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BELLE — Maries County R-2 School District teachers will receive a pay increase starting July 1 with the 2024-25 school year. Pay schedules were on the   March 26 Maries R-2 Board of …
VIENNA — The Maries-Osage Ambulance Board reconvened on April 8 following the election earlier this month. The board currently has only five members instead of the usual six following the …
BELLE —Early Childhood Program evaluations were presented at the March 26 Maries County R-2 Board of Education meeting. At Belle Elementary School (BES), three different classroom curricula …
Commission News

Maries County Commission hires IT service out of Union

VIENNA — Maries County’s search for IT services reached its end after a discussion with employees of AQM Information Technology during the April 15 county commission meeting. The …

Residents petition for intersection indicators

VIENNA — The Maries County Commission at its April 11 meeting reviewed a letter from residents concerned about traffic safety at the northern intersection of Highway 63 and Highway 28 about two …

Commission considers opioid advisory committee

VIENNA — Representatives from the Meramec Regional Planning Commission (MRPC) visited the April 1 Maries County Commission meeting to discuss forming a committee to oversee the county’s …

Sports
VHS Track and Field Lady Eagle team members were available for a group photo after last Tuesday’s Vienna High School Black and Gold Invitational Track Meet are pictured with their championship plaques.

VHS Track sweeps team titles at home

Defend the home track. David Martin’s Vienna Eagle and Lady Eagle track team members had that on their minds during the Vienna Black and Gold Invitational last Tuesday at Vienna High …

Eagle nine start four-game road trip on winning note at Otterville

A week away from Vienna City Park. That is what awaits Dakota Mason’s Vienna Eagle baseball team this week. Starting things off Monday night in Otterville against their Eagles, Vienna …

Avery Craigmiles places second at Belle Invitational Golf Tournament

A seasonably warm day on the links. John Viehland’s Belle Tiger golf team finally got that Monday afternoon at Pine Ridge Golf Course during the Belle Invitational Golf Tournament. …
Sports

Tiger nine run win streak to seven

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Bryce Gehlert’s Belle Tigers should continue to live by that old expression. Winners of their last six games, Gehlert’s Tigers …

Shockley’s gem helps Tiger nine to Stoutland Tournament title

Go big or go home. That was the mentality last Thursday night for Bryce Gehlert’s Belle Tiger baseball team going into the championship game of the Stoutland Spring Classic against their …
Aubrey Schwartze

Stricklan, Schwartze earn MBCA All-District honors

Now into the month of March, postseason basketball honors will begin rolling in. Vienna High School’s basketball duo of Cash Stricklan and Aubrey Schwartze were named to their respective …
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Opinion

Keeping bills moving

Greetings from your state Capitol. The General Assembly rollercoaster kept on moving this week with some long days and some surprisingly short days. Despite the often erratic schedule, several bills …

Laci’s logic

Scott Peterson’s latest attempt to have his conviction for the 2002 double murder of his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, Conner, overturned have put those heinous crimes back in the …

The day I almost lost my manhood

I t may have been a spring day during my junior year in college, or it could have been late winter. In some ways, I have tried to erase this experience from my memory. Let me slow down a little …