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Here are southwest Missouri's high school football defensive linemen to know in 2024
Southwest Missouri has produced a handful of great pass-rushers in recent years who have gone on to play college ball at high levels. Here are the top defensive linemen in the area entering the 2024 season:. Nick Allen, Lebanon, 12. Allen was a first-team All-Ozark Conference defensive athlete last season,...
MDC invites public to celebrate Smokey Bear's 80th birthday at Ozark Empire Fair
Body SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – One of America’s most iconic environmental symbols – Smokey Bear – is turning 80 this year and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) wants to celebrate this beloved bear’s birthday. To honor Smokey Bear’s 80th birthday, MDC is inviting the public...
Innovate SOMO brings business boot camps to southern Missouri
Forbes Advisor reports one in five small businesses across the U.S. fail in their first year, and half fail in their first five years. A growing program in southern Missouri aims to help entrepreneurs improve their odds with what they call “Early-Stage Business Boot Camps.”. The boot camps are...
Disease is 'taking over' Missouri apple orchards after years of climate pressure
On a sunny June morning at Hickory Ridge Orchard a few miles southeast of Mexico, Missouri, Brandt Schisler walked down a row of apple trees, picking fruits that had succumbed to a variety of diseases. He checked them to see how infected they were and threw them on the ground to help save the rest of the tree.
Sunflower farm experience returns to Eckert’s farm
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Eckert’s Farm announced Monday the return of its Sunflower Farm Experience. This event will take place on Thursday, July 25 to Sunday, Aug. 4. Guests can walk through a two-acre field of sunflowers reaching up to five feet, and they can cut your own sunflowers to take home. The field will be open Tuesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Anchor Rene Knott heads to Paris to cover his fourth Olympic Games
ST. LOUIS — “Today in St. Louis” anchor Rene Knott is headed to Paris to cover the Olympic Games. He is part of an elite group of 12 TEGNA journalists selected to provide on-the-ground coverage of the Games for stations throughout the United States. Knott left for...
Clementine's Ice Cream CEO guest bartends on Andy Cohen's 'Watch What Happens Live'
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis-native Andy Cohen featured another St. Louisan on his show "Watch What Happens Live" Sunday night. Clementine's Naughty and Nice Ice Cream CEO and founder Tamara Keefe was behind the bar for Sunday's episode of the late-night talk show in honor of National Ice Cream Day. Keefe served up boozy ice cream and flavors from the creamery's new World's Fair-inspired collection to Cohen and his guests, reality star Danielle Cabral from "Real Housewives of New Jersey" and actor David Arquette, best known for his role as Dewey Riley in the "Scream" franchise.
Retired MSD CEO receives six-figure payout for unused sick, vacation days
The retired head of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has come under fire for a generous perk that allowed him to collect tens of thousands of dollars for unused sick time – and that’s not all.
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