAM "BENJIE" CONROW discuss strategies for responding to a mock disaster Thursday morning in the 911 office at the Keller Building.

Howard County's dream of implementing a computerized GIS program has come another step toward becoming a reality.

Strother Dyllan Booze, 28, of the 600 block of East Broadway Boulevard, was arrested at 1:20 a.m. Saturday on South Kentucky Avenue on charges of driving with a revoked license, according to Sedalia Police ...

The Katy Trail is closed because of flooding between Hart's Creek, which is located in Hartsburg, and Wilton and between west Rocheport and New Franklin.

Ted Fenical of Jamestown, formerly of New Franklin, died Friday at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City.

JoAnn Sumner Culminating a process which has been under way for nearly two years, the County of Howard finally has hired a director of economic development.

Fern Eileen Renner of New Franklin died Wednesday at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia.

“The late freeze really hurt turkey nesting, and we saw that in this year's harvest statistics. The 5 percent of the harvest that we lost on account of having fewer jakes this year would have put us just about where we were last year.”

By Jim Low - Cool, wet, windy weather and below-average reproduction in recent years combined to produce the smallest spring turkey harvest since 1997. via Kansas City InfoZine

“Keeping up with last year's harvest is good news”

By Jim Low - This year's first-week harvest was down just 2 percent from 2007. Jefferson City, MO - infoZine - Hunters checked 22,308 turkeys during the first week of Missouri's spring turkey season. via Kansas City InfoZine

Officials Consider a Levee or Tearing Down Parts of the Town After Spring Flooding Font If you follow the Meramac River west of St. via Associated Content

“I always have to remind myself if I don't get cast I was not what the director was looking for, not that I'm more or less talented”

Troy Guthrie performs during an audition in front of Lyceum Theatre Artistic Director Quin Gresham, right, and Managing Director Steve Bertani last month. via Columbia Daily Tribune

“If we have normal temperatures and rainfall, we could see a significant rebound in turkey numbers this year.”

By Jim Low - With better weather, hunters checked 17 percent more turkeys on the first day of the spring hunting season than they did last year. via Kansas City InfoZine

“In many ways, Kit Carson exemplifies the contradictions and complexities of a little-understood era in America's history.”

Kit Carson, the 19th-century frontiersman and a native Missourian, is featured on "American Experience." SPOTLIGHT 'American Experience: Kit Carson' 9 p.m. on PBS In 1826, at age 16, Christopher Houston "Kit" ... via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory until 10 a.m. for a large portion of the St. via MyFox St. Louis

“He was in full arrest when paramedics got there”

Published on columbiatribune.com Wednesday, January 9, 2008 The 53-year-old New Franklin man who swerved off Stadium Boulevard and struck a tree last night died of a heart attack behind the wheel, the Boone ... via Columbia Daily Tribune

“A simple majority of votes cast by the qualified voters is required in order to allow for the creation of a constitutional commission and the drafting of a constitution.”

The Franklin County Commission approved the ballot language for its Charter Government initiative Wednesday. via Washington Missourian

“Just jumped in and said, 'Sink, swim, or have fun, we're going to do it,'”

Starting up a new business is a scary move, especially in a small town. But one nurse is attracting plenty of attention with her new clinic. via KOMU-TV Columbia