Vibrant balloons bustling in the breeze greeted all arriving at the back lot of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Saturday afternoon. Although the event was scheduled for 5 p.m., the first car arrived at 3:15 to wait. A colorful banner announced the occasion — the 10th anniversary of Harve…
From former presidents to president hopefuls, Franklin County has welcomed many from "the other Washington."
“I always thought Grandma and Grandpa were rich ... When I got older I realized it wasn’t money, they just made it feel like we had everything,” Darlene Copeland said.
ECC Nursing Students are Running Toward the Front Lines to Battle the Novel Cornavirus
The 4-year-old golden retriever is a certified comfort dog with Lutheran Church Charities K-9 program.
The freshmen on the Washington softball team left the nest ready to fly — sooner than even they anticipated.
Hondo, Texas. Forty miles west of San Antonio. That’s where Kim Choate, 52, and her husband, Matt, were planning to drive on their inaugural roadtrip in their newly purchased RV. The recently retired Sullivan couple, who have three daughters and seven grandchildren, was planning to visit one…
Lucille Giffone, Washington, recently published her book “The Shape Rebellion,” a children’s book teaching geometry and life skills. It’s her fifth published children’s book and her first with Austin Macauley Publishers. She previously published “Putting the Onions to Sleep” in 2019 and “Nat…
Young Farmers Continue Area’s Rich Livestock Tradition
Daniel Boone may have died more than 73,000 days ago, but that won’t stop hundreds of fans of the famed frontiersman from journeying to Defiance to Boone’s home on Saturday as the historic site commemorates the 200th anniversary of his death.
For Americans of European ancestry, Ellis Island is where their families’ journeys to discover the country began. For Neal Moore, 48, Ellis Island, with its iconic Statue of Liberty, will be where his journey ends.
Last November, on opening weekend of firearm deer season, Mandy Yeager spent her Saturday helping the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) in its effort to test deer for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a degenerative brain disease that’s contagious and deadly.
All the world’s a stage, Shakespeare said. Even, according to the St. Francis Borgia theater department, the computer screens in audience members’ homes. The department just wrapped its first-ever virtual play, “The Internet is Distract—OH LOOK A KITTEN!” written by Ian McWethy. There were t…
Eight miles north of Washington in Marthasvillle, a multi-generational family farm is proving once again to be a popular destination for families anxious to get outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 Vacation Culture School (VCS) is on — and online. The third annual program organized by “Neighbors United — Undoing Racism” and Peace Lutheran Church will take place Sunday, Sept. 20, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Zoom. Register at Facebook.com/neighborsunitedmissouri or by emailing vacati…
The Missouri might be grander, the Meramec more scenic, but when it comes to rare mussel species, few rivers are stronger than the Bourbeuse.
A century ago, longtime Washington resident Katherine Graham was born near Fort Smith, Ark., just east of the Oklahoma border. Today she is the oldest living graduate of St. Francis Borgia High School and just celebrated her 100th birthday July 26.
Vicky Webster, 54, is a mom of two, a prescription delivery driver for The Medicine Shoppe in Pacific and now a two-time published author. Webster’s story, “Phone Call from Heaven,” appears in “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams,” which published in August.
Pacific Police Officer Stephanie Kelly recently befriended teenager Jeremy Lohan. Lohan, who is on the autism spectrum, loves trains and was filming the train tracks near First Street in Pacific when he met Kelly in August.
The Washington Police Department is expanding its outreach to home-schooled children this year by offering a free Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program to the Hope Homeschool Co-Op.
Professional bodybuilder Nadia Wyatt is a two-time IFBB Olympia medal winner from Washington. She has over 30,000 Instagram followers and has been profiled for Muscle and Fitness magazine.
The year was 1968. Bell-bottoms and tie dye were growing trends. The first Big Mac hit the McDonald’s menu for 49 cents. The Beatles released “The White Album.” And Jackie Krafft was teaching kindergarten at South Point School with aide Gail Kingsbury. Fast forward 52 years later, both women…
The First Lady’s New Cookbook is Culinary Tour de Missouri
For Labadie natives, even
motherhood is ‘a twin thing’
The Humane Society of Missouri is running a special on adoption fees for the horses available through Longmeadow Rescue Ranch in Union. Now through Aug. 31, adoption fees are reduced by $100. Adoption fees for the horses range from $200 to $1,500 and average $600 without the discount. The ra…
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, lived someone who had reason to fear a wolf.
At 1170 W. Fifth St., a simple white door opens up to an almost-finished vision. The floor inside is designed to mimic a golf green meeting the blue of a small pond, and along the wall rests hundreds of different frisbees and plastic discs, each a unique, vibrant color. This is Aces & Ea…
As the days wound down in November of 2018, Washington native Tyler Schlitt made plans to walk across the newly constructed Missouri River Bridge on Dec. 1. As it turned out, though, “Mother Nature had other plans for me,” Schlitt said recently.
National Black Cat Appreciation Day is Aug. 17, and Shana Cook of the Humane Society of Missouri wants everyone to know the truth about these unlucky felines.
Nearly every industry has felt the effects of COVID-19. For the wine industry — nationally and in the region — the shock has been significant.
Patrons at Scenic Regional Library and Washington Public Library now have access to a mobile app for the libraries’ online catalogs.
“If we suffer together, we bond together,” Chris Jackson, Labadie, said Saturday morning, July 25, standing on the main stage at the Washington Fairgrounds as he wrapped up a grueling workout for the local F3 group.
OK, it’s not actually a park, more of a pocket-size nature reserve, but you probably didn’t know it existed. No one tried to keep it a secret; it just sort of happened that way.
In this summer of COVID-19, a lot has been canceled or changed — vacations, sports, parties and get-togethers ... Before you start thinking there’s nowhere to escape, consider opening one of these books suggested by local readers. These are what they’ve been reading during the pandemic, or w…
It’s a stretch to imagine the blue spring floor at Planet Gymnastics in Union as a pool, but competitive swimmers from teams across Franklin County have been doing their best this summer.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Jane* attended Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings in Franklin County four times a week.
The outdoors feels like a safer space these days as concerns about spreading the novel coronavirus are everywhere.
Diane Meyer, Washington, laughed out loud earlier this year when her granddaughter, Melissa, asked her to be a flower girl in her wedding. She thought the young bride was joking.
Bob Herndon, Washington, knew from the first time he flipped upside down in Melissa Duchatschek’s trapeze yoga class that it was exactly what he needed.
For the last couple of years, a man from Ava, Mo., has chartered a luxury motorcoach from Mid-American Coaches in Washington to take his extended family on a trip to the beaches of Florida.
Driving past the Welcome to Washington sign at the corner of Highway 100 and International Drive always brings back good memories for Bill Schuck.
The city swimming pool in Washington isn’t opening this summer. Demolition began last month to make way for a new aquatics complex that is expected to open next summer.
Joe Ferguson has never had to go looking for used bikes to sell at his shop, Revolution Cycles, 1917 Bedford Center Drive in Washington. But then COVID-19 happened.
Parking lots for the Katy Trail at Marthasville, Dutzow and Augusta have been filled to capacity many weekends over the last several months, no doubt people looking to stretch their legs amid the social distancing rules and work-from-home situations created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Becky and David Cox, Washington, have two children — Drew, 15, and Kate, 9.
While eating healthy and enjoying sweets seldom go hand-in-hand, choosing the right combination of nutritious ingredients can allow for guilt-free indulgences that shirks conventional dieting wisdom. In fact, some eating plans take it a step further by actually encouraging eating big in the …
Steve and Evelyn Lucas, Washington, laugh now when they think back to the punishment they handed out years ago to their teenage daughter after she received a ticket for parking on the wrong side of a street.
Anne Konieczny’s ears perked up last year when she heard the name Trena Skaggs read during the annual Remembrance of the Dead ceremony held at the Wildey Odd Fellows Cemetery in Washington.
Of the dozens of historical moments included in his new book, “Missouri: An Illustrated Timeline,” author John Brown, who you may know from his role as a new anchor and political correspondent on KTVI, Fox 2 in St. Louis, said the one that fascinates him the most is the Gasconade Bridge Trai…
The fact that Darin Slater was adopted was one of the worst-kept “secrets” in his hometown of Wewoka, Okla. Actually, it wasn’t even really a secret; he guesses as much as half the town knew.
“Beauty is out there.”
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