Stories from Friday, April 26, 2024

The 17th Annual Taste of the Town was such a success the tally will have to be announced early next week, Terri McCormick, Boys & Girls Club of the Heartland director of development and finance, said. “Honestly, I think possibly we did reach the $100,000 goal this year, but I don’t know for sure. It was such a fantastic event, it’s going to take a couple of days to really find the exact amount. I really do think we hit 100. I do.”

Antonio Whitehorn did not have his scheduled preliminary hearing on Thursday.

It a somewhat taboo subject, but statistics indicate that it needs to be discussed: child sex trafficking is a growing problem in the state of Missouri.