Belle/Bland News
Belle Public Works Director Darin Guinn and Public Works Supervisor Jim Goben isolate a water leak close to a structure on Belle Avenue. Despite the tight quarters, work was completed swiftly and …
Ashley Harris, Commercial Loan Officer with Legends Bank in Belle, graduated from the Missouri Bankers Association’s Banking Leadership Missouri program during the organization’s 135th …
BELLE — Belle’s growing arts scene took center stage on July 3 as Jason Ryberg was named the city’s fourth Poet Laureate by Mayor James (Pudd) Mitchell during a small ceremony at …
Vienna/Vichy News
VIENNA — The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. on July 14 at the Vienna United Methodist Church. This blood drive is part of the annual partnership with …
The Advocate ’s Vienna office was briefly the home for an abandoned cat. On July 2, staff writer Colin Willard arrived at the office to hear an unseen cat meowing. Working with 63 Vintage …
VIENNA — The Maries-Osage Ambulance District (MOAD) had its busiest month ever for emergency calls in May. Board members reviewed monthly statistics during the most recent monthly meeting …
Opinion

Trotlines

My beautiful picture

The first thing you need to catch a big flathead catfish is a nice farm pond full of “perch”. Well, actually they aren’t perch. They are sunfish, of one kind or another. …

Rights come from God

America’s founding fathers did not grant you your rights. The founders made it very clear that they believed your rights come from God, and their purpose was to protect your God given rights. …

Big beautiful attack

I t is the opposition’s prerogative to paint the party on the other side of the aisle as wrong and present its ideas as better for the country. The Democrat party is a pro at this. They do …

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