Black River Electric Cooperative will hold its 85th Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday, June 3rd on the Fredericktown Middle School Parking Lot. Members will be asked to register and vote in the Board of Director Election from their cars and then drive on to enjoy the remainder of the day. Member registration is scheduled to…

Reynolds County Assessor Rick Parker and the State Tax Commission are at an enpass. The state is demanding that he raise assessments. Parker is refusing. The State Tax Commission is now threatening to withhold money from Reynolds County. On May 19, Parker received a letter giving a deadline of June 15 that assessments be raised…

Charlie Carter, Land Specialist with Premier Farm Realty Group & Auction, has opened a new real estate office in Greenville. The firm’s main office is based in Pevely, MO and is licensed to perform work in multiple states across the Midwest. The Greenville office is the first branch office ever to be opened for the firm. Carter joined Premier Farm Realty Group & Auction in September…

A one-vehicle crash claimed the life of a Farmington man and also sent Park Hills man to the hospital. The crash occurred Sunday, May 28, at 3:17 p.m. on Highway K, 13 miles east of Ellington. Tanner M. Murphy, 24, of Park Hills was eastbound in a 2000 GMC Sierra. The Highway Patrol reported that…

The flash flood that hit all parts of Wayne County on May 15 left many areas flooded with unwanted water. The Wayne County Historical Society’s Luna Museum at Piedmont was no exception. Museum volunteers found flood damage upon entering the facility to open for their regular tour hours last week. They immediately contacted the Board…

In a short period of time Monday evening, approximately nearly 4 inches of rain fell on Wayne County. The rain came in two major storms. The first hit the area around 4:30 p.m. the second storm moved through the region around 10 p.m. According to precipitation totals from Clearwater Lake, 3.43 inches of rain fell…