Posted 5:37 PM 5/7/2013 by Madison Alewel

FULTON - Fewer children will be able to participate in the Head Start program in Central Missouri this year, but the Callaway County office will see very few cuts. The Central Missouri Community Action organization (CMCA) will lose 5 percent of its federal funding because of federal (More)

Posted 3:47 PM 5/7/2013 by Natalia Allen

FULTON - Fulton Public Schools officials said Tuesday the district will add five elementary and middle school teachers for the 2013-2014 school year.

Superintendent Jacque Cowherd said the funding will come from local taxes and state funding.  Cowherd said he could not (More)

Posted 11:49 PM 5/5/2013 by Courtney Kincade

CALLAWAY COUNTY - Socket Internet in Columbia is reaching the end of a federally funded project that will bring fiber optic internet to rural mid-Missouri.

The project has been underway for more than a year and a half and contractors are coming to the end of the ground installation.

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Posted 12:33 PM 5/1/2013 by Madison Alewel

FULTON - SERVE, Inc., an agency of the United Way of Callaway County, was busy counting tons of food Wednesday after wrapping up a two-month food drive. In March, SERVE asked the Fulton community to participate in the Full-Ton Challenge Food Drive as part of the national Feinstein (More)

Posted 12:17 PM 4/15/2013 by Courtney Kincade

CALLAWAY COUNTY - Ameren Missouri's Callaway County Nuclear plant is currently offline and shut down for a routine refueling.

The refueling occurs every 18 months and takes the plant offline to be refueled as well as to undergo routine maintenance. Senior Director of Operations Support at (More)

Posted 7:15 PM 4/9/2013 by Madison Alewel

FULTON - The City of Fulton plans to start construction on a new animal shelter this summer, but it still needs to raise more money before pouring the foundation can begin. Back in December, the city cleared trees off of Industrial Drive where crews will build the new shelter, but the plot will (More)

Posted 12:29 PM 4/8/2013 by Courtney Kincade

FULTON - On Thursday William Woods University hosted a United States Equestrian Federation  (USEF) Saddle Seat Competition. The competition brought riders from across the United States, Canada and South Africa. 

A couple months ago Coverage From Callaway did a story on the (More)

Posted 5:07 PM 4/2/2013 by Madison Alewel

FULTON - The City of Fulton wants residents to participate in a recycling challenge this April. The goal of the challenge is to collect 25 tons of recyclable material by month's end--a 17-ton increase from last April. City officials said the amount of recycling collected annually during the (More)

Posted 7:01 PM 3/24/2013 by Courtney Kincade

CALLAWAY COUNTY - As the third round of mid-Missouri snow passes through the area some residents of Callaway County have had a first hand experience of dealing with snow damage to roofs in their homes, businesses, and barns. 

The Lighthouse Theater in Callaway County was fortunate (More)

Posted 5:34 PM 3/11/2013 by Madison Alewel

FULTON - After the death of a 7-year-old boy in Mid-Missouri, community members joined together to offer the family a helping hand in the wake of tragedy. More than 100 people packed the St. Peter School gym at a benefit concert Sunday to support the family of Aaron Wyman. Wyman passed away (More)

Posted 5:33 PM 3/10/2013 by Courtney Kincade

COLUMBIA - Hazel Kinder's Lighthouse Theater in Callaway County suffered a large amount of destruction after the February 25 snow storm. The weight of the snow from the storms that went through Mid-Missouri is responsible for the roof of a 7,500-foot building to collapse.

The roof used to (More)

Posted 3:44 PM 3/3/2013 by Courtney Kincade

CALLAWAY COUNTY- Callaway County Sheriff's Department is investing the passing of counterfeit one hundred dollar bills. On Sunday Febraury 24 three counterfeit bills were reported in the an hours time. The bills were passed at Casey's General Store in Auxvasse and Dollar General in Auxvasse and (More)