Water rates are going up and the idea of an elected police chief went down. Those were at least two of the items the Sturgeon Board of Aldermen discussed during their June 22 meeting.

With, for Sturgeon, a light...

Contrary to what some may have seen and others may have said, the Junction Development at the intersection of highways 22 and 63 is not for sale.

Partners Robert Stone, Curt Hardin and Carl Edwards Sr. each...

Take a decade or so of hard work and patience, 300 hamburgers, 100 hot dogs a $1.985 million lease purchase with the city of Centralia and almost 400 people and what do you have, the long anticipated grand opening of the Centralia Recreation Center.

Centralia finally has a decisive tally in its race for the Centralia R-VI School Board. Troy Crum defeated Greg Martin 629-403 in a special election Tuesday night. The election was ordered by the Boone County Circuit Court after the April race saw Martin edge Crum by one vote,...

A recount Friday in the Centralia R-VI school board election showed no change in...

If things go according to schedule, by May 25 the Centralia Recreation Center should be open for business.

That was one of the messages Jim Enlow, director of the Centralia Parks Department, brought to the Centralia...

Donny Joe Stout, 59, of Ava and formerly of Centralia, has been arrested and charged with sexual misconduct with a child and first degree child molestation.
As of Nov. 3 he was held in the Boone County Jail on $10,000 bond. According to Centralia police, a female juvenile reported...

The Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a reported house fire July 1 at approximately 9:30 p.m. at 21500 Ponderosa Rd. N., approximately four miles west of Sturgeon on the west side of Highway 63.

The fire...

A Columbia man has been accused of raping a Centralia woman.

David Brown, 27, of Columbia was arrested, Tuesday, June 16, as the result of a 911 call his 20-year-old alleged victim made from her apartment.

Centralia R-VI School Board members elected Justin Romine as the district's new board president by a 4-2 margin Monday night as the district reorganized following the election of Troy Crum and the resignation of Patt Olsen.

Students have lost a friend on the school board.

Patt Olsen, five year member of the school board recently tendered her letter of resignation to the Centralia school board.

Centralia R-VI voters head to the polls Tuesday to once again select a school board member. Greg Martin and Troy Crum will be the only two names on the ballot for a single position.

Martin finished one vote ahead...

The Centralia Fire Department has been given room to grow, on paper at least.

That was the result of one of several decisions made by the latest version of the Centralia Board of Aldermen during their May 18...

The sky was blue over Centralia Missouri, maybe the same hue as it was in Sept. 27, 1864.

That day Union troops and Confederate sympathizers clashed around Centralia with bloody results.

New contests, new looks and new entertainment will be some of the fetures of the 2009 Anchor Festival.

Ginny Zoellers, director of the Centralia Chamber of Commerce, confirmed that this year's entertainment roster is chock full of new...

Almost 100 people got re-acquainted with the bleachers of the Chester Boren Boren Middle School gymnasium the evening of March 26.

While their postures may have been unreadable, their applause made it abundantly clear what they thought...

The red-hot race for mayor of Centralia got a little more interesting this past Thursday. Centralia city employees received a notice in their paychecks advising them that city code prohibits them from electioneering in city elections.

The...

Officially raising the water rate and considering sponsoring a three-person buyout of Diversified Plastics were the high profile issues at the March 16 meeting of the Centralia Board of Aldermen.

Minus the absent Jessica...

An 18x24-inch coated piece of paper has caused some upset in certain local political and commercial circles.

Don and Linda Bormann, owners of Bormann Surveying at the corner of Rollins and Singleton streets, have a sign in their window...

Work continues on the new Centralia Intermediate School as contractors deal with a broken chiller line that appears to be the sticking point in acceptance of the building by the Centralia R-VI School District.

Through...

Shared history, brotherhood and personal responsibility were the themes preached Sunday afternoon at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church.

The occasion was Mt. Olive's Annual Black History Service, the speaker...

Construction on the new Centralia Intermediate School continues this week despite a Feb. 16 contract deadline. Centralia R-VI superintendent Darin Ford told the Guard Tuesday that he is recommending that the district not attempt to begin classes in the...

With less than a week before a construction deadline, architect Mark Ruether thinks the new Centralia Intermediate School will be substantially complete next Monday.

"Substantially complete" essentially means that the building is ready...

Streetlights, county grants and city linemen helping rescue West Plains from an ice storm were center stage Monday, Feb. 2, in Centralia's City Hall.

Electric department foreman Mark Mustain reported that city...

Saturday, many Centralia residents will be getting a shock when they open their mailbox. That is when the long anticipated and much discussed, at least in meetings of the Centralia board of aldermen, electric rate increase will show up on Centralia utility customers'...

For the first time in two months the seats behind the bar in Centralia's City Hall were all occupied.

Everybody who was supposed to be there showed up.

Mayor Shelley Becker...

As millions of tiny snowflakes fluttered down through the frigid, sub-zero Centralia air the morning of Jan. 10, hundreds of tiny white wooden crosses went up at the intersection of Highway 124 and CC.

In conjunction...

Devan Wiss likes science. It is his favorite class at Centralia's Chester Boren Middle School.

But the "A" student's real passion, one might say, is something they do not teach much at school anymore, archery.

A group of people made Christmas a touch friendlier in Centralia.

Ham, turkey, pie and Yule time fellowship were on the menu the afternoon of Dec. 25 at the First Baptist Church in Centralia.

A group of Centralians is working to begin building a Habitat for Humanity house in Centralia.

"This is a wonderful time to assist a Centralia family in obtaining a decent, affordable house," said Betsy Timmerberg,...

Once again Curt Kelly went to Centralia's board of aldermen and once again his request to have two unsold highway lots of his Country Club Estates development rezoned was tabled.

That was the result of the public...

Saturday marks the unofficial kickoff of holiday activities in Centralia. The annual Christmas parade rolls along the downtown sections of...

The holiday season is closing in on us.

Parades, Santa's breakfast, gingerbread houses and Christmas tree sales are among the things about to sprout up around Centralia and the surrounding area.

After months of research and discussion, the Centralia Fire Department has issued its proposal defining the department’s role in providing emergency medical services to the city of Centralia.

Points of the proposal...

Utilities relief, communication, sidewalks and new ordinances were on the menu when members of the Centralia Board of Aldermen sat down at the table the evening of Oct. 20.

Cheryl Griffin brought up utilities...

After hours of meeting, reams of emails and eye-watering numbers of text messages, Centralia's aldermen, mayor and fire chief are back on the same path.

Marvin Rodgers is still chief of the Centralia Fire Department,...

Speaking before an audience of at least 30, Centralia Fire Department chief Marvin Rodgers, Rick Douglas and mayor Shelley Becker traded accusations about a Thursday afternoon meeting between Becker and Rodgers.

The...

Birds and business were the topics of the Centralia Board of Aldermen's Sept. 24 work session.

Centralia Mayor Shelley Becker tried to make it clear to the aldermen and her audience that the survey was not intended to produce...

It boils down to gravel and access to a road.

Some occupants of Southwest Country Estates are concerned that they are being forced to drive on roads whose condition...

Members of the Centralia Board of Aldermen cranked through two agendas' worth of meetings the evening of Sept. 15.

In order to make up for time spent at a recent Missouri Municipal League conference in Springfield,...

Centralia is a step closer to having its own "field of dreams."

During their noon, Sept 4., meeting in Centralia City Hall the Centralia Park Board received and approved a proposal to renovate several of the city's ball diamonds...

A gala evening is coming to Centralia.

The evening of Nov. 1 at the Chance Guest House, from 6 to 9 p.m., the friends of the Centralia Parks will host a gala to raise funds for the Centralia Recreation Center.

More than 100 people plus the Centralia Park Board equals a volunteer committee to coordinate work on the city's north ball field.

The four-person committee was result of a two-hour long meeting and will coordinate...

Fiscal issues shared the spotlight with the law during the Aug. 18 meeting of the Centralia Board of Aldermen.

The legal discussion centered on the property at 105 N. Allen St.

A tad more than five years after it's initial near collapse, the building at 105 N. Allen St. in Centralia is almost in the wrecking ballÕs cross hairs.

After the Centralia Board of Aldermen's Public Safety...

Missouri's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education put out their 2008 Annual Performance Reports, and all three area school districts found themselves meeting mostof the benchmarks but failing...

Centralia residents recently experienced one of the downsides of life in Anchor City.

The rains before and during July 25 exceeded six inches in a 24-hour period. The deluge reminded various Centralians of a couple facts...

A temporary quartet of Centralia aldermen found themselves facing a near full house for their July 21 meeting.

Between members of Centralia Boy Scout Troop 90, golf cart fans and members of the newly minted Emergency Medical...

More than 50 people gathered at the northeast corner of Centralia's Bicentennial Park the morning of July 15 for a ground-breaking event.

The hopes, dreams and drive of one man culminated around 12 gold-painted...

Streets, water plants and a panel to study the city's emergency medical service situation were among the hot topics in Centralia City Hall the evening of July 7.

A Centralia man has been named in a fraud investigation involving three counties.

Mark McGuire, 51, of Centralia, has been named in an investigation initiated by the Centralia Police Department regarding the...

Blue, definitely, if there was a color to define the June 15 meeting of Centralia's board of aldermen, it would have been navy blue, the color of t-shirts worn by the approximately 10 Boone County Fire Protection District volunteers who showed up at the meeting along with department...

Emergency medical service and old cars were the star attractions of the June meeting of the Centralia Board of Aldermen's General Government and Public Safety committee meeting.

Members of Centralia's volunteer fire department...

Despite 1.3 inches of rain, Centralia's annual Anchor Festival was still a big treat for the estimated 1,500 people from across mid-Missouri who hiked the streets for the city-wide garage sale and packed the city square for the rides, food and entertainment.

The receipts are not all counted but so far it looks as if the 2009 Centralia Anchor Festival has shattered both income and attendance records.

Chamber director Ginny Zoellers and chamber president Lorry Myers attributed the new high to...

The Centralia Parks and Recreation department has kept busy this month and hit a historic landmark.

The board, along with members of the Friends of the Centralia Parks, have been busy preparing for the grand opening of the Centralia Recreation...

The nerve center of the Centralia Parks and Recreation department, besides two computers and 35 years worth of records, paper and electronics, also features a washer and dryer.

With the opening of the new Centralia Recreation Center, Thursday,...

The Anchor Festival was the primary topic of the Centralia Chamber of Commerce board of directors monthly meeting, May 12 at the chamber office.

Chamber director Ginny Zoellers and board members examined the...

Judge Jodie Asel has ordered a new election in the Centralia R-VI School Board race. Asel signed the ruling Thursday afternoon setting June 2 as a special election date between Greg Martin and Troy Crum. Nathan Chitwood was seated on the school board Monday night....

UPDATE:

Judge Jodie Asel has ordered a new election in the Centralia R-VI School Board race. Asel signed the ruling Thursday afternoon setting June 2 as a special election date between Greg Martin and Troy Crum....

With a new mayor and two new aldermen, Sturgeon's city government got back to business the evening of April 27.

While two of the three, mayor Gene Kelly and alderman Dean Connolly, had served the city before, the tempo seemed new as they...

One election remains unresolved in the Centralia April 7 election. County clerks from Audrain, Boone and Monroe counties will meet in Columbia Friday to conduct a hand recount of ballots cast in the Centralia R-VI School District.

Circuit...

The Centralia Parks Board received an update on the "field of dreams" project.

The project, which had its beginning in a August 2008 public meeting, is intended to enhance the park department's baseball and...

It would not surprise northern Boone voters if you told them that the number of ballots cast next week in the city-school district election would be fewer than November's historic presidential election.

But it did surprise many of them...

A young man who grew up attending Sturgeon schools is dead after an incident in Monroe County Saturday morning.

Four men have been arrested and charged with first-degree felony assault for the beatings that left one man dead and another...

In another issue close to the pocket book, mayor Shelley Becker and city manager Lynn Behrns briefed the aldermen on a proposition from Barry Stevens, manager of Diversified Plastics.

They said that Stevens and two...

Farmers around northeastern Missouri heard the death knell for the handshake deal last week in Martinsburg.

Cathy Gieseker of Martinsburg, owner of T.J. Gieseker Farms and Trucking is under investigation by...

Monday will see the return of medical care to Hallsville, as the Hallsville Area Family Clinic will open its doors after months of work and negotiations.

The clinic is being opened by a group of local citizens...

Harold and Wanda Cunningham of Sturgeon are the new leaders of the Boone County Fair Board.

Their ninth year as fair board volunteers was marked by Harold's recent election as president of that body.

With springtime just around the corner and temperatures on the rise for this week and predicted high winds, the Little Dixie and Boone County fire districts offers these reminders to area residents during these warm days ahead.

During...

A year and three months after they swore him in, the Sturgeon Board of Aldermen fired officer Rusty Hawkins from his job as Sturgeon police officer.

With a 9:30 p.m. order to "turn in your gear," the aldermen...

As the temperature dipped, so did attendance at the Jan. 26 meeting of the Sturgeon City Council.

Those 11 citizens who braved the subzero weather listened to the aldermen discuss city attorney Patrick Cronan's latest...

The city of Sturgeon and the Sturgeon R-V School District as well as some adjacent parts of Boone and Audrain counties fell under a boil order through noon Friday.

Public Water Service District 10 covers portions...

So far this municipal electoral season candidates are about as common as winter cactus.

The only people who have declared for seats in the Centralia city government are Shelley Becker, mayor; Tim Grenke, mayor; Kathy Colvin,...

While the national economy is not inspiring confidence some might take heart that some local municipalities still have enough money to "make the trains run on time."

Lynn Behrns, Centralia's city manager, sees...

A group of 11 area residents have invested money to open a new medical clinic in Hallsville. The Hallsville Area Family Clinic will be at the same location on Route B as the old University of Missouri clinic.

Spokesman...

Santa does not always wear red, nor does he always guide reindeer when not working at the North Pole.

Sometimes he wears a grey "Centralia Faculty Fit Club"...

A pair of bombshells were lobbed during the Dec. 9 meeting of the Sturgeon board of aldermen.

The first was a letter from Patrick Cronan, city attorney for Sturgeon and Clark. In it, he implored people of the...

Boone County's largest private employer has laid off or eliminated the positions of approximately 75 employees in its Centralia facility.

Union president Matt Jackson confirmed that 52 hourly employees of the Centralia's Hubbell site had...

Former Boone County Fire Protection District Steve Paulsell retired last week and by all accounts is still retired.

"No, I have not heard that," was district chairman John Gordon's response when asked if he had heard rumors...

Boone County Fire Protection District chief Steve Paulsell has announced his retirement effective January 1.

At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Paulsell issued a lengthy statement outlining his reasons...

Politics was dinner table conversation. Brothers and sisters honed their keyboarding skills typing their father's letters to governors, congressmen and presidents, and 4-H was a part everybody's life.

This was the household...

It is back to work for Centralia's Hubbell employees, as they approved a new contract early Tuesday afternoon, putting them back on the job today.

"This is beneficial for both sides," said 86821 IUE CWA union...

Members of the Centralia Kiwanis Club hosted a hot topic for their Oct. 30 meeting at the Centralia Country Club. Steve Paulsell, chief of the Boone County Fire Protection District, entertained questions from the 22 member audience and tried to explain the upside of the Centralia...

In a rare turn of events the number of people sitting at the aldermen’s table outnumbered the audience at the Oct. 27 meeting of the Sturgeon Board of Aldermen.

Not counting journalists, city employees and committee...

The city of Centralia has asked the Boone County Fire Protection District its intentions.

During the Oct. 15 meeting of the district's board of directors,...

The Centralia Friends of the Park are finalizing plans for the Centralia Recreation Center Gala, 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Chance Guest House. Tickets are available from any Friends member, Kinkeads or Boone County Bank. Tickets are $30 each with $18 funding...

The group of seven volunteers who make up the Centralia EMS Task Force have tentatively scheduled three more meetings, the final of which will be their final presentation of findings to the Centralia Board of Aldermen.

Volunteers have been tilling dirt and laying rock at the Centralia Park's north ball field.

They have been working, said Jim Gesling, one of the coordinators for the Field of Dreams project, to upgrade the drainage...

The county budget is not due until mid-December, but Skip Elkin, Boone County's District II Commissioner, is forecasting a dip in the county's revenues.

"As of the end of August," Elkin said, "revenue is down as compared to last year....

Members of the Centralia Optimist Club and Jim Enlow, director of the Centralia Parks Department, discussed the future of fitness and recreation in Centralia during the club's Saturday morning meeting at the JayCee building.

On Sept. 27, Centralia will commemorate the 144th anniversary of the Centralia Massacre and Battle. This event will take place at the site of the Battle of Centralia three miles south of Centralia.

Starting at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept 27,...

During the recent meeting of Centralia's Emergency Medical Service Task Force, chairman Skip Elkin presented five initial options for future EMS service in the city:

* BCFPD will continue to provide EMS...

Boone County Fire trustees heard a report from board member John Sam Williams about the recent meeting of Centralia's EMS task force.

No action was taken, though one board member, Shelly Dometrorch, did ask...

Grades, cell phones and retirement were on the Sturgeon R-V school board’s agenda the night of Aug. 14.

R-V superintendent Stan Ingraham’s last item in his superintendent’s report was probably the topic that...

The Mid-Missouri Major Case Squad has concluded its efforts in investigating the weekend death of a Centralia woman, and the Centralia Police Department is completing the final report.

Amy Burgher-Hopkins, 43,...

"Time is not yet critical," seemed to be one of the conclusions drawn from a pair of meetings held last week by the board of the Boone County Fire Protection District.

The board reviewed a pair of items. The salary...

The Centralia Recreation Center, baseball and finance were among the topics discussed during the July 15 meeting of the Centralia Park Board.

The board met after the groundbreaking ceremony at Bicentennial Park...

Clark city council members were unanimous in their desire to rebuild following a pair of incidents that saw the City Hall burned and a new monument to favorite son Gen. Omar Bradley damaged by vandals.

Only in Clark, normally a peaceful place, would two acts constitute a crime wave.

Within four days the city's monument to the town's favorite son, famous World War II general Omar Bradley, had been manually...

Centralia city residents have not been paying their "fair share" of ambulance costs according to at least one member of the Boone County Fire Protection District.

The minutes of the May 21 board meeting report...

A group of area girls helped a softball team win a national championship.

The Shock, a 16 and under fast pitch softball team made up of girls from Centralia, Hallsville, Ashland, Pilot Grove and Moberly won the 18 and under...

The evening of June 8 the Centralia Hurricanes swim team hosted the Mexico and Jefferson City teams at the Centralia Municipal Pool.

What follows are the top Centralia results in each event.

The 2009 Centralia summer American Legion baseball team is made up of 22 high school age players from Centralia and surrounding areas. The season started May 31 in Moberly. 

Andy Coulter started the...

Spring sports is over for the last of the area schools. The Sturgeon Bulldogs finished the season on their home field with a 5-3 loss to the now 16-1 La Plata Cardinals.

It was the Bulldogs' first quarterfinal appearance...

Sturgeon R-V's Mallory Embree could be described as a student-athlete for all seasons, plus one.

Although only a junior, she has already cemented her place in the R-V record books.

Athletes from 48 schools from across northern Missouri descended on Centralia this past Saturday for the sectional track and field meet at CHS stadium. Two Hallsville, two Sturgeon and 15 Centralia competitors will be headed to Jefferson City this coming weekend...

The Sturgeon Bulldogs kept their top 10 ranking through a trio of games over the last week.

Santa Fe, Higbee and Missouri Military Academy all played the Bulldogs with Sturgeon's record hitting 11-4.

Missouri women's senior golfer Denaye Dollens was one of four Lady Tigers named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team.

Dollens is a Centralia High School graduate

It is the second time she has earned...

Last week was a good week to be a Sturgeon Bulldogs baseball fan. They won three games in a row racking up victories against Salisbury, 7-0; Community R-VI, 23-3; and Silex, 13-11.

As of April 27 their record...

The Sturgeon Bulldogs jacked up their record to 5-2 last week with a 3-0 shutout of the New Franklin Bulldogs. New Franklin entered the game with a 2-3 record.

It was not an easy win for Sturgeon.

As the weather warms so does the water and thoughts turn to swimming.

With that in mind the Centralia Hurricanes swim team will hold its annual registration meeting at 6 p.m., Monday, April 20, at the Chance Elementary School...

The Sturgeon Bulldogs won their second game in a row, March 26 on the road, 9-2 over the Paris Coyotes.

The Bulldogs opened the game with a three-run first inning. Tory Hicks got on base with a single, followed...

The Centralia Panthers golf squad started their season with a match at home, hosting Highland and South Shelby.

They came out ahead of Highland but behind South Shelby.

Final team scores were: Centralia,...

The sun was bright and the pitches fast during the Sturgeon Bulldogs' season opener, Monday, March 23, in Sturgeon.

The Bulldogs took their first win of the season, 4-2 against Keytesville.

Keytesville...

This past Saturday, Highland hosted the CCC varsity and junior varsity double-elimination tournaments. Centralia High School was represented in the varsity competition by Aaron Seider, Melissa McBride, Jordan Roberts, Josh Admire, Lane Martin and Cody Lynch.

Saturday night was a good night to be a Bulldog. Unfortunately for some it was just a whisper of a point better to be a Harrisburg Bulldog than a Sturgeon Bulldog.

The Sturgeon Bulldogs boys basketball team sealed the Central Activities Conference championship with a 76-67 road win against Glasgow.

The girls' squad pumped up their win-loss balance with a 44-33 win as well.

Amid all the adversity facing the Centralia Panthers throughout the regular season one would have wondered how they would perform at the Class 1 District 1 wrestling tournament. Injuries, open weight classes and the loss of key athletes have left the...

The Centralia Panthers wrestling team used the Missouri Military Academy Colonels for a 67-9 tune-up match for districts, Thursday, Feb. 5, in Mexico.

"Centralia is a very talented and experienced team ranked...

There are 14 weight classes in high school wrestling ranging from the lowest at 103 pounds to the heaviest at 285 pounds. And it's not uncommon to have at least one or two opens during a high school dual. However, when Centralia played host to the Fulton Hornets...

The Centralia Panthers wrestling team scored 290 points, easily outdistancing their nearest competition - Rockport's 218 points and Cameron's 216 points - earning top honors and the team championship at the Plattsburg Invitational held Jan. 17.

With only three home dual meets on the schedule this season the Centralia wrestling faithful are sure to come out in droves to support the Panthers. Thursday, Jan. 8, was no exception as the stands were filled with familiar faces and new ones alike. Each awaiting...

Centralia went on the road Friday, ending their Christmas break by sweeping Brookfield.

The Panther boys used a big first quarter to lead them to a 58-49 win.

Holden...

The lone member of the Clarence Cannon Conference to have a wrestling squad, the Centralia Panthers over the years have traveled great distances to compete against quality programs in an effort to gain the experience needed to propel Centralia High School to the...

Centralia held New Bloomfield scoreless in the first quarter of their road match Friday, Dec. 19, on their way to a 60-25 rout.

Mallory Henry led the Panthers with 15 points. Felicia McCann was the only other...

The weekend of Dec. 19 members of the Centralia High School Wrestling team will compete in the Toshiba Classic.

The Classic will include teams from Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Illinois, Oklahoma, Virginia and Nebraska....

The Centralia High School wrestlers are currently the fourth ranked Class 2 wrestling team in the state as published by Missouriwrestling.com.

They lived up to that billing by winning the 23rd Annual Knob Noster Invitational Tournament...

Running Back: Will Evans, sr., 6-0, 190, Centralia; Receivers: Nic Ford, jr., 6-0, 175, Centralia; Tyler Rollins, sr., 6-2, 205, Hallsville; Offensive lineman: Tyler Wright, sr., 6-3, 270, Centralia; Defensive...

A record turnout of 38 student athletes for this year's Centralia High School wrestling team could give the team a shot at a big year.

With two returning state medalists, Jared Fricke and Mike Schmidt, and three...

Fans, family and friends of the Centralia High School sports program gathered in the CHS cafeteria for the annual Fall Athletic Banquet.

The letter and performance awards bestowed by coaches this season included:

A struggle that featured seven turnovers and tough play from both defenses ended up in a 13-7 Blair Oaks win over Centralia Monday night.

It was a cold wet night in Wardsville as two teams that have seen their rivalry grow...

Centralia started slow, but scored 50 unanswered points and ended up with a blowout 57-14 in the opening round of the 2008 Missouri Class 2 playoffs Wednesday night.

Will Evans added to his school scoring...

Centralia completed their third straight 10-0 regular season and won another district title as they defeated Hermann 41-8 Thursday night in Centralia. The Panthers will host South Callaway in the first round of the state playoffs next Wednesday.

The Centralia Panthers struggled early, but got it going late in the second half and pulled away to a 36-7 win over the Montgomery County Wildcats Friday night in Montgomery City.

The Centralia offense had another explosive night as they continued to dominate opponents and ran over the Wright City Wildcats 57-14 before a senior night crowd at the CHS stadium.

Will Evans brought his season touchdown total to 23 with...

Centralia completed a perfect Clarence Cannon Conference season winning 49-10 at Palmyra Friday night and winning the conference for the third straight year.

The Panthers have won the CCC three straight years having won all 21 games they have played in that time.

Centralia's Will Evans set a school record with six rushing touchdowns and the Panthers had their biggest offensive night in years with a convincing 67-27 Homecoming win over Mark Twain.

Evans scored the Panthers' first four touchdowns...

It was another blowout win for the Centralia Panthers as they cruised to a 41-0 win over the Highland Cougars Friday night.

Centralia broke out to an early lead with a pair of first quarter drives. Will Evans capped them both with two...

FOOTBALL

The Centralia Panthers dominated the first half and cruised to a 39-0 win over the Monroe City Panthers on the wet Panther Stadium turf Friday night.

Will...

Crossfire girls age 16U softball team won all four games of the 2008 Show-Me-State Games in the competitive division, and defeated Diamond Thieves from St. Joseph by a 4-3 score in the championship game to win the gold medal.

The...

A group of Centralia-based cyclists recently made their mark on the Show-Me State Games.

Steve Cutforth, Jerry Parmeley and Eric Pooler all rode in the SMSG's cycling event.

Cutforth and Pooler earned...

Drivers will honor a fallen fan at this weekend's demolition derby at the Centralia Fairgrounds.

Denise and Frank Barnes have been fixtures at area demolition derbies for a long time.

Coach Becky Christ is breeding enthusiasm.

Centralia High School's new girls' volleyball coach and social studies teacher got to meet several of her future players and students last week during a week-long...

July 12 was a day of nervousness for swimmers of all ages who were participating in the conference championship held in Eldon. For the Centralia Hurricanes it was the day they had been practicing and training for all summer. With the previous week's practices focusing...

For most summer is a time for hot weather, sun tans and ice cold drinks.  For over 90 kids, though, its a time for swim suits, water and lots of practice.  With coach Brandy Bryson pushing them to strive, the Centralia Hurricane swim team is sprinting their...

The Centralia Hurricanes swim team has dove into another season of competitive swimming. June 6, Centralia Hurricanes vs Fayette and Mexico

Event 3-Mixed 100 Free Relay 8 & Under-first place, 17.47SF, Centralia...