Sturgeon’s Summerfest is arriving and is bigger than ever. The annual event kicks off this Thursday night and features several new additions along with a new theme: Race to the Fair. Organizers have added a day—this year Summerfest begins Thursday, June 20—and along with the extra day have included, among other things, a carnival, a chili-cook off and an extreme 5-K fun run. Carnival rides will open 5 p.m. Thursday
Sturgeon’s Summerfest is arriving and is bigger than ever. The annual event kicks off this Thursday night and features several new additions along with a new theme: Race to the Fair. Organizers have added a day—this year Summerfest begins Thursday, June 20—and along with the extra day have included, among other things, a carnival, a chili-cook off and an extreme 5-K fun run. Carnival rides will open 5 p.m. Thursday
A spokesperson for Boone Hospital Center declined to say if the hospital’s Centralia clinic would be affected by the hospital’s personnel cuts. However he did confirm that the clinic would be adding a new physician to its staff in August. Dr. Cathy Cody will be joining the Centralia Family Health Clinic on Aug. 1. Cody will be featured in the Fireside Guard once she begins her practice at the clinic.
If you find yourself wondering what a parked truck and a few people with high-tech-looking surveying equipment are doing on your street, wonder no more. They are electronic surveyors, employees of Midland GIS, hired by the city of Centralia to build an electronic map of the town and its utilities. Unlike a paper map, the GIS map will be electronically updateable and be able to grow with the town. They
Five area players have been named to the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association 2013 all-state teams. In Class 3, Hallsville senior Brendan Beatty was named to the first team. In Class 1, Sturgeon senior pitcher Spencer Kelly was a first team selection. Sturgeon sophomore outfielder Tanner Sandker and DH/utility player Ryan Seidel were second team picks. Sturgeon sophomore catcher William Roberts was an honorable mention pick.
It was hot when it ended. It was muggy; the sun came out from behind the clouds and suddenly reflected painfully bright from every light surface at T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O’Fallon. By 11:45 a.m. one other thing was very clear. The 2013 Sturgeon Bulldogs had won, beating Dadeville 5-2 to win the third place plaque in the Class 1 State High School Baseball Championships. The game’s pace and the
A Centralia man is burning rubber and hugging curves to help a child fight Leukemia. Chad Hickam of Centralia has been a part-time competitive race car driver at local dirt tracks since 2005. His son Traegan attends Helping Hands Preschool in Centralia. Traegan has a classmate, a friend named Jackson White. Jackson, the son of Leslie and David White, is an energetic three years old, almost three feet of happiness
Sturgeon’s Summerfest is arriving and is bigger than ever. The annual event kicks off this Thursday night and features several new additions along with a new theme: Race to the Fair. Organizers have added a day—this year Summerfest begins Thursday, June 20—and along with the extra day have included, among other things, a carnival, a chili-cook off and an extreme 5-K fun run. Carnival rides will open 5 p.m. Thursday
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information regarding a recall of single-serve reduced-sugar Cinnamon Toast Crunch bowlpak due to salmonella. The recall includes single-serve reduced-sugar Cinnamon Toast Crunch bowlpaks with the following “Better if Used By” dates printed on the package: 31AUG2013 02SEP2013 The full recall can be found at www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm355309.htm?source=govdelivery.
There is a new pastor at the pulpit of Centralia’s Cornerstone Baptist Church. Caleb Smith and his wife Melissa have moved to Centralia, where Caleb gave his first sermon as lead pastor at Cornerstone on May 19. Caleb comes to Centralia by way of Indiana, where he was living while studying for his master’s degree in divinity at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He was two years
Sturgeon’s Summerfest is arriving and is bigger than ever. The annual event kicks off this Thursday night and features several new additions along with a new theme: Race to the Fair. Organizers have added a day—this year Summerfest begins Thursday, June 20—and along with the extra day have included, among other things, a carnival, a chili-cook off and an extreme 5-K fun run. Carnival rides will open 5 p.m. Thursday
Despite Friday afternoon’s stormy weather, the 2013 Centralia Anchor Festival made a lot of people happy. More than 10,000 people visited Centralia’s City Square Park the weekend of June 1, despite the threat of Friday afternoon lightning, wind, rain and hail. When the parade was cancelled for the first time in the event’s 20-plus years, said organizers, due to the possibility of hail and maybe a funnel cloud, the crowd
It was hot when it ended. It was muggy; the sun came out from behind the clouds and suddenly reflected painfully bright from every light surface at T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O’Fallon. By 11:45 a.m. one other thing was very clear. The 2013 Sturgeon Bulldogs had won, beating Dadeville 5-2 to win the third place plaque in the Class 1 State High School Baseball Championships. The game’s pace and the