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SMH pick for CEO to arrive this month
Brooke Bollman will join Salem Memorial Hospital as chief executive officer later this month, according to a Thursday morning release from the hospital. Bollman was scheduled to start SMH duties July 1, but in a release that day the hospital announced Kayla Chamberlain was hired an interim CEO. No reason in either release detailed why Bollman did not report July 1. In Thursday’s release, the SMH board thanked Chamberlain for her “willingness to serve as interim CEO until Brooke Bollman’s arrival.”
ANALYSIS: Zoning ordinance would make The Rolla Mission illegal
The zoning ordinance revision that has been put off twice for its first reading would make The Rolla Mission’s presence in the center city illegal, Mayor Lou Magdits told the Rolla City Council at its most recent meeting. While acknowledging that he had stressed several times in the past...
Electrical issue sparks garage fire west of Rolla
Firefighters from numerous agencies save a garage from fire in Phelps County. The Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District reports crews were called to a building fire Monday afternoon on County Road 8500 about nine miles west of Rolla. The caller reported both smoke and fire were visible. The first arriving...
Missouri man killed in early morning turnpike crash
QUAPAW, Okla. — A Missouri man died after he was struck and killed near the Oklahoma-Missouri state line, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. Edward Parker, 63, of Cuba, Mo., was fatally injured near mile marker 125 around 4 a.m. on Monday, the patrol reported. The crash remains under investigation. The crash occurred six miles east […]
Injuries reported in Tuesday crash on Highway 28
Injuries were reported Tuesday, July 9, resulting from a one-vehicle crash that occurred on Highway 28 a half mile south of Colorado Road, according to an online report of Troop I of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. A 2007 Toyota Camry, driven by Ashton S. Parker, 24, of Dixon, was...
Howard to step down as Missouri S&T head softball coach
By: John Kean, Athletic Communications Director ROLLA, Mo. – Bryan Howard , who led Missouri S&T's softball team to its first conference championship in program history and its second berth to the NCAA Division II Tournament in the 2024 season, is resigning as the head coach of the Miners to accept a similar position at Cameron University. In his second season at the helm, Howard guided the Miners on an unprecedented run to the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament championship in May, as S&T won the event as the seventh seed with wins over each of the top four seeds...
Woman injured in rollover crash on Highway KK
A woman from Bourbon was injured in a rollover crash on Highway KK Tuesday afternoon, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The patrol reported that at approximately 2:33 p.m., a 2005 GMC Canyon was traveling westbound near the 700 block on Highway KK when the vehicle went off the left side of the roadway, went into a ditch and overturned.
Tractor Pulls Off An Action-Packed Night At Fair
Antique/garden and tractor pull competitions were in action at the Meramec Community Fair on Thursday, June 20. The Ozark Highlanders Tractor Association ran the event. Wyatt Hardy captured the photos shown below.
Mary Johanna Jones
Mary Johanna Jones, age 88, of Devils Elbow, Mo. died Friday, July 5, 2024, in Mercy Hospital in Springfield. She is survived by her children, Jimmie Jones, Jr. of Devil’s Elbow, Faith Dunn (Tom) of Devil’s Elbow, Dawn Cleeton (William) of Kauai, Hawaii, and Michael Jones (Michelle) of Devil’s Elbow; and eleven grandchildren, Jessica Reed (Asa), Brett Jones, Melanie Burns (Michael), Patrick Dunn, Tyler Cleeton (Hope), Kyle Cleeton, Ryan Cleeton, Dylan Cleeton (Angie), Roxanna Jones, Rachel Jones, and Jonathon Anderson; fourteen great-grandchildren, Asa, Paul, Tessa, Noah, Nevaeh, Nivek, Dominic, Bianca, Ricky, Owen, Johanna, Matt, Aidan, and Elizabeth; her sister, Shirley Nichols of Port Huron, Mich.; a number of nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and many friends.
1st Engineer Brigade bids farewell to Bohrer, welcomes Glaspell during change-of-command ceremony
The 1st Engineer Brigade held a change-of-command ceremony June 28 in Nutter Field House, where Col. Aaron Bohrer relinquished command to Col. Mark Glaspell. Col. Stephen Kolouch, U.S. Army Engineer School commandant, served as the reviewing officer for the ceremony. He listed some of Bohrer’s accomplishments while commanding the brigade for the past two years, including training more than 15,000 soldiers, airmen, marines and sailors.
Georgia Beydler
Georgia Lillian (Sooter) Beydler, 88, of Springfield, formerly of Dixon, passed away July 2, 2024, surrounded by family. She was born April 17, 1936, to Dorsie Virgil and Eunice Esther (Riddle) Sooter, near Dixon. She was united in marriage to Billy Beydler, Sept. 15, 1956 at Dixon. Georgia was a...
Betty Geraldine Pietsch
Funeral service for Betty G. Pietsch will be at 2 p.m. July 13, 2024, at Null and Son Funeral Home, Rolla. Interment will follow in the Thomas-Fairview Cemetery. Mrs. Pietsch was born on June 26, 1931, in Hollister, to Carroll Snowden and Darlene (Jackson) Snowden. She married Earl Pietsch on June 3, 1951, in Rolla.
Rose Pratt
Rose Marie Pratt, 66, of Rosebud, passed away July 2, 2024, at Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur. She was born July 8, 1957, to William and Barbara (Stafford) Elliott. She was united in marriage to Charles Pratt, Sept. 11, 2001, in Owensville. Rose Marie was a member of Immaculate Conception...
Robert Wright
Robert E. “Bob” Wright, 71, of Owensville, passed away Friday, June 28, 2024, at Mercy Hospital in Washington. He was born April 21, 1945, a son to the late Robert and Betty (Bock) Wright in Madison, Ill. He was an independent truck driver for over 20 years before...
Local animal clinic offers wellness options for low-income pet owners
As a longtime pet owner (typically caring for multiple fur babies), when a colleague mentioned a local not-for-profit animal clinic that helps low-income families pay for spay and neuter, my ears perked up. I wanted to find out more about who they are and what they do. The clinic is...
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