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School Consolidation: Sylvania Grade School – Part II

Following the failure of a second bond issue proposal to expand the older Lockwood elementary school and close then still-new Sylvania grade...

A map from Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) showing outages just prior to the peak of the rolling blackouts instituted the morning of Feb. 16. (Graphic from Liberty Utilities-Central)

Questions on Coal, Wind for Electricity Follow Rolling Blackouts

Many electric utilities across southwest Missouri were faced with a situation of too much demand for too little supply as the “Arctic Blast”...

The former Sylvania Grade School as it recently appeared during warmer weather. The school was only in use from 1954-62 following rural school reorganization in Dade County. (Photo by James McNary)

School Consolidation: Sylvania School 1954-1962 - Part I

February 23, 2021

In the time leading up to the votes that reorganized all the school districts in Dade County into the four present systems, a gentlemen’s agreement...

The Cold Facts: Wheat and N

February 17, 2021

From Jill Scheidt, University of Missouri Extension Agronomy Field Specialist Be cautious when considering a nitrogen application in cold...

A map of area school districts circa 1932, overlain on a modern set of MoDOT county maps. Aside from a few consolidated districts, most schools were small, one-room common districts at this time. (Graphic by James McNary)

Rural School Consolidation: Area Districts at the Time of the 1932...

February 17, 2021

In the Eighty-Third Report on the Public Schools of the State of Missouri issued in 1932, a supplement of over 1,650 pages was included, with...

Latest from Liberty Utilities-Empire District Regarding Peaking Issues

February 17, 2021

From Liberty Utilities Central (The Empire District Electric Company): ATTENTION LIBERTY ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS – Noon, February 17, 2021 Update: ...

Orscheln Farm & Home Sold to Tractor Supply Co.

February 17, 2021

After over 60 years of family ownership, it was announced to employees Tuesday that Orscheln Farm & Home will be sold to Tractor Supply...

The former Carlock school as it now stands in a farm field south of Dadeville. After being re-formed from the private Dadeville Academy, the Dadeville public school system consolidated with several rural districts, including Carlock, to form one of the earliest consolidated school districts in the state, Dadeville C-2. Other early consolidated districts in Dade County included Arcola C-1 and Pennsboro C-3. The C-2 district continued to operate the rural one-room schools for a number of years after consolidation, as did the Arcola and Pennsboro districts. (Photo by James McNary)

Rural School Consolidation: The Consolidation and Reorganization Acts

February 9, 2021

In Missouri, the term “consolidated school district” first emerged from statutes passed by the General Assembly to encourage districts to combine...

The Pennsboro School, now a community center, was constructed in the mid-1930s by the Pennsboro C-3 School District, which formed in 1917 through the consolidation of four one-room, common school districts. For whatever reason, the district continued operating the one-room schools until this four-room building was constructed. Grades first through eighth were taught by four teachers (two grades per teacher) in this building until the Pennsboro district was reorganized with Greenfield R-IV circa 1951, after which the Greenfield district continued to use the building as a rural elementary school for a few more years. (Photo by James McNary)

Rural School Consolidation: School District Names Often Contain a...

February 2, 2021

Among the most obvious, but often overlooked, reminders of the process of school consolidation in Missouri is often the name of the school...

COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin in Dade, Lawrence Counties

February 2, 2021

The Dade County Health Department received its first doses of COVID-19 vaccine early last week and began distributing them to county residents...

Boundaries of the proposed Golden City school district as recommended by the state department of education in 1932. (Graphic by James McNary)

Rural School Consolidation: Most Dade County Districts Reorganized...

January 26, 2021

This is the first of a series of stories examining rural school consolidation and the lingering effects past consolidation had on area schools and...

MoDOT TRAFFIC ALERT: Lawrence County Routes CLOSED the Week of...

January 26, 2021

Where/When: Lawrence County Route DD CLOSED between Main Street in Miller and Lawrence Country Road 1140 east of Miller 8:30 a.m. until 2:30...

Health Department Offering Vaccine Waiting List

January 19, 2021

From Pamela Allen Administrator Dade County Health Department The Dade County Health Department will start taking a waiting list of names of...

Galloway: Division Investigating Public Corruption and Fraud...

January 7, 2021

From the Office of State Auditor Nicole Galloway, CPA State Auditor Nicole Galloway today outlined the successes of her Public Corruption and...

Hartzler Statement on House Certification of 2020 Election Results

January 7, 2021

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) issued the following statement as Congress undergoes the Constitutional process of certifying the 2020...

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