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In a highly competitive, low-scoring high school boys basketball game in which two teams battled tooth-and-nail from beginning to end, Houston fell 48-44 to Mountain Grove in a South Central Association contest in front of a capacity crowd Saturday night in Hiett Gymnasium.
A listing on the map does not confirm the availability of the vaccine.
Governmental offices are closed Monday, Jan. 18, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported Saturday 39 COVID-19 cases in Texas County over the last seven days.
Friday's Houston High School boys basketball game against Mountain Grove was postponed due to inclement weather.
JEFFERSON CITY — State Sen. Karla Eslinger, R-Wasola, discusses her committee assignments for this General Assembly and visiting the Capitol.
A Houston man was arrested Jan. 13 for having several active Texas County felony warrants.
A fifth person joined the race Friday for the Houston board of education.
Graveside services for Lewis Dwight Murr Jr., 71, of Fredericktown, are 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, at Pine Lawn Cemetery, Houston.
Getting significant contributions from numerous players on both ends of the floor, the Houston High School girls basketball team downed Liberty 76-71 in a South Central Association game Thursday night in Hiett Gymnasium.
Donors at a bloodmobile stop today (Jan. 15) at Houston will have the opportunity to enter a drawing for a new car, Community Blood Center of the Ozarks said.
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LOCAL SPORTS
In a highly competitive, low-scoring high school boys basketball game in which two teams battled tooth-and-nail from beginning to end, Houston fell 48-44 to Mountain Grove in a South Central Association contest in front of a capacity crowd Saturday night in Hiett Gymnasium.
When junior Josh Smith was fouled and stepped up to the free throw line for two shots with 4 seconds left in the game, the Houston High School junior varsity boys basketball team trailed Mountain Grove by a point at 54-53 during a contest Saturday night in Hiett Gymnasium.
Getting significant contributions from numerous players on both ends of the floor, the Houston High School girls basketball team downed Liberty 76-71 in a South Central Association game Thursday night in Hiett Gymnasium.
PRO SPORTS
Righthander agrees to a one-year, $900,000 deal right before deadline, per source. Three other players have until noon St. Louis to agree, or they will swap salary figures with the Cardinals and await an arbitration hearing.
Cardinals to sign a handful of shortstops on the first day of the delayed "July 2" free agency, including the 47th-ranked player in the class. Also: Flaherty, three others could reach a arbitration deadline without agreements.
Veteran catcher's agent talks weekly with Cardinals and an offer could yield quick resolution while Molina tells La Vida Baseball if acceptable deal isn't there he'll 'retire happy.'
OBITUARIES
Robert “Larry” Flowers, 79, of West Brandywine Township, Penn., passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, after a short illness. He was the beloved husband of Lia (Valenta) Flowers, with whom he shared 32 years of marriage.
Montrose, Colo., resident Gerald Dean Hilterbrand Sr. went home to be with his Lord on Jan. 11, 2021, at San Juan Nursing Home. He was 90 years old.
James Daniel Coats, age 51, of Des Peres, passed away Jan. 13, 2021.
Jan. 11, 2021, under the watchful eye of her faithful daughter, another of the “Greatest Generation” passed from this life to one with a glorious future.
COLLEGE SPORTS
In their first game in 11 days, Cuonzo Martin's No. 17 Tigers score another road victory, led by Jeremiah Tilmon's big game in the paint.
Jan. 16—THE DETAILS — When: Noon Saturday Where: Reed Arena, College Station, Texas TV: SEC Network Betting line: Missouri by 4 Radio: KMBZ (98.1 FM) PROJECTED LINEUPS P No. Texas A&M Ht. Yr. PPG F 15 Jonathan Aku 6-10 So. 2.3 F 5 Emanuel Miller 6-7 So. 16.6 G 2 Hayden Hefner 6-6 Fr. 2.9 G 20 Andre Gordon 6-2 So. 9.1 G 11 Hassan Diarra 6-2 Fr. 6.5 P No. Missouri Ht. Yr. PPG F 23 Jeremiah ...
Missouri Tigers fans asked many forward-looking questions in our weekly chat. Here are some of the highlights
STATE GOV'T
The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department was called at about 2:45 p.m. to a report of a body outside of Lebanon, in rural St. Clair County.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Loews Hotels on Saturday canceled a planned fundraiser at its Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando for U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, who spearheaded the objections to President-elect Biden’s win in Congress on Jan. 6.
New head of the House Special Committee on Government Oversight said he is willing to continue the investigation.
COLUMNS
You know what one of the coolest things about following your favorite sports teams is? It’s just like following your favorite TV series.
Martin Luther King, Jr., once said that “Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
In talking with friends and acquaintances about 2020 over the past week or so, I’ve heard several of them refer in general terms to the way people behave these days.
NATIONAL NEWS
The test was for NASA's Space Launch System, a successor to the retired Space Shuttle program. It takes eight minutes to generate the power needed to get to space, and ultimately to the moon.
A video released by The New Yorker shows rioters roaming through the US Capitol. CNN's Fredricka Whitfield and national security analyst Shawn Turner discuss.
In separate incidents over the weekend, police arrested a 63-year-old woman who claimed to be an officer and a 22-year-old man carrying a firearm, high-capacity magazines and unregistered ammunition.
Russian authorities detained the country's top opposition leader after he landed in Moscow on a flight from Berlin. Navalny had been gone nearly five months since he was poisoned last August.
Trump joins a subset of former presidents who were denied a second term by the voters. For any public figure, that sort of hired-and-fired rejection might be purgatory. For Trump, it might be worse.
PHOTO GALLERIES
Photos from the Houston High School girls basketball team's win over Liberty, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2020 (in Houston, Mo.)
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Think your dog deserves dessert? So does Ben & Jerry’s.
In the “gamblers will bet on absolutely anything” category, here’s a new one: A major sports book is taking bets on aerial drone races.
All uniformed officers at the Springfield Police Department are now carrying Narcan, an emergency medication used to rapidly reverse opioid overdoses, according to a news release.
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A video released by The New Yorker shows rioters roaming through the US Capitol. CNN's Fredricka Whitfield and national security analyst Shawn Turner discuss.