New Franklin News

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 David Wayne Hendrix of New Franklin died at Ashley Manor Care Center in Boonville on Sunday .

The City of Pilot Grove offered visitors a little bit of everything Saturday during the 5th annual Pilot Grove Harvest Festival.

At his home on East Eastwood Street, Marshall resident John Carton has several chestnut trees.

A one-vehicle accident yesterday on Route E resulted in moderate injuries to a New Franklin man who was thrown from his motorcycle.

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

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Fair skies and cool temperatures made for a festive fall event at the 35th Santa Fe Trail Days in New Franklin Friday and Saturday.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 To accommodate a record number of vendors for Santa Fe Trail Days, the New Franklin city council voted to cord off additional street space during the annual event.

THE OUTREACH LIBRARIAN will be available today from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the New Franklin City Hall.

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.

DNR has now made it official. As previously reported in the Democrat-Leader, the Howard County Regional Water Commission has received $10,000 from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to pay for engineering services.

New Franklin residents will see a small decrease in property tax rates. At a special meeting Monday, New Franklin city council members set the 2009 property tax rate to .6007 per $100 assessed valuation.

He is in the Howard County Jail on a $47,685 cash only bond. * James K. Frye, 18, of Fayette, was arrested Friday on a Class B felony, burglary in the first degree.

The New Franklin School District is no longer under a school improvement plan within the auspices of the No Child Left Behind legislation.

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Bone Henderson Huffman J. Husereaux Walters Schindler Parks N. Husereaux As reported in last Saturday's Democrat-Leader, nine persons in Howard County were arrested and taken into custody last week on various charges related to methamphetamine and stolen weapons.

Teachers who put in extra hours during the 2009-2010 school year as participants in the Career Ladder program may not receive full compensation for their efforts.

A well-known Fayette woman was seriously injured shortly after 12:30 Sunday afternoon when the car in which she as riding was struck head-on by another vehicle on Highway 5 just north of New Franklin.

Bone Henderson Huffman J. Husereaux Walters Schindler Parks N. Husereaux As reported in last Saturday's Democrat-Leader, nine persons in Howard County were arrested and taken into custody last week on various charges related to methamphetamine and stolen weapons.

Sara Evans and Pat Green will headline this year's concerts at the American Royal.

A major drug sting in Howard County has resulted in more than a half-dozen arrests and a near-capacity guest list at the county jail in Fayette.