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A larger than normal crowd gathered at the Viola School Board meeting held Wednesday, Sept. 12. Two parents were placed on the agenda to express their concerns with a decision affecting grades and classes for the 2019-2020 school year. Over the summer, school board members voted to no longer implement “weighted classes” effective beginning the 2019-2020 school year. ...

The stabilization of the Surprise Schoolhouse was a success as the project ended recently. “Historicorps did an amazing job pulling the historic school back together. All that is left to do for this phase of the restoration is to anchor the beams to the ground which will be done this fall,” said David Cain, Zone Archaeologist with United States Forest Service, Mark Twain National Forest...

Horseshoe Bend has a new family friendly recreational place offering free games to spend Friday and Saturday nights – Our Place – Home of the Dogg House in the lower end of Diamond B Mall. Our Place offers free coffee, karaoke, pool, ping pong, chess, Trivial Pursuit, dominoes, dancing and more, along with live DJ music on Friday and Saturday nights. There is no cover charge and no charge for the games. In addition, Our Place is also a wifi hot spot...

American Pickers rose to fame quickly, and now has millions of viewers from all over since it began in 2010. The hit reality series features Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, who find valuables by “picking” through people’s belongings, collections, etc. A press release from the show was issued, encouraging people to send information if they have hidden treasure the team can search through...

A three-vehicle accident involving Leila Greystone from Pomona, Becky Shelton from Birch Tree and Robert and Debbie Guinn from Florida, closed Highway 63, in Thayer on Saturday, Sept. 15, for approximately an hour. Traffic was detoured around old Highway 63 and Wyandotte...

Nearly every seat was filled during the Cherokee Village Suburban Improvement District (SID) meeting held at the Omaha Center in Cherokee Village Sept. 10. The meeting was the final of a series of meetings regarding the re-assessment and new levy which will increase property taxes in the coming year...

Centennial Bank in Highland has partnered with the Department of Human Services (DHS) for the sixth annual Coat Drive. According to Amber Griffin, project head at Centennial Bank through the support of the community, more than 500 coats have been distributed to the children of Sharp County since the project’s inception...

James Henry Howell, 52, of Viola, was recently arrested and received six charges: rape, class Y felony; kidnapping, class Y felony; two counts of theft of property, class D felony; criminal mischief in the second degree and criminal trespass. He could face life in prison for the two class Y felonies...

Fulton County Quorum Court passed the ordinance which will allow a special election, with a purpose to increase sales tax in the county for additional funds to operate the sheriff’s department, in December at its monthly meeting held Monday, Sept. 10...

James W. Gregory, of Thayer, was recently arrested and charged with burglary in the second degree, class D felony and receiving stolen property, class D felony, following the investigation of stolen items from a residence in Thayer. In June, Sergeant Dewitt with Thayer Police Department, took a report of a break in on Market Street where nine bundles of flooring had been stolen. ...