Stories from Friday, July 1, 2022

Fairgoers gather for a variety of activities: entertainment, tractor and truck pulls, demolition derby and seeing animals. This year, the Butler County Fair will be short. The Butler County Fair Board announced this year the Butler County Fair is shaping up to be a one-day event. The county was without a fair from the late 1970s, when the Jaycees stopped organizing the event, to the mid-1990s when a group of volunteers and business leaders revived the fair...

Thursday, June 30 Rookie League TNT 5, PBH 4 BPH PROPERTIES (ab-r-h) — L.Brent 3-0–0. L.Wrinkle 3-2-3. B.Forkum 3-2-2. L.Brent 3-0-2. L.Provance 3-0-3. L.Wrinkle 2-0-2. E.Lewis 2-0-0. H.Lewis 2-0-0. S.McAllister 2-0-0. E.Surprise 2-0-1. Totals: 25-4-13 (3B: B.Forkum. 2B: B.Forkum)...

“Freedom isn’t free, people paid the price, a lot of people paid the supreme price for our freedom,” said 37-year Army veteran Phil Crow. “Desert Storm, going over there, made me appreciate the freedoms that we enjoy here in the states. I wanted to kiss the ground when we got back from Saudi Arabia. It was a great feeling to touch down in St. Louis, to be back in America,” continued Crow, of Dexter...

The Dunklin County Sheriff's Department has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing person incident that occurred at 38702 Highway WW, north of Campbell at 11 a.m. Thursday. Mary Ruth Blevins, 50, is a white female, 5-4, 110 pounds with brown hair, blue eyes and wearing unknown clothing...

Linda Kush is retiring from the dog boarding business, but you can’t keep a good dog down — Kush plans to keep training and performing with pups for years to come. “It’s a great business and I love the dogs being with the dogs, and some of them I’ve watched watch them grow up since they’re puppies. And I’m not going to say I won’t miss it, but it’s time,” she said...

Neelyville R-IV cheerleaders haven’t allowed COVID to dampen their spirit. While the district has only been able to hold home camps since the start of the pandemic, the youth are making the most of the training, with hopes that away camps will be available next year...