America only turns 250 once, and this summer the milestone is giving travelers the perfect excuse to swap the backyard barbecue for a bucket-list getaway. As communities prepare special events to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, the Fourth of July is expected to be a busy travel season.
Bob Lee, a veteran, and other members of the De Soto Chamber of Commerce are hoping to pull off a big event to celebrate America’s 250th anniv…
All the Jefferson County Library branches are celebrating America’s 250th birthday this year with a variety of fun and educational activities.
Sixty years ago next week, America suffered a terrible wound that remains unhealed to this day.
Collin Forest Mlynarek, 32, of Hillsboro died April 9, 2022. Mr. Mlynarek enjoyed video games, the outdoors, animals, art and playing the guit…
I like to think of myself as an optimist.
It’s not a warning on the level of the predicted arrival of murder hornets, but Jefferson County motorists cruising along county maintained ro…
Have you made the choice to reproduce? If so, you owe it to your current and future offspring to find out about climate change. And by that I …
It’s been awhile since residents of District 118 have had a chance to elect a new member of the state House of Representatives.
R.L. Neel, 82, of Perryville died Aug. 1, 2018, at his daughter Lou Ann’s home in Perryville. Mr. Neel was a retired residential and commercia…