Belle, MO

Occasionally you find a place that supersedes expectations, and this is one of those instances. My significant other and I decided to find a place to get away from the hustle and bustle of life in the big city, work, and stress.

The Rolla Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding a missing man. Riley Beel, 28, of Rolla, was reported missing on July 29. Police say he was spotted in High Ridge, in Jefferson County, on Saturday, July 30. He may be in the St. Louis area. Beel...

Lori Anne Luebbering, 54, Westphalia, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, with her family by her side. She was born July 31, 1968, a daughter of Irvin and Shirley (Mertens) Hoelscher in Jefferson City. She was united in marriage to Thomas Luebbering, Dec. 10, 1988, at St. Margaret...

George Melvin Johnson, Jr., 58, Belle, passed away Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022 at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City. He was born Feb. 25, 1964, a son to the late George Melvin, Sr., and Linda (Seba) Johnson in Independence. He attended Warsaw school system as a child.

A Rolla 18-year-old was charged for an alleged sexual assault on a juvenile. The Phelps County Sheriff's Department posted on their Facebook page that they arrested Ethan J. Millburg on Friday, August 5. Prosecutors charged Millburg with two counts of Statutory Rape and one count of Child Molestation. Millburg was...

Jan. 10, 1939, at Vienna, a son of Clyde Avery and Mabel (Frey) Honse, and passed from this life Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Phelps Health, Rolla. He was married on Dec. 26, 1958, to the former Miss May Vera Backues, by Travis John, Sr. at his residence in Vienna, with Bonnie Backues and Edwin Honse serving as witnesses. To this union two children were born.

John Alvin Jones, 86, Vienna, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2022, at Westphalia Hills Nursing Home, Westphalia. He was born Jan. 25, 1936, a son of Alvin R. and Bernadine (Lewis) Jones at St. Louis City. He was married to Sonya M. Solak, March 9, 1959, at St. Louis. John...

Raymond Thomas Woemmel, 80, Bland, passed away Aug. 6, 2022. He was born Jan. 30, 1942, the son to the late Thomas and Dessie (Howard) Woemmel in Bland. He was united in marriage to Garra Harmon, March 6, 1971, and to this union one child was born. Garra preceded him in death on Feb. 17, 2012.

GERALD — Linda Trest describes how a group of about a dozen volunteers spent a Saturday morning in early July clearing debris from the former railroad corridor in her hometown of Gerald. “We had weed eaters and pole saws and chainsaws and got saplings cut down,” Trest said.

Missouri S&T is partnering with industry, business groups and academic institutions to form the Greater St. Louis and Illinois Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub Industrial Cluster to promote clean energy in the industrial sector. The group will collaborate on developing infrastructure for hydrogen fuels and will use cutting-edge technology to help individual businesses meet decarbonization goals to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the region by 2035.

Editor’s Note: This is a press release sent to the Missouri Times by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Jefferson City, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded nearly $2.4 million in financial assistance to the city of St. James for upgrades to its wastewater treatment system. The project is estimated to total just over $2.7 million and is expected to be completed by August 2023.

If your idea of dining out is to experience an excellent meal, not just to eat a good-tasting meal then you need to check out this restaurant in St. James, just two hours from Sedalia. Sybill's Saint James Restaurant opened in May 2006 without any promotion in a modern Southern...